Clayton State University is one of 14 institutions in the state of Georgia to hold a chapter of National Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society for first-year students.
Dr. Glenda Earwood, executive director of National Alpha Lambda Delta, delivered the keynote address, and the Clayton State chapter inducted 27 students on Tuesday, Mar. 18 in the ballroom of the University’s Student Activities Center.
Founded in the spring of 1924 at the University of Illinois by Dean Maria Leonard, Alpha Lambda Delta is a national honor society that recognizes and encourages academic excellence among first year students. Today, Alpha Lambda Delta has more than 270 chapters throughout the United States and more than 850,000 students have been initiated into membership since the first chapter was started. Membership in Alpha Lambda Delta is open to full-time freshman students who earn a scholastic average of 3.5 or better at a four-year college or university.
Alpha Lambda Delta emphasizes that educated persons have a responsibility to “have tolerance in your dealings with all persons, generosity in giving to those in need, and insight into the feelings of others” says Earwood. Members are challenged to make a “meaningful contribution to society.”
For more information about Clayton State’s chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society for First Year Students, visit the chapter’s website at
www.clayton.edu/fyarc/alphalambdadelta or contact the chapter’s advisor, Marcia Bouyea-Hamlet.
Clayton State's spring 2014 inductees are listed below:
Andrew Adams Forest Park, Ga.
Jasmine Bell College Park, Ga.
Tatiana Bradley Ellenwood, Ga.
Connie Chanthraboutda Hampton, Ga.
Jessica Charman Middlesex, England
Victoria Chee Atlanta
Amoni Etheridge Conley, Ga.
Maddison Green, Peachtree City, Ga.
Andria Hall Lithonia, Ga.
Yahmani Hargrove McDonough, Ga.
Brianna Heilsnis Apex, N.C.
Keara Howard Decatur, Ga.
Linda Almodovar Ibarra Fayetteville, Ga.
Deanna Jackson Jonesboro, Ga.
Zahir Javaid Stockbridge, Ga.
Adeynika Joseph Hampton, Ga.
Tram Mai Morrow, Ga.
Alexa McGaughy Stockbridge, Ga.
Idowu Oredugba Ibadan, Nigeria
Ryley Rivera Hampton, Ga.
Tiffani Samuel Villa Rica, Ga.
Tyler Samuel Loganville, Ga.
Rosa Servin Jonesboro, Ga.
Justin Taylor Fayetteville, Ga.
Randy Truong Locust Grove, Ga.
Teresa Turner Griffin, Ga.
Carmeika Wise Atlanta
A unit of the University System of Georgia where dreams are made real, Clayton State University is located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.