Honor Societies Induct New Members
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| Cadet Matthew Tonkinson '16 presents his research during Honors Week. 鈥 麻豆传媒入口Photo by Stephen Hanes. |
LEXINGTON, Va., April 26, 2016 鈥 A number of 麻豆传媒入口 cadets were inducted into academic honor societies, and 21 cadets gave honors thesis presentations, during 麻豆传媒入口Honors Week in mid-April. The purpose of Honors Week is to recognize and celebrate academic achievement across all departments and disciplines.
The following members of the class of 2019 were inducted into Phi Eta Sigma, the national freshman honor society: Eric DeLoriea, Oladokun Ekundayo, Madden Chapman, Nathanael Bailey, Kevin Bishop, Adam Crum, Judson Haggard, John O鈥橠onnell, Demetra Protogyrou, John Hatgas, Eleanor Hendren, Joel Thomas, Alec Hoopes, Meredith Jaroneski, Campbell Rutherford, Anthony Walton, Derek Wilson, Daniel Chisner, Colin Smith, Zachary Herring, Joshua Wolfe, Mason Worsham, George Hempt, Brian Hill, Kishan Patel, Clayton Penney, Quinn Conrad, Bryce Holden, William Reeves, Annika Tice, Colton Curry and Alexander Dedousis.
Several academic departments also held honor society inductions during honors week:
Biology, Beta Beta Beta 鈥 Ariel Cobb 鈥17, Jarred Doran 鈥18, Patrick Doucette 鈥17, Olivia Emery 鈥17, Mitchell Fornwald 鈥17, Vania Murcia 鈥17, and Luke Phillips 鈥17.
Chemistry, Gamma Sigma Epsilon 鈥 Zachary Kibler 鈥16, Jacob Hyde 鈥17, Mark Roberts 鈥17, Austin Ross 鈥17, Devon Kirk 鈥17, Brian Kiddy 鈥17, Luke Phillips 鈥17, Yueh-Sheng Lin 鈥17, Zachary Lafreniere 鈥17, and John Lancaster 鈥17.
Economics and Business, Omicron Delta Epsilon (economics) 鈥 Trey Rose 鈥16, Thomas Borne 鈥16, Stephen Eller 鈥17, Ryan Francis 鈥17, Holmes Laughon 鈥17, Chad Jacob 鈥17, Bailey Huddleston 鈥17, Andrew Givens 鈥17, Paul Mirable 鈥17, Kelly Russell 鈥17, Eric Maudhuit 鈥17, Yao-Jen Chang 鈥17, Thomas Moroney 鈥18, Tze Ting Chiu 鈥18, Andrew Campo 鈥18, Anthony Bianchi 鈥16, William Hubbard 鈥17, and Evan Gilbert 鈥17.
Economics and Business, Beta Gamma Sigma (business) 鈥 Trey Rose 鈥16, Zachary Campbell 鈥17, Stephen Eller 鈥17, Ryan Francis 鈥17, Bailey Huddleston 鈥17, William Hubbard 鈥17, Chad Jacob 鈥17, Holmes Laughon 鈥17.
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Eta Kappa Nu 鈥揗atthew Hodapp 鈥16, Dominic Romeo 鈥16, Trajan Crocker 鈥17, Joshua Kuzel 鈥17, Mikael Pineda 鈥18, Edward Olbrych 鈥18, and Vincent Smith-DiLeo 鈥18.
Engineering, Tau Beta Pi 鈥 Brandon Conley 鈥17, Tyler Corcoran 鈥17, Cody Ellis 鈥17, Philip Jewett 鈥17, and Zachary Sprinkle 鈥17.
English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies, Sigma Tau Delta 鈥 Alexandra Hill 鈥18, Brittany Woychak 鈥18, Jackson Kim 鈥16, Emma Quirk 鈥18, and Caitlyn Jackson 鈥16.
History, Phi Alpha Theta 鈥 John Borchick 鈥17, Jonathan Collings 鈥18, Apostolos Cominos 鈥16, Philip Crane 鈥16, James Latta 鈥16, and Bradley Paul 鈥17.
Mechanical Engineering, Pi Tau Sigma 鈥 Grayson Larus 鈥17, Tyler Corcoran 鈥17, Zach Sprinkle 鈥17, Brandon Conley 鈥17, Cody Ellis 鈥17, Josh Ashley 鈥17, Mike Matthews 鈥16, Logan Waters 鈥16, and Chris Siebert 鈥16.
Modern Languages and Cultures, Pi Delta Phi (French) 鈥 Philip Crane 鈥16, Matthew DeRito 鈥16, Chris Song 鈥17, Edward Wilkinson Jr. 鈥16, and Dakota Woodgie 鈥17.
Modern Languages and Cultures, Delta Phi Alpha (German) 鈥 Mia Castelveter 鈥18, Samuel Crawford 鈥17, Thomas Moriarty 鈥18, and David Pody 鈥17.
Modern Languages and Cultures, Phi Sigma Iota (international) 鈥 Jonathan Bukowski 鈥17, Cannon Clark 鈥17, Matthew Hill 鈥17, James Latta 鈥17, Ryan Poffenbarger 鈥16, and Chris Song 鈥17. Also, Maj. Sabrina Laroussi, Dr. Lunpeng Ma, and Dr. Peng Xu.
Modern Languages and Cultures, Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish) 鈥 Cannon Clark 鈥17, Apostolos Cominos 鈥16, Jake Koch 鈥17, James Latta 鈥16, Juan Montalvo IV 鈥17, Thomas Mosher 鈥17, Daniel De Nijs 鈥16, Kenneth Turlington 鈥16, and Daniel Whitaker 鈥16.
The Department of Psychology held an induction ceremony for Psi Chi, the international honor society for psychology, in January. Those inducted were Dewei Li 鈥17, Zachary Chase 鈥17, Kenton Clingman 鈥17, Andrew Crane 鈥17, Rachel Kroner 鈥17, Emily Marbury 鈥17, Benjamin Sternfeld 鈥17, Rachel Tanner 鈥17, Brandon White 鈥17, and Eric Wicks 鈥17.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy will hold an induction ceremony for Sigma Pi Sigma, the international honor society for physics, Monday, April 25. Those to be inducted are Eric J. Cedotal, Jr. 鈥18, Benjamin K. Johnson 鈥18, Reed H. Jones 鈥18, and Thomas Schmitt 鈥18.
-VMI-
