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Thirty-two SUNY Cortland students have been elected to membership in Alpha Sigma Lambda, an international honor society honoring the academic achievement of undergraduate students over the age of 24.

SUNY Cortland celebrates its non-traditional/adult students and recognizes that many of these adult learners are supporting families and juggling full time-jobs.

This is the 19th year the SUNY Cortland chapter, Lambda Omicron, has elected members. The induction ceremony and dinner was held April 18 in Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge. Alpha Sigma Lambda national standards indicate that students elected to membership are in the top 20 percent of all students at SUNY Cortland age 24 or older and have completed 24 credits of work at SUNY Cortland with a grade point average of 3.2 or better. For the inductees to be in the top 20 percent of students at SUNY Cortland this year, they needed to have a grade point average of 3.70 or higher.  The GPA range for the group of students inducted was 3.70 to 4.2.

President Erik J. Bitterbaum offered welcoming remarks to the new members. Professor of Anthropology Sharon Steadman was the faculty guest speaker. She offered her own experiences and stories of adult students she has had the pleasure of working with at SUNY Cortland.

Steadman was inducted as honorary member.

Sara Sampson, a junior dual major student majoring professional writing and political science and Alpha Sigma Lambda member spoke about the ideals of the honor society.  

Students who have been elected to membership are:

Nicholas Andreassi

Sandra Bella

Robert Bergman

Jose Blanca

Taylor Bood-Usher

Jade Case

Teresa Contessa

Celita-Marie Converse

Elizabeth Foster

Melissa Garrett

Amanda Carrie Gray

Jacob Guy

Arthur J. Haase

Rhianna Marie Hickey

Lisa Johnson-DiMarco

Casey Keegan

Ryan Andrew Lamberti

Chad Lawrence

Britini Jo Merrill

Anthony Miller

Carly H. Miller

Matthew Oswald

Nathaniel Rose

Zachary Shapiro

Justin Sovocool

David Spitale

Ashley E. Sterling

Leah H. Tidd

Hayley Truax

Kaitlin VanDervort

James Warner

For more information about Alpha Sigma Lambda, visit www.alphasigmlambda.org.