LEXINGTON,
Ky.—Sixty-three first-year students at Transylvania University were recently
inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta, a national honor society that recognizes
academic excellence. To be included, students must have maintained a 3.5 or higher
GPA and be in the top 20 percent of their class during their first year or term
of college. Vice President and Dean of Students Michael Vetter was initiated as an honorary member.
The new inductees are: Justin Brown Apperson,
Tyler Wittmer Arnold, Miriam Jane Barager-Kemper, Daniel A. Barber, Elizabeth
Ann Barczak, Cody Steven Barnett, Ethan Wert Campbell, Ashley Elizabeth Carter,
Michael Alan Chase, Malynda Judith Clark, Alexis Nicole DeCamp, Hamilton Edwin
Del Grosso, Roshni Nitin Desai, Victoria Frances Dickson, Matthew Wilson Durr,
Maggie Elizabeth Eakins, Victor Charles Ferguson, Ashley Marie Fox, Diana Marie
Gooding, Mark Ashley Hatfield, Brianna Jordan Hill, Kathryn Elizabeth Hooker, Carolyn
Rose Hubbard, Brian Patrick Hudson, Sarah Marie Jagielski, Meghan Fay Johnson,
Kayarash Karimian, Stephen Joshua Kowolonek, Jantzen Lee Latham, William Paul
Malicote, Nicholas David Marnatti, Kali Zoe Mattingly, Karah Elizabeth McDaniel,
Kelsey Michelle Meece, Carolyn Elizabeth Meiller, Allison Shea Merritt, Melissa
Rose Moberg, Colin Joseph Mong, Rebecca Kendall Oliver, Abigail Jeanette
Overstreet, Anthony Joseph Pakozdy, Jordan Trace Perkins, Shelly Elizabeth
Perkins, Anne Somers Preston, Alicia Marie Reinersman, Christian Nathaniel
Rhudy, Karl Alexander Schmitt, Zoe Elizabeth Snider, Maria Angela Starck, Dylan
Shane Stearsman, Amanda Mae Stoddard, Victoria Lee Sullivan, Raisa Olivia
Tikhtman, Emily Marie Ullrich, Chad Michael Warner, Tara Katherine Werner, Anne
Eugenia Wright, Devin Leigh Wright, Emmalyne Davina Marie Wyatt, Eugeneia Grace
Wyatt, Carly Marie Wynn and Emma Rachel Yetter.
Transylvania, founded in
1780, is the nation’s sixteenth oldest institution of higher learning and is
consistently ranked in national publications as one of the top liberal arts
colleges in the country.