Eighteen Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC) students and two university administrators were recently initiated into ALD Honor Society at IUPUC.

Founded in 1924, ALD is a national honor society for students in their first year at an institution of higher education. The mission is to encourage superior academic achievement, promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning and assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their unique roles in society. The IUPUC chapter was installed in 2013. 

Student membership is based on a minimum cumulative 3.5-grade point average during the students first year in college. Honorary members are recognized for their support of the chapter and of first-year students in general. 

New Alpha Lambda Delta Initiates

• Mackenzie A Bowers  |  Columbus
• Carrie Caldwell  |  North Vernon
• Isabel Victoria D’Allura  |  North Vernon
• Olivia R. Fahey  |  Columbus
• Victoria Rose Ewing  |  Seymour
• Payten Lynne Ewing  |  Greensburg
• Michaela Brooke Fuller  |  Columbus
• Hannah Kae Michelle Graham  |  Columbus
• Wesley Keith Jewell  |  Elizabethtown
• Ariana Jones  |  Greenwood
• Hannah Kelley  |  Columbus                                        
• Brooke Nicole King  |  Bloomington
• Elizabeth Marie Lynch  |  North Vernon
• Natalie E. Miller   |  Columbus
• Sara Jo Noel  |  Shelbyville
• Brooke Rush  |  Columbus
• Seth Sharpe  |  Columbus
• Avery Daniel Tallent  |  Hope

New Honorary Initiates

• Dr. Reinhold Hill, Vice Chancellor and Dean, IUPUC; Professor of English
• Dr. George Towers, Head, Division of Liberal Arts; Professor of Geography