Earlier this month, nearly 200 first-year students were inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta, the national honor society for first-year students. To earn induction, students had to earn at least a 3.5 GPA and be in the top 20 percent of the first-year class at the end of the fall semester. The inductees completed an average of 16 credits and earned an average GPA of 3.82 during the fall semester. View a list of the inductees.

Additionally, 11 faculty and staff members, selected by the inductees, were named honorary inductees into Alpha Lambda Delta. The honorary inductees included:

Monique Bolt, undergraduate admissions representative

Kay Cuozzo, retention specialist in enrollment management

Crystal Hill, assistant director of campus access services

Cheryl Lyon, biology and environmental science lecturer

Cecilia Mandrile, art and design lecturer

Pete Massey, criminal justice lecturer

Dan Maxwell, criminal justice lecturer

Marry Miller, accounting instructor and director of the First-Year Experience

Jean Nocito-Gobel, professor of mechanical and civil engineering

Nancy Savage, associate professor of chemistry and chemical engineering

Margaret Savilonis, assistant professor of English