Alpha Chi society inducts new members, attends
regional conference
By Austin Shipman
CO-NEWS EDITOR
Nineteen members were inducted into the Missouri Rho chapter of Alpha Chi at a ceremony Wednesday morning,.Alpha chi is an national honor society made up of juniors, seniors and graduate students who are in the top 10 percent of their class.
The new inductees included 17 undergraduate students and two graduate students. As a part of the ceremony, graduating members of Alpha Chi received their cords. Danny Sebastian, senior and Alpha Chi member, spoke at the induction ceremony, challenging students to strive for excellence in the small things.
“The small things are the big things,” Sebastian said. Sebastian used the Daniel and Joseph, who strove for excellence and were able to stand before kings.
“As Christians, we are called to be people of influence in our vocations so that we can one day stand before the King of kings,” Sebastian said.
Two Evangel students and one Evangel graduate had the opportunity to present papers at the first ever Alpha Chi Super-regional convention in Little Rock, Arkansas on March 27th.
Adam Grumke, senior, April Howard, senior and Meghan Musy, a 2009 graduate, each represented Evangel’s Missouri Rho chapter of Alpha Chi, Each student was also competing for a scholarship, and the winners will be announced later this spring.
During the convention, the Missouri Rho chapter received the Star Chapter award and has qualified for the award six of the last ten years.
According to Grumke, the purpose of the gathering was “to present research, listen to some speakers and broaden horizons. Alpha Chi is focused on scholarship and also on involvement with and giving back to the community.”
There were seven regions of Alpha Chi represented at the event to participate in the theme of “Multiple Talents, Multiple Opportunities.”
Although Evangel participates in Alpha Chi, the society itself is not
Christian-oriented.
Grumke, who presented a paper on the “potential of non-embryonic stem cells,” expressed a concern for more individuals with a godly perspective participating in the academic world after experiencing the convention.
“In some ways it showed that a lot of academia is still quite liberal, so there is a need for conscientious Christians who will simply do what is right rather than liberal or conservative,” Grumke said.