Arkansas Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi Initiates New Members
On Tuesday, April 23, the Arkansas Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi initiated 22 new members into their chapter. Including the 23 members inducted in the fall, there are now a total of 176 active Tau Beta Pi members on the U of A campus.
Tau Beta Pi is the oldest engineering honor society in the United States, and the second oldest Greek letter honor society to Phi Beta Kappa in the liberal arts. Tau Beta Pi's public motto of "Integrity and Excellence in Engineering" serves as the founding principle for the organization. Currently, there are 248 active chapters of which Arkansas Alpha is the 28th oldest. Arkansas Alpha will be celebrating its 100 year anniversary in 2014. They are active in community service projects and promoting leadership in all disciplines of engineering.
Besides initiating the new members, elections for new officers were also held on Tuesday. The 2013-14 officers for Arkansas Alpha include the following:
- President: Emily Shields
- Vice President: Stephanie Cone
- Corresponding Secretary: Cale White
- Recording Secretary: Rocky Hedrick
- Treasurer: John Carradini
- Initiate Trainer: Anna Arnaud
- Service Chair: Michaela Mertz
- Program Chair: Rachel Reynolds
To see the full list of new initiates, as well as to learn more about the history of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, check out their website at https://sites.google.com/site/uarktbp/home.
Contacts
Emily Shields, Student
Biomedical Engineering
501-350-7903,
ekshield@uark.edu
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