University Undergraduate Academic Honors Convocation
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UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC HONORS CONVOCATION Dr. Brent Wren, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies Convocation Marshal Dr. Rolf J. Goebel, Musician Professor of German Prelude Prelude in a-minor, by J.S. Bach A Little Gigue, by Wolfgang A. Mozart Cappricio Cromatico, by Girolamo Frescobaldi Fugue in C-Major, by Dieterich Buxtehude Processional Prince of Denmark March by Jeremiah Clarke Welcome Dr. Robert A. Altenkirch, President Remarks Dr. Christine W. Curtis, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Recognition of Students in Honors Societies Dr. Brent Wren, Associate Provost Recognition of Honors College Graduates Dr. Harry S. Delugach, Director, Honors College Recognition of Experiential Learning Program Scholars Mr. Alan Constant, Director, Student Success Center Recognition of ROTC Cadets Mr. Mike Manning, Senior Military Science Instructor Recognition of Undergraduate Academic Achievement College of Business Administration Dr. Caron St. John, Dean College of Engineering Dr. Shankar Mahalingam, Dean College of Liberal Arts Mr. Glenn T. Dasher, Dean College of Nursing Dr. C. Fay Raines, Dean College of Science Dr. John D. Fix, Dean Assisting the Associate Provost and the Deans Ms. Sydney Steele, Honors College Student Representative Recessional Fugue in g-minor by Johann Adam Reincken (Please remain seated until after recessional.) Reception 1 ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETIES Listings of awardees do not include students whose directory information is confidential and who have not authorized the University to publicize their award(s). ALPHA EPSILON DELTA BETA ALPHA PSI Membership in Alpha Epsilon Delta, the national pre-health professional honor society, is based on superior scholastic achievement. The Iota Theta Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi was chartered on March 8, 1998 after two years of petitioning. The fraternity’s purpose is to instill The society affords its members opportunities to develop initiative, leadership, and self-education by participating in the activities a desire for self improvement, to foster high moral and ethical standards, to encourage and give recognition to scholastic and professional of the chapter. excellence, to cultivate a sense of responsibility and service, to promote the collegiate study of professional accountancy, and to provide for its members opportunities to associate with practicing accountants. Membership is open to graduate students of the accounting Meagan Baker Bethany Johnson Tanvi Singh Dr. Debra Moriarity, program, faculty, professionals, and juniors or seniors in the top third of the accounting class. Olivia Huntzinger Nuzhat Majid Sophia Smith Faculty Advisor Natalie Clark Melinda Kilgore Sarah K. Smith Dr. Charles Hickman, Abrahim Imam Soniykha Murukan Garrett Wilson Nicholas Fowler Christina McCree Xue Wang Faculty Advisor Misty M. Giles Daniel Menarchek ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA Amanda Loy Jessica Sherrill Alpha Lambda Delta is a national society that honors high scholastic achievement during the first year of college. Membership is open to all freshmen who are registered for full courses of study leading to bachelor’s degrees and who earn scholastic averages of 3.5 or above. BETA GAMMA SIGMA Ayah Abdallah Abu-Spetani Jessica Duckett Cory F. Miller Robert L. Seemann Beta Gamma Sigma was founded as a national organization in 1913. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest national Daniela LaShea Archie Noemi Eitel Katie R. Milliken Lottie R. Sides recognition a student can receive in an undergraduate or master’s program in business or management accredited by the American Analyn J. Bengs Kasey Elle Fort Adam R. Neely John M. Siota Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. Its counterparts in arts and science and engineering are Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, Matthew V. Bower Lorin N. Franklin Tien P. Nguyen Jacob Clay Smith respectively. To be eligible for membership, a student must rank in the upper seven percent of the junior class, upper ten percent of the Kathryn Anna Bradley Jalyn J. Gariepy Marie Catherine Patterson Daniel C. Sorrells senior class, or upper twenty percent of the graduating master’s class. Members are elected to membership. The mission of Beta Gamma Rebekah F. Bridges Nathan Hunter Gilbert Valaine S. Pfister Molly L. Stalons Sigma is to encourage and honor high academic achievement and personal excellence in the study and practice of business. Faith M. Buckley Katrina Leighann Gonzalez Chelsea Lauren Posey Scott Michael Trafton Tim Adams Grace Cochran Erica Jackman Ashley Valentine Elliot Arthur Codd Michael D. Gvodas Chelsea Nichole Powers Tevon James Walker Matthew Armstrong Ronald Colvin Clayton