A total of 64 Valdosta State University students were inducted into the Georgia Alpha chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society Monday. Membership in Alpha Chi is one of the highest academic honors which may be bestowed upon a student at VSU, and is restricted to juniors and seniors who rank within the highest ten percent of their respective classes.
Current chapter officers are Jessica Thomas (President), Alan Perry (Vice President) and Leah Sproul (Secretary-Treasurer).
Dr. Kenneth Rumstay of the Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences serves as faculty sponsor, and Dr. Theresa Grove of the Department of Biology is the new assistant faculty sponsor. The students who were inducted are:
Douglas Allums, Erin Elizabeth Atcheson, Robert Barabas, Sage Aubry Bass, Amanda Renee Becton, Lynda Bernhardt, Allison Boggs, Adam Bright, Amber Burkman, Margaret Allison Carroll, Karah Kiley-Rae Cripe, Rachel Elizabeth Cummings, Sandra Amelia Daniel, Laurie Dickey, Amber Nicole Disotell, D’iandria Nicole Forman, Ewelina B. Gad, Paulo Joel Gaona, Bryan Garris, Jennifer L. Goble, Bethany April Graham, William L. Graham Jr., Mary B. Greneker, Christopher M. Griggs, Christopher Jordan Hancock, Rachel L. Hathaway, Toni D. Hayes, Ashley R. Helton, Daniel J. Housley, Lauren Alicia Hunter, Kelly E. Hutchinson, Joey A. Jarrard, Chase Vann Johnson, Malissa Ann Kay, Alicia S. Kelly, Kathleen Elizabeth Kirk, Katheryn Elizabeth Klimko, Denise Nichol Lacey, Samantha Brooke Lee, Diani Lezcano, Lindsey Lloyd, Kathleen Celeste Manry, Emily Rebecca McGill, Bradley David Moody, Rachel Elizabeth Morgan, Andrew C. Myers, Baqara Ngoyi, Amanda Nicole Orvin, John Shane Padgett, Christopher Parker, Danielle Yvette Peak, Lindsay Jane Perdue, Jason Paul Phillips, Robert Tucker Pruitt, Amy Purvis, Geoffrey Allen Schmidt, Keely Simmons, Harrison A. Simon, Marilee C. Stone, Patrick J. Taylor, Lauren Marie Terry, Kellie B. Turner, Terry T. Turner Sr. and Rajiv Villait.
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