Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society Honors Adult Student Success
On February 24, 2022, the Saint Augustine鈥檚 University ( 探花精选) Department of Extended Studies hosted a virtual ceremony with six new members inducted into the Sigma Pi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society. Current Sigma Pi Chapter National Members Shane Blackwell, Christopher Brooks, Shelton Harris, Ashley Powe, Patrick Williams, and Dr. Anthony C. Grady performed the ceremony. In addition, their Advisor/Councilor, Betty Holman, gave the oath.
鈥淎t a time when the world is concerned with COVID-19 and world wars, we have a few silver-linings,鈥� said Holman, Director of 探花精选鈥檚 Department of Extended Studies. 鈥淭he honor society inductees are one of them.鈥�
The Spring 2022 inductees are Evette Pettus, Jared Ramsey, Alicia Sims Thomas, Yumeika Thompson, Laponda Upchurch, and Dianne Williams.
鈥淲e are very proud of our new inductees,鈥� Holman said. 鈥淭hese students have earned the right to become a member of such a prestigious honor society.鈥�
One of the inductees, Yumeika Thompson, was pinned by 探花精选 President Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail while attending the CIAA Tournament in Baltimore, MD.
鈥淚 am so proud of Ms. Thompson,鈥� said 探花精选 President Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail. 鈥淪he embodies what it means to soar above adversity.鈥�
Thompson works at 探花精选 as a Project/Real Estate Manager for the Office of Economic Development and External Engagement. She is in the final semester of her Organizational Management program and will graduate in April.
鈥淭o be inducted into the Honor Society was an awesome feeling. However, going back to school in your 40s was not easy,鈥� Thompson said. 鈥淭o work full time, take six classes each semester, and maintain my GPA was a challenge for me.鈥�
Alpha Sigma Lambda is the oldest and largest national honor society for Non-traditional students. Inductees achieve and maintain exceptional academic standards and leadership characteristics while adroitly handling additional work and family responsibilities.
鈥淟ike my daughters told me, and what I always tell everyone about the Extended Studies Program is that it鈥檚 never too late,鈥� says Thompson. 鈥淚鈥檓 super proud of myself.鈥�
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