Kachele Jessica Veld Erin M. Coffey Tyler Wade Harris Elizabeth M. Richards Cailean G. Williams Matthew Ashby Samuel Cornelius Hunter Leo Charles Watwood Carson D. Cottis Anna Marie Hyatt Madison Richey Randy Barbour Pradipta Das John Lewis Reba White Breanna Marie Crane Dejarra C. Johnson Sterling J. Riether Dr. Joseph Taylor and Kathryn Bekken Rachel Daugherty Nicholas Libarios Robert White William Isaac Daniel Sara Ann Le Roy David G. Ritchie Dr. Joseph Conway, Chandrakanth Bobba Alean Dupin Tsai-Hsuan Lin Derek Williams Todd Elliot Dick Sijia Li Summer B. Roden Faculty Advisors Rachel Bray Matthew Eddy Christopher Linden Sihan Wu Caroline E. Dixon Henry C. Mahler James Andrew Rothenflue Apoorva Bukenakere Efridge Engelhardt Kiersten Mace Anastasios Xenofos Fernando Duarte Anna K. Mathis Michael K. Schueler Udaya Kumar Mark Flair Midori Maloney Cancan Xu Katherine Byers Michelle Givens Aaron Owen Hanxia Zhang Lauren Chandler Fredrik Graaner Asharani Ramanna PHI KAPPA PHI Bingjiao Chen Tiffany Gray Cole Rickles Dr. Christopher Allport, Phi Kappa Phi recognizes and encourages superior scholarship in all academic disciplines. Juniors invited to join have a GPA of 3.90 or Rebecca Cho Barbara Hayes Andrew Schumacher Faculty Advisor above. Seniors invited to join must be in the top 10% of their class with a GPA of or above 3.60. Oliver Coates Candi Holliday Matthew Spencer Samantha Elizabeth Aldridge Sulakshana Devsirini Fernando Zita McCall Ryo Suzuki Ranya A. Anderson Qiana Hunt Daniel Menarchek Christopher D. Sylvester Travis Burchfield Justin C. Ikerman Holly Mitchell Maria Emma Torres Sean P. Couch Tammy E. Jones Sunny Jitubhai Patel Sihan Wu Cherish L. Croft Thomas C. Kelley IV Amanda L. Schrenk Anastasios Xenofos Brittney D. Decker Michelle Kruse Nathan Schrock Steven Doyle Jennifer Shelton Lentz Jerry Lee Seemann II Dr. Nick Jones, Garrett Dunn Allison Hagood Luther Alfred Setyono Faculty Advisor Emily Faulkner Midori Maloney Kelly Marie Steinberg Yanthrawaduge Savanie Ryan Manecke Breanna Stone 2 3 SIGMA GAMMA Tau Tau BETA PI Sigma Gamma Tau is the honors society for Aerospace Engineering. It seeks to identify and recognize achievement and excellence The Tau Beta Pi Society, an honorary organization for engineering students, is open to students of engineering who have earned in the Aerospace field. Sigma Gamma Tau’s collegiate chapters elect annually to membership those students, alumni, and professionals at least 24 credit hours at UAH and have either junior or senior standing. Juniors who are inducted must be in the upper eighth who, by conscientious attention to their studies or professional duties, uphold this high standard for the betterment of their profession. of the class, and seniors must be in the upper fifth of the class, based on work done at UAH. The objectives of Sigma Gamma Tau, as stated in the preamble of the Society’s national constitution, are: “to recognize and honor those individuals in the field of Aeronautics and Astronautics who have, through scholarship, integrity, and outstanding achievement, been a Carl A. Balch Christina Caelan Franks Matthew Darren McAfee Dr. Donald Wallace, credit to their profession. The society seeks to foster a high standard of ethics and professional practice and create a spirit of loyalty and Collin S. Baldwin Takahiro Ishitobi Taylor Wayne Presley Faculty Advisor fellowship, particularly among student of Aerospace Engineering.” Landon W. Boggs Thomas C. Kelley Nathan A. Schrock Matthew D. Burzese Brady Alan Kimbrel Tanya E. Snider Steven Doyle Trey McFerrin Dr. Jason Cassibry, Clifford Regan Christian Ryan W. Little Ryo Suzuki Tryston Gilbert Markus Murdy Faculty Advisor James Q. Craig Ryan Sheldon Longchamps Joshua Austin Walker Takahiro Ishitobi Ryo Suzuki Steven James Doyle Andrew J. Machemer, Jr. ETA KAPPA NU ALPHA KAPPA DELTA Alpha Kappa Delta is the international sociology honor society whose purpose is to stimulate interest in the study of the social world The Theta Eta (UAH) Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu was chartered on April 29, 1978. The objectives of Eta Kappa Nu are to honor those for the goal of improving the human condition. Undergraduate members have at least junior standing, rank in the top 35% of their class, students of electrical engineering who have excelled in scholarship, leadership, and exemplary character and to unify them with and have taken a minimum of four sociology courses in which they have maintained a grade point average of 3.0 or better. graduates and faculty who have attained prominence in the field of electrical engineering. Membership is open by chapter invitation only to graduates, faculty, professionals, juniors in the top fourth of the electrical engineering class, and seniors in the top third of the Brianne Stone Dr. Kyle Knight, electrical engineering class. Rebecca Warner Faculty Advisor Wesley Bartholomae Mario Cummins Erin Keeney Ryan