ALD inducts new members

Family and friends gathered at Towns Auditorium last Friday, Sept. 9, for a colorful ceremony, where The Liberty Chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) Scholastic Honor Society initiated 306 new residential and online student members. Each academic year, new members are chosen after maintaining a GPA of 3.5 or higher throughout their freshmen year in college.

“You are lifetime members now of Alpha Lambda Delta,” ALD faculty advisor Dr. Marilyn Gadomski said to those being inducted.
Gadomski commended the students for their hard work and encouraged them to continue to maintain their GPA.

The main highlight of the evening was the speech given by speaker Dr. Sharon Emerson-Stonnell, professional member-at-large Alpha Lambda Delta National Council, from Longwood University. Dr. Stonnell congratulated the new initiates for excelling through a year considered to be quite challenging to many students.

“Take personal responsibilities for your actions, manage your time wisely and learn to evaluate purely on your performance,” Dr. Stonnell advised.

The new honor students were also reminded that being a part of the honor society is not only about academic excellence, but also about service to others.

“May each of you find in the years ahead the rewards of the educated person, imagination, adventure, humor, compassion and generosity,” Stonnell said.