SUNY Fredonia will induct its first members into Tau Sigma, a national academic honor society for transfer students, at a ceremony to be held Saturday, April 26, 3 p.m., in S104 Williams Center.SUNY Fredonia’s prospective Tau Sigma members have compiled an average GPA of 3.8. The chapter is advised by Elizabeth Curtin-O’Brien, associate director of Admissions, and Helen Leysath, transfer evaluation coordinator.
No fewer than 28 SUNY Fredonia students will become charter members in the local chapter of the honor society, whose goal is to recognize and promote the academic excellence and involvement of transfer students. Membership requires students to have transferred in with a minimum of 30 credits and achieved a minimum of a 3.5 grade point average during their first semester at the four-year institution.
Charter members of the SUNY Fredonia chapter include:
Alexandra Pattison, Alicia Kinnally, Amanda Frangione, Amy Warner, Andrea Solano, Bonnie Burnett, Carolyn Singer, Christina Tillapaugh, Danielle Cookson, Emily Hohman, Heather Snyder, Holly Todd, Jade Peterson, Jessica Juel, Julie DeBonzo, Laura Lawson, Lisa Wickman, Marki Taylor, MaryJane Starks, Matt Langworthy, Megan Lemiszko, Michael Ruggieri, Nicholas Borelli, Rocco Oliverio, Sarah Johnson, Shinji Matsuyama, Tracy Carlson and Yui Shimasaki.
SUNY Fredonia’s prospective Tau Sigma members have compiled an average GPA of 3.8. The chapter is advised by Elizabeth Curtin-O’Brien, associate director of Admissions, and Helen Leysath, transfer evaluation coordinator.
There are over 50 Tau Sigma chapters across the country, and the largest number of chapters is within the SUNY system.
