Wilkes University inducted 13 students as full members into the Theta Delta Chapter of the Beta Beta Beta national biological honor society at an induction ceremony held during the fall 2018 semester. An additional nine students were inducted as associate members.
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Wilkes University students inducted as associate members of Beta Beta Beta national biological honor society were recognized at an induction ceremony during the fall semester. Pictured in the front row, from left to right are Kayla Eller, Morgan McIntyre, Jasmin Patel, Ajna Prahalad, Raeva Mulloth; back row, left to right: Thomas O’Connell, Morgan Tarnalicki, Sean McMonagle, Hunter Hughes and. Valerie G. Kalter, associate professor of biology and faculty advisor.
Full members are juniors or seniors who have completed at least 16 credits in biology with at least a 3.25 grade-point average and a 3.0 overall GPA. Associate members are sophomores and juniors who have completed fewer than 16 biology credits with at least a 3.25 grade-point average and a 3.0 overall GPA.
Beta Beta Beta was founded in 1922 at Oklahoma City University by Dr. Frank G. Brooks and his students. The idea of an honor society and professional society for biology students spread and by 1925 the society became a national organization. The Theta Delta Chapter was installed at Wilkes in 2001.