UCA’s Lambda Delta First Year Honor Society’s petition has been approved by the National Council of Alpha Lambda Delta and will become a national chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta.
Alpha Lambda Delta is an honor society with over 80 years of tradition in honoring outstanding students on college campuses. The society was founded in 1924 at the University of Illinois by Dean of Women Maria Leonard and was one of the first members of the Association of College Honor Societies – the organization that sets the standard for honor societies in the United States.
Alpha Lambda Delta is an honor society for students in their first year of higher education and membership is open to all students at an institution with an ALD chapter who have earned a 3.5 or higher GPA in their first year or term of enrollment. Aside from the honor and recognition that come with becoming a member in an academic honor society with over 80 years of tradition, Alpha Lambda Delta offers students the opportunity to compete for more than $150,000 each year awarded as scholarships and fellowships to deserving ALD members.
During UCA’s fall 2009 semester, 45 students accepted an invitation to join Lambda Delta, and at the beginning of the spring 2010 semester, 88 students accepted an invitation to join the honor society.
New chapter installation and new member induction ceremonies will be held April 25 with Dr. Alice Lanning of Oklahoma State University performing the ceremonies in coordination with Casey Griffith, UCA faculty advisor for Lambda Delta, and current UCA Lambda Delta officers. Dr. Lanning is the director of freshman programs at Oklahoma State University where she serves as OSU’s Alpha Lambda Delta Chapter Advisor.
Casey Griffith is an instructor of First Year Freshman Seminar and is the First Year Experience and Sophomore Year Experience Programs Coordinator. These programs are part of UCA’s Learning Communities located in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.