COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. More than 200 students at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will be inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta freshman honor society during formal ceremonies March 30.
The students are charter members of a new Alpha Lamda Delta chapter at CU-Colorado Springs. Alpha Lamda Delta is an 80-year-old national honor society that recognizes and encourages academic excellence among first-year students. There are 230 chapters nationwide, and the organization offers $100,000 in scholarships to its members. The local chapter was organized by a student group led by Philip Willburn, Buena Vista senior in Communication, and three-year student coordinator for Freshman Seminar.
The formal ceremonies will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Wyndam Hotel, 5580 Tech Center Drive, Colorado Springs. Reservations from students and guests exceed 500. The national executive director of Alpha Lamda Delta, Glenda Earwood-Smith, will induct the new members into the honor society. Earwood-Smith will travel from the organization’s headquarters in Macon, Ga., for the event. Jim Henderson, vice chancellor, Student Success, and administrative advisor for the local chapter, and Constance Staley, professor, Communication, and director of the Freshman Seminar program, will assist with the induction. Staley is the ALD faculty advisor.
“It is exciting that our largest campus student organization is a nationally recognized honor society that rewards student scholarship and acts that benefit our community,” Henderson said. “It is a privilege to recognize the achievements of these outstanding students.”
Membership in Alpha Lamda Delta is open to full-time freshmen and sophomores for charter membership purposes who earn a 3.5 or better grade point average. The society emphasizes that educated persons have a responsibility to have tolerance in dealings with all persons, generosity in giving to those in need and insight into the feelings of others. Members are challenged to make meaningful contributions to society and, through local chapters, to engage in campus and community service projects. For more information about Alpha Lamda Delta Honor Society for First Year Students, visit www.mercer.edu/ald.
CU-Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in northeast Colorado Springs, is the fastest growing university in Colorado and one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The university offers 25 bachelor’s degrees, 17 master’s and two doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls more than 7,600 students annually