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The Alpha Chapter of Alpha Chi National Honor Society at VSC has grown to 81 members this academic year. Alpha Chi is open to juniors and seniors who rank in the upper 10 percent of their respective classes.

Ten members of Lambda Delta, scholastic honor society for freshman women, were recognized during the convocation. Lambda Delta opens its membership to freshmen coeds who achieve a 3.5 grade-point average in their first quarter and maintain that average throughout the freshman year. The society is in its first year at Valdosta State. The members include Patti Barber, Elyse Boman, Barbara Bunting, Nancy Gibson, Patricia Griner, Brenda Gail Lee, Janet Marie Millson, Carol Ann Robinson, Elizabeth Ann Sikes, and Marian Smiley.

Rodney Daniel Joyner, a senior from Fort Valley, has been designated as Valdosta State's first recipient of the coveted Woodrow Wilson Foundation National Fellowship. Joyner, an English major, has compiled an academic average of 3.9.

Departmental honors for outstanding achievement included Jimmie Jones, Accounting; Pat Taylor, Art; Bill Cribbs, Biology; Joe Brogdon, Chemistry; Dotty Wamble, Economics–Business Administration; Rodney Daniel Joyner, English; Liza Cooper and Walter Newson, History and Political Science; Elizabeth Sikes, Outstanding Freshman in History; Wayne Kirkland and James Rightmeyer, Music; Sheila Sheffield, Psychology; Wendy Wells, Secretarial Administration; Janice Crawford, Mariba Green, and Trudie Trotti, Sociology and Anthropology; and Elinor Davis and Beth Jones, Speech and Drama.

Black Key, honorary society for men, tapped David Ratcliffe, Kirk Rivenbark, and Pat Taylor for membership. Honorary membership was conferred upon Dean William R. Baggett.

Cardinal Key, honorary society for women, tapped seven students and selected two honorary members. New members are: Marcia Owens, Gretchen McCoy, Suzi Shingler, Becky Rushin, Marvene Thigpen, Beth Dixon Pritchard, and Debby Morse. Honorary members are Dr. Lucille Pollard and Virginia Grigsby.

Sigma Alpha Chi, a scholastic honor society, now includes 164 members. Sigma Alpha Chi opens its membership to all students having earned a minimum of 30 quarter hours with a 3.3 grade-point average.

Twenty-nine VSC students were honored as appearing in "Who's Who Among American Universities and Colleges."

Walter Gerald Butler, a mathematics major from Cairo, is the recipient of a $500 scholarship from the Communication Workers of America. Each year the award goes to a junior who is enrolled in the Division of Natural Sciences, Division of Business Administration, or Division of Humanities.

Kay Williams, junior psychology major from Valdosta and editor of the Campus Canopy, received the Valdosta Daily Times Award. The award includes full tuition and an engraved plaque for a student from the Pine Cone, Campus Canopy, or Pine Branch who has contributed most to journalism activities at VSC during the year.

The annual Marga and Mac Awards were given to the outstanding man and woman in the junior and senior colleges. Nominated by Sigma Alpha Chi and elected by the student body, the winners are, in the junior college: Beth Jones of Griffin and Terry Johnson of Pelham; and in the senior college: Dotty Wamble of Cairo and Cal Smith of Macon.

Source: The Campus Canopy, Thursday, May 7, 1970.