Alpha Chi chapter honored with Star Chapter Award

February 03, 2010
Contact: Paul K. Logsdon, Director of Public Relations and Publications (417) 865-2815, ext. 7292

Springfield, Mo — Evangel University’s Missouri Rho chapter of Alpha Chi, a national academic honor society, will be recognized with a Star Chapter Award during the 2010 Super-Regional Convention in Little Rock, Ark., March 25-27.
“To merit the Star Chapter Award, six criteria must be met,” said Dr. Laynah Rogers, co-sponsor of Evangel’s Alpha Chi chapter. “Our Missouri Rho chapter has qualified for the award nine of the last ten years.”
As stated on the Alpha Chi Web site, any chapter may receive Star Chapter status by meeting each of the following criteria:

A minimum of one sponsor and one student delegate must attend the yearly regional/national convention.
A minimum of one student presentation must be made at the regional/national convention.
At least one Nolle, Benedict, or Pryor application must be submitted each academic year.
At least one scholarly program must be sponsored on campus during the academic year.
New members must be inducted and registered during the academic year.
The Annual Chapter Report must be filed with the National Office by September 1.

Thirty-five Alpha Chi chapters nationwide qualified to receive 2008-09 Star Chapter Awards.

Evangel’s Missouri Rho chapter was also awarded Alpha Chi’s highest national chapter award, The President’s Cup, this past year during the National Alpha Chi Convention.

The 2010 officers of Evangel’s Missouri Rho chapter are as follows:

President – Brian Patterson, senior biology major from Beaumont, Texas
Vice President – Meleah Crockett, senior biological chemistry major from Billings, Mo.
Secretary/ Treasurer – Sabrina Schol, senior biology major from Sioux City, Iowa
Treasurer – Amanda Zgrablich, senior biology major from Kenmore, N.Y.
Public Relations – Matthew Smith, senior communication studies major from Phillipsburg, Kan.
Forums Chair – Adam Grumke, senior biology pre-med major from Blue Springs, Mo.

Dr. Laynah Rogers is founding sponsor of the Missouri Rho Alpha Chi chapter. Dr. Dale Scheusner is co-sponsor.

Alpha Chi, founded in 1922, is a national honor society in which membership is limited to the top 10 percent of juniors, seniors and graduate students. Evangel members must have at least a 3.83 grade point average, on the 4.0 scale, to be eligible.

Alpha Chi has more than 300 chapters nationwide. The objectives of the society are to promote and to recognize scholarship and those elements of character that make scholarship effective for service.

For additional information, contact Laynah Rogers at 417-865-2815, ext. 8272.