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A Publication of Lambda Sigma National Honor Society President’s Message: Finish Strong! t the recent Olympics Games in PyeongChang Spring 2018 the difference between those who medaled and A those who didn’t was often the way they fin- Inside this issue ished their particular competition. Whether on the slopes A Q&A With The President or on the ice, none of the gold medalists finished by just Page 2 getting by. They didn’t let up as they completed their event but ended by giving it all they had – and then some – to earn gold. John Hauser, Member Profiles National President Page 3 As members of Lambda Sigma, it is important that you “finish strong” as you complete your year of membership in our organization. How Chapter Updates you finish this year has an impact not only on you and your college career but also on Page 4 your chapter’s future, because selecting next year’s membership is one of the most important tasks you will do this spring. You have an obligation to choose those who Upcoming Deadlines, will most benefit from all that Lambda Sigma has to offer. Chapter Roster, and National Board Directory As part of last spring’s Gift of Fellowship, you were told the following: Page 8 Our business in life is not to get ahead of other people, but to get ahead of our- selves. To break our own record, to outstrip our yesterdays by todays, to bear our trials more beautifully than we ever dreamed we could, to give as we have never given, to do our work with more force and a finer finish than ever -this is the true idea -to get ahead of ourselves. How you finish this year reflects upon you and will be noticed by others on your cam- pus who can have a profound impact upon your future. What will they say about how you finished your year? Did you take advantage of every leadership and service op- portunity offered? Regardless of whether you were an officer or not, were you a “leader among leaders” in your chapter? Member of ACHS (continued on page 2) Since 1981 A Q&A With Our National President e sat down with our National award before going to a campus that didn't Lambda Sigma is almost 100 years old, President, John Hauser, for a have a Lambda Sigma chapter. When I any plans for a celebration of our centen- W few questions and answers returned to Thiel in 1996, I again became nial? about his time with Lambda Sigma and his the advisor to our chapter and, two years Yes! Past-President Denise Rode is chairing plan for the future as he works through the later, was asked to join the board. a committee of current and former board first year of his three-year term. members that has already begun working What is your favorite memory of your Besides leading Lambda Sigma as Presi- on making our centennial celebration in time with Lambda Sigma’s national dent, what is your “day job”? 2022 a very special one. board? I am retired as the Executive Director of It is a memory that is reinforced each If you’re ordering for our next banquet, Development at Thiel College and current- year: working with the new presidents at what meal do you have prepared that will ly serve as the College Archivist, a volun- the National Presidents' Leadership Confer- make you most content? teer position. I also do some fundraising ence and seeing their enthusiasm grow consulting. A Thanksgiving dinner with all the trim- over the weekend as they prepare to go mings! back to lead their chapters. How did you get involved with Lambda Sigma as an organization at your school? What advice do you have for the Lambda Is there something you particularly love When our predecessor organization, Socie- Sigma advisors, presidents, and mem- about this organization? ty of CWENS, was disbanded in 1976 to bers out there? become the co-ed Lambda Sigma Society, The dedication of the board members and For advisors: You are so important to our Thiel's new Lambda Sigma chapter needed advisors to making the Lambda Sigma ex- organization as the "glue" that holds your a male advisor. perience a meaningful one for the stu- chapter together from year to year. Keep dent members. up the good work! When did you first join the national board, and how did that come about? What vision do you have as president of To presidents and members: Make the I had been the advisor to both the Thiel Lambda Sigma in the next few years? most of your year in Lambda Sigma. What College and University of Pittsburgh chap- To build on the strong foundation that we you do affects the chapter long after you ters over a 10-year period and received the have by adding new chapters and strength- leave as an active member - and can have Ruth Knights Advisor of the Year ening the current chapters. an impact on your future, too! President’s Message (continued from page 1) I trust that you are already planning how to Leave your treasury in a good financial This is good not only for Lambda Sigma but do the things that are necessary to finish position so that next year’s group can for your life. How you go about your daily strong: start their year off strong routines in your classes, the organizations in which you are a member, and your ca- Successfully recruit next year’s mem- Submit all of your reports on time so reers will affect your success in life. That bers, which reflects on your ability to that the national organization is aware means being consistent in how you ap- choose your replacements of all the good things you have done - proach your tasks and completing those these reports also influence our deci- tasks on time while doing them to the best Equip new members with the sions for Honor Chapter status of your abilities. knowledge that you have gained by transferring good and accurate records Submit your national dues, scholarship Too many start the year out with a bang of what you have done so that they contribution, and the National Presi- and end with a fizzle. You saw that if you learn from your experiences, especial- dents’ Leadership Conference assess- watched the Olympics. Don’t be a con- ly for new executive board members ment so that the national organization tender, be a medalist by finishing strong! may have the resources to provide Best wishes for a successful life. I hope that Complete service projects that make a next year’s members with the tools your year in Lambda Sigma is one that you difference in your campus and local necessary to make their experiences will look back on as an important part of communities meaningful ones your development as a leader. Page 2 r. Aakash Tyagi is the advisor for tains or mountain biking in College Station, the Texas A&M chapter of Lamb- so he takes time off to go back every year. D da Sigma. Without this advisor He has been teaching at TAMU for three our chapter could not exist. While com- years now. pleting his undergraduate degree in Elec- tronics and Communication in India, Dr. Dr. Tyagi had worked with a mentee since Tyagi wasn't sure if he wanted to go into her senior year of high school who was a the technology industry or if he wanted to scholar of a tech foundation. That mentee pursue research. He realized that the con- joined Lambda Sigma in the fall of 2016 tent he was learning wasn’t to the depth he and was notified that the previous chapter desired, so he pursued a graduate degree advisor left. So she asked Dr. Tyagi if he in Computer Engineering. Both of his par- would step in, and he graciously did. ents have masters degrees, and they en- couraged him to aim higher and come to Dr. Tyagi enjoys watching the officers and the U.S. for a doctorate. members of Lambda Sigma embrace a passion for doing something for the greater In the later stages of his graduate program, good of society. The members are becom- he was attracted to the ideas of research ing aware of the needs of our community and teaching. He was teaching courses as a when he thought he did enough in the- and deciding to help for the greater good. graduate student and two years down the industry he came to Texas A&M University. The mandated turnover of the society each road he realized that some of what he was He lived for twenty years in the northwest year keeps the organization fresh and teaching in class was not up-to-date. What working for Intel in Portland, Oregon. It brings in new thoughts and initiatives. This he learned in research and books at the had the great outdoors, and his favorite makes Lambda Sigma unique in Dr. Tyagi’s time was constantly undergoing changes. thing for decompressing from the stresses of eyes and sets it apart from the other organi- work was mountain biking. The trails were zations he advises. Dr. Tyagi worked at Intel for 20 years be- within minutes of where he lived, and he fore coming back to teaching. He worked gained a passion for climbing and long Khirstyn-Lien Vu on 8 generations of CPU’s at Intel, and distance running.