Honor societies, one old, one renewed, induct members the same night
By Echo Staff on 3/25/2011 Two honor societies - one renewed on the Olivet campus - recently held inductions, both in Mott Room 110 on the same night, and both attended by current members, inductees, faculty, staff, parents and friends.The Hosford Society of Scholars held its annual pining ceremony March 2 and inducted 35 new members. Adviser Erica Weaver, ITS coordinator, welcomed the crowd and helped to oversee the ceremony, conducted by Society executive board members.
Inducted were: Freshmen Alexander Alvarez, Allison Stockmeyer, Frederick Smyser, Geoffrey Scripter, Haley Bazzani, Hope Burnham, Lindsey Winters, Maria Loza-Lopez, and Rebekah Wiersma; sophomores Alexander DeFinta, Ashley Mallo, Elaina Gonzales, Helen Macqueen, Sarah Gandy, Sarah Phillips, and Tricia Mullins; juniors Alecia McWilliams, Ashley Holloway, Brenna Leedy, Elizabeth Tengler, Ethan Felsing, Jeffrey Janofski, Kelly Stephens, Kelsey Miller, Matthew Siebert, Rachel Delaney, and Zachary Coddaire; and seniors Alyssa Fredrick, Ameral Day, Branden Webb, Clay Robinson, Heather Bartels, Jessica Towsley, Katie Kidder, and Meagan Behnke.
Executive board members include president Morgan Heintz and vice president Christine Moulton, both seniors. The Society asks its members to "embrace the Olivet College Compact principles: value diversity within a community built on trust, participation, and a sense of pride."
Just minutes later, the newly resurrected Alpha Eta Chapter of Sigma Zeta, a national science and mathematics honor society, inducted student and faculty members after a hiatus since 1981.
Ross Bohms, chair of the mathematics and computer science department, and student Sigma Zeta Society member, explained the chapter's history here and the need to re-boot the initial 1969 effort.
Faculty from the mathematics and computer science department inducted that evening were: Bohms, Marcus Darden, Maria Davis, Patrick Fields, Michael Fredericks, Leah Knapp, Susanne Lewis, Janine Peters, Marco Wiedenhoeft, Arthur Williams and John Wilterding.
Student members include: Juniors Cory Ballard, Lauren Campbell, Rachel Delaney, Candace Igert, Erin Jarvie, Tajalli Kelley-Graves, Kelsey Singer, Nicholas Smith, Alma Torres, Trevor Tyler, Aaron Watkins, and Nicole Wernette; and seniors Kellen Beckwith, Megan Bender, Heather Bowers, Emily Eldred, Michael Harden, Morgan Heintz, Jacob Heller, Matthew Jenca, Kelsie Kasuba, Kyle Kennedy, Heather Nicklaw, Samantha VanDorsten, and Cody Ward.
President Stephen Corey and Provost Maria Davis were on hand to induct new members to a society whose mission is "to encourage and foster the attainment of knowledge in the natural and computer sciences and mathematics and to recognize the attainment of high scholarship among society members."
Professor emeritus Richard Fleming was also in attendance. He was a charter member of the organization in 1969 and presented the original charter to Bohms.
