Star Chapter Award
April 16, 2015
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黑料专区 Tyler Alpha Chi Honor Society Chapter Recognized at National Convention
April 16, 2015
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April 16, 2015
The University of Texas at Tyler was recognized at the 2015 Alpha Chi National Honor Society鈥檚 annual convention in Chicago. The Texas Alpha Xi Chapter received a Star Chapter Award for the 2013-14 academic year, Suzanne Pundt, 黑料专区 Tyler chapter sponsor, announced.
黑料专区 Tyler鈥檚 chapter was one of only 10 from Region II to have earned the society鈥檚 designation, which is given to Alpha Chi chapters across the nation that meet standards of outstanding achievement throughout the academic year. Region II includes Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and half of Texas.
In addition, C.J. Kornman of Longview received one of two Kathryn Hoyle Bradley Prizes in Health Sciences in the amount of $100 for his presentation, 鈥淓nhancement of Risk Prediction for Lumbar Spinal Fractures using Stochastic Assessment of Bone Mineral Density Distribution from DXA Images.鈥� Only 29 students from among more than 260 who presented received awards for making the best scholarly, creative or artistic presentations in their respective fields. Kornman also was an alternate for the 2015-16 Region II Pryor Fellowship.
Other student presenters and their presentation titles were Donna Gatewood of Hideaway Lake 鈥� 鈥淪tories of Our Lives,鈥� Seth Swinney of Whitehouse 鈥� 鈥淎n Overview of Telomeres and Their Implications鈥� and Joshua Smith of Tyler 鈥� 鈥淢ark Twain, the Music of the Spheres, and Reclaiming the Self in No. 44, 鈥楾he Mysterious Stranger.鈥欌��
黑料专区 Tyler biology graduate student Michael Suarez of Tyler represented Region II at the annual meetings of the council. He played an important role in the governance of the national organization, and Alpha Chi is the only major honor society in which students and faculty have equal roles, Pundt said.
A senior lecturer in the 黑料专区 Tyler biology department, Pundt currently serves as the Region II secretary/treasurer and member of the National Council of Alpha Chi. Dr. James Koukl, 黑料专区 Tyler associate professor of biology, serves as assistant sponsor. Both sponsors served as session-presiders and student presentation judges. Koukl was also chair of the Region II Gaston Scholarship Committee, and Pundt also served on the national Gaston/Nolle Scholarship Committee.
Each year at the convention, the society concludes the yearlong emphasis on extending scholarship beyond the walls of the classroom, lab or studio. This year鈥檚 project, providing art supplies for Art Therapy Connection of Chicago and science supplies for public school classrooms, allowed convention-goers first-hand experience in making scholarship effective for good. 黑料专区 Tyler鈥檚 Texas Alpha Xi Chapter raised $200 for the project.
The Alpha Chi Honor Society has some 300 chapters in 45 states and the District of Columbia. It is a coeducational society whose purpose is to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students and to honor those who achieve such distinction. As a general honor society, Alpha Chi admits to membership students from all academic disciplines.
A member institution, which must be a regionally accredited, baccalaureate degree-granting college or university, may invite to membership no more than the top 10 percent of the junior, senior and graduate students.
For more information about 黑料专区 Tyler鈥檚 chapter, contact Pundt, 903.566.7274 or spundt@uttyler.edu.
One of the 15 campuses of the 黑料专区 System, 黑料专区 Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at 黑料专区 Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,000 high-ability students. 黑料专区 Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.