Photo by Jeff Montgomery Lighting a candle to signify her induction, senior Mary Edmundson accepts her invitation to join Alpha Chi at the organization's spring induction ceremony Feb. 17. Students were required to have a 3.85 grade point average over 80 hours or a 3.75 GPA over 105 hours to be invited to join the honor society. Alpha Chz National organization honors 109 Harding students Alpha Chi Honor Society recognizes students with high academic and moral standards. Juniors and seniors in the top 10 percent of their classes were inducted each semester. Juniors with 80 hours and a 3.85 grade point average and seniors with 104 hours and a 3.75 GPA were considered for nomination. Harding inducted 109 this year. "Students who are inducted are high achievers and very bright," said Dr. Dennis Organ, executive director of Alpha Chi at the national level and English department chair. "They also want to do something worthwhile in their lives and be of service to those around them." "It is a great honor to be a part of a group of students that are so well respected at Harding," said junior Josh Steed. Jonathan White Paul White Margaret Willis Adam Woodruff Dana Yingling Senior Bethany Hobbs, Alpha Chi president, said, "To be in Alpha Chi, you have to dedicate a lot of time to academics." Numerous benefits were offered for Alpha Chi members, including an opportunity to compete for scholarships and grants. Senior Jonathan Singleton was a recipient of the Alfred H. Nolle scholarship this year. "The winners were chosen from papers they had written at an undergraduate or graduate level," Singleton said. "I was surprised and very happy." This year active chapters of Alpha Chi were found on 300 campuses around the country and in Puerto Rico. Since the organization's beginning in 1922, Alpha Chi has inducted 290,000 members. -Renee Lewis Rachel Mount Aerren Myers Casey Neese Wendi Optiz Jessica Osgatharp Sarah Parks Nicholas Pilcher Lisbeth Pinto Molly Pratt Lisa Raloff Rolando Ramos Daniel Reese Maegan Rogers Meredith Sanderson Steve Seidel Kelly Semore Jennifer Sifford Natalie Smeltzer Amanda Snider Josh Steed Claudia Stockstill Tiffany Summers Kelly Swatzell Lauren Tao Lynn Teague Robert Thompson Abigail Thweatt Matthew Underwood Christie Wade Eric Welch Lauren West Amanda White alpha chi 221
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