Approximately 70 juniors, seniors and graduate students will be inducted as the 2017 class of Fredonia’s Chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society on Sunday, Nov. 5, at 2 p.m. in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room.
Membership into Golden Key is by invitation only, and students being recognized are in the top 15 percent of their class at Fredonia. 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.
A reception will immediately follow the ceremony. Faculty and staff, as well as family and friends of the inductees, are welcome to attend.
Honorary members being inducted include:
Assistant Director of Residence Life Daniel Goodwin
Associate Provost for Curriculum, Assessment, and Academic Support Lisa Hunter
Associate Professor Holly Lawson of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Associate Professor Anna Thibodeau, who teaches courses in the area of educational psychology in the College of Education
Clinical Audiologist Marc Wilcox of the Henry C. Youngerman Center for Communication Disorders in the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences.
For more information on Golden Key, please contact advisors Mark Suida (ext. 3143) or Dr. Joseph McFall (ext. 3891).
Organizers would like to acknowledge the late Associate Professor Ann Carden, who was Golden Key's founding campus advisor. Fredonia’s Golden Key chapter was chartered on April 19, 2005, and Ms. Carden played an instrumental role in the chapter's active involvement in leadership, service and scholarship activities. Her legacy will continue through the induction ceremony that she organized and established on-campus.
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 throughout the world.
