Alpha Chi Induction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 12, 2007

Dr. Richard J. McCallum
(417) 625-9394

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) – A total of 158 students will be initiated into the Missouri Iota Chapter of Alpha Chi, a national scholastic honor society, at Missouri Southern State University during ceremonies scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 23 in Taylor Performing Arts Center on the MSSU campus.
           

A reception will follow in Phinney Hall at Missouri Southern.
           

To be eligible for the organization juniors or seniors must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.7 or above.
           

Alpha Chi is a coeducational society whose purpose is to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students and to honor those who achieve such distinction.  Its name derives from the initial letters of the Greed words Aletheia, meaning truth, and Xarakter, meaning character.

Students joining Alpha Chi can expect several benefits of membership.  Each inductee receives a recognition pin and a membership certificate.  Each member is eligible to participate in the varying activities of the society.  

Alpha Chi has existed since 1922 and has been affiliated with the Association of College Honor Societies since 1955.