Seventeen students have been inducted into Coastal
Carolina
University's Alpha Pi chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda, an honor society
for continuing students age 25 and older. The program, in its second
year, is sponsored by Coastal's Division of Extended Learning and
Public Services.
To be eligible for membership, students must be matriculated in an
undergraduate degree program and have a minimum of 24 graded semester
hours at Coastal. Members are selected from the highest 10 percent of
the class, and must have a grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0
scale.
The following students were inducted into Coastal's Alpha Pi
Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda:
- Kay Alford interdisciplinary studies Myrtle Beach;
- Amy Blanton early childhood education Myrtle Beach;
- Richard Dolan interdisciplinary studies Georgetown;
- Louise Engelhardt-Gunnell interdisciplinary studies Pawleys
Island;
- Melanie Fox psychology Myrtle Beach;
- Lisa Galloway English Surfside Beach;
- Carol James chemistry Conway;
- Tammy James sociology Conway;
- Paula Laughinghouse early childhood education Loris;
- Keith McNeal computer science Garden City;
- Elizabeth Melvin English Myrtle Beach;
- Diana Miller biology Myrtle Beach;
- Leah Miller art studio Myrtle Beach;
- Beverly Rockow psychology Myrtle Beach;
- Shira Shasho chemistry Myrtle Beach;
- Harriett Todd interdisciplinary studies Conway; and
- Terry Windham secondary education Conway.
Elected officers for 2001-2002 are: Carol James, president; Diana
Miller, vice president; Tammy James, treasurer; and Paula
Laughinghouse, secretary.
Honorary member inductees include: Edgar Dyer, faculty director of
Interdisciplinary Studies; Charmaine Tomczyk, associate provost and
associate vice president for Academic Affairs; Horace Wood, associate
professor of education; Judy Fontana, director of program development,
Division of Extended Learning and Public Services; and Jennifer
Shinaberger, director of academic outreach and distance learning,
Division of Extended Learning and Public Services.
Dyer was the keynote speaker for the induction ceremony.
