Curry’s Communication department held its annual induction ceremony for new members to the national Communication honor society, Lamda Pi Eta on Thursday, March 23.
Professor Vicki Nelson and Professor Sharon Sinnott, advisors for the Lambda Pi Eta chapter at Curry, said letters were mailed out to 36 eligible students. Students of junior standing who have maintained a 3.0 GPA overall, a 3.25 GPA in Communication courses, and are in the upper 35% of their graduating class are eligible.
“It’s an honor to induct such deserving students again this year. The department is proud of their achievements and we welcome them into this prestigious organization”, said Professor Nelson.
LPH has over 400 active chapters at four-year colleges and universities worldwide. LPH was founded in 1985 at the University of Arkansas. LPH became a part of the National Communication Association (NCA) in 1988, and the official honor society of the NCA in July 1995.
LPH represents what Aristotle described in his book, Rhetoric, as the three ingredients of persuasion: Logos (Lambda) meaning logic, Pathos (Pi) relating to emotion, and Ethos (Eta) defined as character credibility and ethics.
Dinner and the traditional candle lighting ceremony was held on Thursday, March 23 at 5:00 p.m. Family, friends and faculty were in the audience for this special evening.
Here is a complete list of Lamda-elgible students, and those inducted last Spring:
Newly eligible students
Sarah Adams-Shepherd
Jennifer Alberta
Timothy Bausch
Patrick Beck
Kevin Begley
Kerrianne Crocker
Lauren D’Amore
Alex Durka
Geoffrey Ferreira
Kerrie Forbes
Michael Foster
Timothy Gilligan
Timothy Glynn
Jared Gonthier
Dorothy Grant-Cohen
Christopher Hartnett
Kelly Jackson
Kerry Jordan
Travis Libman
Rhonda Livingston
Elizabeth Love
Thomas Lutz
Mariaana Malinen
Stephanie Manning
Justin McCarthy
Rachel Mercer
Meagan Morgan
Mike Nacimento
Andrew Otto
Andrew Pagnotta
Dan Pieroni
Evan Purcell
Ted Smith
Joseph Thompson
Jessica Thorpe
Tomorrow Vailes
Leigh-Anne Walsh
Inducted last spring
Julie Beers
Lindsay Brown
Dhristian Burgoyne
James Carrington
Matthew Cormier
Chris D’Olimpio
Jared Kant
Margaret King
Michael Miceli
Joe Morabito
Kimberly Murray
Jadd Naamani
Colleen Smith
Ebony Vandross