FREDONIA, N.Y. – More than 100 SUNY Fredonia juniors, seniors and graduate students will be inducted into the 2012 class of the Golden Key International Honour Society. The SUNY Fredonia chapter also is inducting five honorary members. Membership into Golden Key is by invitation only; students being recognized are in the top 15 percent of their class at SUNY Fredonia, based on academic achievement.
The induction ceremony will be held on Sunday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room. A reception will immediately follow. Faculty, staff, and family and friends of the inductees are welcome to attend.
Honorary members being inducted include: Distinguished Teaching Professor Robert Booth, who also serves as chair of the Department of Visual Arts and New Media; Christine Gerber, clinical supervisor in the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences; Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Kevin Kearns; Assistant Professor Susan McNamara of the Department of Business Administration; and Kerrie Wilkes, coordinator of research services and campus partnerships in Reed Library. Honorary members are selected by Golden Key student members based on their active participation in scholarship, leadership and service on campus and in the community, and how they reflect the qualities and values of Golden Key.
For more information on Golden Key, please contact Faculty Advisor Ann Carden at Ann.Carden@fredonia.edu (ext. 3822).
Golden Key, the largest collegiate academic honor society in the world, recognizes and encourages scholastic achievement and excellence among college and university students from all academic disciplines. Founded in 1977, Golden Key has chapters at nearly 350 colleges and universities in Australia, Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
