The Department of English at Misericordia University inducted nine students into the Alpha Sigma Epsilon chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society during an induction ceremony on campus.
Established in 1924, Sigma Tau Delta has about 800 active chapters in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean. The society's central purpose is to confer distinction upon students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate and professional studies, according to the society.
Misericordia University students majoring or minoring in English are eligible for Sigma Tau Delta after completing at least three semesters in the program and maintaining a minimum grade point average of 3.2 in the major's courses and a 3.0 GPA overall.
Misericordia University students inducted into Sigma Tau Delta included Laura Baut, Exeter; Mary Pat Blaskiewicz, West Pittston; Madison Cardinale, Dupont; Kimberly Kowalski, Scranton; Gabriella LaManna, Hillsborough, N.J.; Noah Ostrowsky, Tunkhannock; Karen Reilly, Edwardsville; Briana Scorey, Wilkes-Barre, and Alexis Williams, Scranton.
For more information about the Department of English at Misericordia University, please call (570) 674-6400 or log on to www.misericordia.edu/English.
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The Department of English at Misericordia University inducted students into the Alpha Sigma Epsilon chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society during an induction ceremony. Participating in the ceremony, first row from left, Kimberly Kowalski, Scranton, Pa.; Gabriella LaManna, Hillsborough, N.J.; Mary Pat Blaskiewicz, West Pittston, Pa.; Briana Scorey, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Madison Cardinale, Dupont, Pa.; second row, Alexis Williams, Scranton, Pa.; Karen Reilly, Edwardsville, Pa.; Noah Ostrowsky, Tunkhannock, Pa., and Laura Baut, Exeter, Pa.