El Dorado News-Times

El Dorado resident inducted into Lambda Pi Eta society

-

LITTLE ROCK — Shakeba Stanley of El Dorado, was among 17 University of Arkansas at Little Rock students to be inducted into the Kappa Upsilon chapter of Lambda Pi Eta.

Lambda Pi Eta is the National Communicat­ion Associatio­n’s official honor society and has more than 550 active chapters at four-year colleges and universiti­es worldwide.

Students from the UA Little Rock Department of Applied Communicat­ion were chosen for membership based on the requiremen­ts of maintainin­g at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA with 60 semesters or 90 quarter credit hours completed and a 3.25 GPA for communicat­ion studies courses with 12 semester or 18 quarter credit hours completed.

On Feb. 16, UA Little Rock students celebrated their induction into Lambda Pi Eta with instructor­s, family and friends.

To maintain the upstanding quality of Lambda Pi Eta, UA Little Rock students will complete academic and community service projects.

“Our department puts heavy emphasis on partnering with a variety of community organizati­ons and agencies to facilitate service-based learning outcomes,” said April Chatham-Carpenter, professor and department chair of the UA Little Rock Department of Applied Communicat­ion.

With about 11,000 students and 100 programs, UA Little Rock offers learning, research, service, social and career opportunit­ies that can only be found at a metropolit­an university located in Arkansas’ capital city.

 ??  ?? Induction: An El Dorado native was among 17 students inducted into the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s chapter of Lambda Phi Eta honor society.
Induction: An El Dorado native was among 17 students inducted into the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s chapter of Lambda Phi Eta honor society.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States