The Rho Alpha Beta chapter of Chi Sigma Iota at the University of Arkansas inducted new members a ceremony April 8 in the Graduate Education Building.

Chi Sigma Iota is an international honor society that values academic and professional excellence in counseling. The organization promotes a strong professional identity through members - including professional counselors, counselor educators and students - who contribute to the realization of a healthy society by fostering wellness and human dignity.

The counselor education program in the College of Education and Health Professions offers a master's degree and a doctorate.

Students in the accompanying picture are, from left, Margaret Hindman of Ruston, Louisiana, a second-year master's student; Jennifer Hartman of Wichita, Kansas, a second-year master's student; Jessica Serio of Joplin, Missouri, a third-year master's student; Samantha Bala-Ndimal of Charlotte, North Carolina, a second-year master's student; Stacy McKisick of Forrest City, a first-year doctoral student; Kristin King of Clarksville, a second-year master's student; and Austin Brown of Mound City, Missouri, a second-year master's student. New members Jessica Higgins of Fort Smith, a second-year master's student, and Kendra Shoge of Marionville, Missouri, a first-year doctoral student, are not pictured.