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The Virginia Zeta Chapter of the Alpha Chi Honor Society at Christopher Newport inducted 88 new members in a virtual ceremony.
Since its charter at Christopher Newport in 1977, Alpha Chi has annually recognized the top 10 percent of juniors, seniors and graduate students in all fields.
Dr. Jay Paul, Honors Program director, has served as Alpha Chi’s sponsor since 1989. The grade point average to be invited when Alpha Chi was launched was a 3.25; it is now a 3.8 for juniors and seniors. “These inductees are an elite and accomplished group,” Paul said.
The induction ceremony was held in an online format with chapter president Lauren Proulx ‘21 welcoming the families and friends of the inductees, along with Paul and another faculty sponsor, Dr. Shelia Greenlee of the Department of Psychology.
Dr. Lynn Shollen, chair of the Department of Leadership and American Studies, was the speaker at the event, telling the inductees: “You deserve a hearty congratulations for earning your way into such a prestigious honor society. For a long time now you’ve worked extremely hard, sacrificed much along the way, drew on support from others who care about you and courageously grasped opportunities.”
The list of newly inducted Honor Society members is below:
Natalie AvilaChloe Baker
Brooke Bare
Ashley Barks
Elijah Basu
Gabrielle Beddard
Sarah Benton
Eric Blosser
Shannon Boerner
Cristina Bournigal
Alexandria Brooks
Kayla Buchanan
Andrew Cagle
Elyssa Cirillo
Annie Clarke
Savannah Cook
Katelyn Davis
Isabelle D’Souza
Regan DuHadway
Daniel Eads
Sophia Elia
Ahmed Elzamzami
Elizabeth Fabiano
Hannah Feeken
Danielle Freeman
Emma Friedmann
Shreya Ganta
Susannah Garber
Jillian Goff
Gabriel Gravini
Marguerite Haas
Anna Hall
Jessica Haravay
Emery Harlan
Madison Hoecker
Brandi Houck
Tyler Huneycutt
Devin Jackson
Ng Julia
Lin Karam
Emily Karn
Abigael Khuu
Michael Kilcoyne
Sydney King
Caroline Koon
Elizabeth Laxton
Rachel Locke
Corinne Lucas
Zachary Luyo
Kirsten Marsell
John McKisson
Carol Metten
Emily Miller
Jonathan Miller
Nicholas Napora
Austin Newman
Jennifer Newton
Zenith Nguon
Brooke Nixon
Madeline Painter
Nicolaus Parks
Thomas Pollack
Campbell Pozin
Riley Rafterry-Lee
Krista Reed
Jessica Roberson
Daniel Ross
Thomas Ryerse
Ryan Saal
Abby Saether
Alexander Sebold
Hannah Shelton
Katelyn Shinault
Ann Silver
Quinn Smith-Perry
Joao Splett
Theodore Stathopoulos
Samuel Swenson-Reinhold
Dominic Tasselli
Madison Taylor
Caleb Thompson
Rosalia Tilmont
Camryn Tinsley
Fiona Tucker
Katherine VanderVennet
Kyle Werntz
Lily Wright
Amanda Yermal