Wilkes University Students Inducted Into Tri Beta Biology Honor Society

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Wilkes University inducted five 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 semester. 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.

Wilkes University students inducted as associate members of Beta Beta Beta national biological honor society are pictured, front row, left to right: Rachel Wynings, Anna Rose Breznay, Priscilla Thomas, Yugadi Hullur, faculty advisor and associate professor of biology Valerie Kalter; back row, left to right:  Owen Grigas, Jay Patel, matthew Shelly, Andrew Kovalick, Neha Metgud and Molly Yuschock.

Ten students also were inducted as associate members of Beta Beta Beta. 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.

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