Ten students in Catawba College's School of Evening and Graduate Studies (SEGS) program and one professional SEGS employee were inducted into the College's chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society during a ceremony held April 11 in Tom Smith Auditorium on campus.
Catawba's Beta Sigma Chi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda, the counterpart of Alpha Chi National Honor Society, is for adults enrolled in the College'sSchoolofEveningand Graduate Studies. Chartered at Catawba in 2001, this organization is non-profit and devoted to the advancement of scholarship and to the recognition of nontraditional students continuing their higher education. The society was established in 1945 at University College at Northwestern University. Catawba members of this society must have earned a minimum of 24 graded semester hours in an undergraduate degree program with a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
Catawba students inducted include Lashonda M. Belk of Charlotte; Lee A. Bronson of Salisbury; Jennie S. Burkhart of Lexington; Timothy S. Hartsell of Concord; Rhonda Hogeland of Denton; Robin L. Misenheimer of Salisbury; Angela N. Mortenson of Salisbury; Alicia D. Olvey of Thomasville; Christine L. Phillips of Mooresville; and Sheila W. Stewart of Thomasville. Kimberly R. Newton '16 of Concord, employed at Catawba as coordinator of program operations for SEGS, was inducted as a professional member.
The School of Evening and Graduate Studies at Catawba was established in 1995 and Dr. Jeffrey Bowe serves as its director.
