Pi Gamma Mu holds fall initiation
SALISBURY, MD ---Maryland Gamma, Salisbury University's chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, the international honor society in the social sciences, recently held its 2002 fall initiation and inducted 55 new members. In a candlelight service held in the Bistro of the Commons, the inductees were welcomed into the society by Dr. Clara Small, chancellor of the north eastern region and a member of the board of trustees; by Dr. Timothy O'Rourke, dean of the Fulton School of Liberal Arts; and Dr. Maarten Pereboom, chair of the History Department.
The initiates were: Christopher Jerome Abraham, Lauren Beth Abrahamsen, Ashley Mariel Altman, James Robert Back, Corey James Ballard, Jennifer Macie Banham, Kevin E. Birch, Stacy Lorraine Blanchard, Tiffany Beth Bruscino, Jesse Micheal Brushe, Catherine Patricia Chatfield, Pamela Knox Collins, Ryan Charles Cox, Laura Beth Cundiff, Brendan John Dawson, Jonelle Lynn DeSormeau, James John Dragos, Andrew Clayton Ecton, Kathryn Elizabeth Elmore, Dean J. Fafoutis, Rebekah Lynn Fitch, Eric Conrad Gemmer, Stacy Ann Godfrey,
Jennie Elizabeth Gouker, Jamie Leigh Hackett, Richard Samuel Hostetter, Charles Timothy Howard, Haley Regina Hurson, Sarah Elyse Israel, Crisman Peter Jespersen, Kristen Nicole John, Katherine Anne Kinsey, Jennifer Naomi Koester, Rachel Anne Laurie, Creston S. Long III, Geoffrey Edward McCool, Lawrence McDonald, Gary Shane McGill, Erin Anne McKenzie, Kathryn Rose Morrison, Jeremiah Lee Mowen, Lesley Elizabeth O'Brien, Joseph Wilmoth Parsons, Susan Marie Quade, Zachary W. Richards, Katie Melissa Ross, Marilyn Ann Schneider, Sarah Christine Sprague, Aubrey Lynn Tarrant, Melissa Taylor, Matthew Thomas-Claude Thompson, Marie Suzanne Toussaint, James Wingfield Walker II, Jennifer Lynne Ward and Michelle Marie Weiler.
Membership in the society is limited to juniors, seniors, graduate students, faculty and administrators who have had at least 20 semester hours of social science with an average grade of not less than "B" or 85 percent. The 20 semester hours are in the five core disciplines of history, political science, sociology, economics and international relations. The original list has been expanded to include criminal justice, social psychology, social philosophy, the history of education and human geography. In addition, an eligible student should be in the top 35 percent of the class.
The officers for the 2002-2003 academic year are: president, Ryan Cox; vice president, Cynthia Marrufo; secretary, Stacy Godfrey; and treasurer, Clara Small. The advisors for the chaper are Drs. Richard Bowler, Michael Lewis, Melanie Perreault and Small.