Lebanon Valley College

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Phi Sigma Iota, the Department of Languages honor society, which recognizes outstanding accomplishment in the study or teaching of any of the academic fields related to foreign language, literature, or culture. These fields include not only modern foreign languages, but also classics, linguistics, philology, comparative literature, bilingual education, second language acquisition and other interdisciplinary programs with a significant foreign language component. Phi Sigma Iota is the highest academic honor in the field of foreign languages, with 250 chapters of Phi Sigma Iota at institutions of higher learning in the US, Mexico, and France. Local inductees include:

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Beta Beta Beta, the Biology Department honor society. Tri Beta is a society for students, particularly undergraduates, dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research. Since its founding in 1922, more than 200,000 persons have been accepted into lifetime membership, and more than 553 chapters have been established throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Local inductees include:

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Psi Chi, the Psychology Department honor society. Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests, and who meet the minimum qualifications. Students must have a College and departmental GPA of 3.20 or higher. Throughout the year, this group takes part in many fundraisers and community events. Further, they put on a speaker series related to psychology and a conference where both students and researchers present their original data. The LVC organization takes pride in sending students to the Eastern Psychological Conference held each spring, and encourages its members to become more involved in the greater society of psychology. Local inductees include:

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Alpha Sigma Lambda, the Continuing Education Department honor society. Alpha Sigma Lambda aims to recognize the special achievements of adults who accomplish academic excellence while facing competing interests of home and work. Alpha Sigma Lambda is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship and recognizes high scholastic achievement in an adult student's career. By so doing, this Society encourages many students to continue toward and to earn associate and baccalaureate degrees. Through leadership born of effort, both scholastically and fraternally, Alpha Sigma Lambda inspires its candidates to give of their strengths to their fellow students and communities through their academic achievements. To the newcomer in higher education, Alpha Sigma Lambda stands as an inspiration to scholastic growth and an invitation to associate with similarly motivated students. Local inductees include:

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Alpha Kappa Delta, the Sociology and Criminal Justice Department honor society. Alpha Kappa Delta is dedicated to the ideal of Athropon Katamannthanein Diakonesin or "to investigate humanity for the purpose of service." AKD seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in scholarship in the study of sociology, the research of social problems, and such other social and intellectual activities as will lead to improvement in the human condition. Local inductees include:

Lebanon Valley College has named its inductees for Phi Kappa Pi, the Business and Economics Department honor society. Phi Kappa Pi is open to business, accounting, and economics majors. Selection is made by business department faculty. Membership is open to those with junior or senior status and a department GPA of 3.4 or higher and a college GPA of 3.25 or higher. Candidates for membership must also exhibit participation in department, college, or community activities demonstrating leadership and non-academic involvement. Local inductees include:

A team of Lebanon Valley College computer science students placed second at the 12th Annual Dickinson College Spring Programming Contest. The competition included 20 three-student teams representing colleges and universities from Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The LVC team solved five of the eight computer programming problems in four hours. Local students include:

Lebanon Valley College's Inquiry 2012 coincides with the Council for Undergraduate Research's week-long celebration of student research and achievement. LVC celebrates the academic, dramatic, athletic, musical, and experiential achievements of the student body. Events begin on Sunday, April 15, and conclude Saturday, April 21. Inquiry 2012 will include poster presentations, art displays, poetry readings, oral research presentations, and musical recitals. Every academic department on campus has nominated students to share their accomplishments during that week.

Lebanon Valley College has recognized 186 of its first-semester freshman and transfer students for making an impact on the campus as a new student. The Celebration of Student Success reception, held Feb. 7 in the Neidig-Garber Science Center atrium, honored the students' achievement. The honorees were nominated by faculty and administrators for standing out in the classroom, in their work with classmates, as student leaders, in on-campus employment, or in extracurricular activities such as athletics, performance, and volunteerism. The following students were recognized:

Local Lebanon Valley College students were among two teams of computer programmers battling for a spot to attend the World Finals of the 36th annual Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), sponsored by IBM. They include:

Local students will perform music recitals during the spring semester at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa.

A delegation of nine Lebanon Valley College students participated in the Mid-Atlantic European Union Simulation in Washington, D.C., in November 2011. Eight current Lebanon Valley College students represented Spain, and LVC alumnus Christopher DeLorenzo '10 served as chair of the council. Students were assigned to pass a resolution created by a panel of student European Commission members, focusing on Turkish Accession.

Lebanon Valley College graduated 67 students in December 2011. All December graduates are invited to participate in commencement exercises in May. Local graduates include:

Local students will appear in an upcoming production of "Chicago" at Lebanon Valley College, sponsored by the Wig & Buckle Theater Company. "Chicago," Broadway's longest-running musical with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, is set in the roaring twenties and tells a tale of murder and deceit on the stage.

Twenty-nine Lebanon Valley College students will travel to Washington, D.C., as part of the 2012 Social Justice Institute, Jan. 12-14, 2012. Among them are:

Four Lebanon Valley College students were published in the journal of the Pennsylvania Sociology Society.

The following students were named to the fall 2011 dean's list at Lebanon Valley College. Dean's list students must maintain a 3.4 average out of a possible 4.0.

Lebanon Valley College has enrolled 1,631 undergraduates for the 2011-2012 academic year, including the largest new student cohort in the College's 146-year history.

The following students were named to the fall 2010 dean's list at Lebanon Valley College. Dean's list students must maintain a 3.4 average out of a possible 4.0.

Local students are serving in leadership roles at Lebanon Valley College. Student life at LVC is largely student driven, with more than 85 clubs, organizations, and initiatives entirely run by and made up of students. This means it's easy to get involved, easy to take on a leadership position, and easy to take a new idea and run with it.

Local students will perform music recitals during the fall semester at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa.

Twenty-four students were elected as class officers and representatives for the Lebanon Valley College 2010-2011 academic year. Eight additional officers and representatives will be elected this fall from the 500 members of the incoming freshman class.

Students at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., were honored at a ceremony in February to celebrate their success as emerging leaders. They with presented with the gift of a zippered pad folio that read on the cover, "LVC, Making a Difference," along with a formal "certificate of recognition." The honored students mingled with faculty and staff at a reception with food and flowers in the atrium of LVC's Neidig-Garber Science Center. The local students are:

The following Lebanon Valley College students are spending their spring break during the first week of March building Habitat for Humanity homes with needy families in New Rochelle, N.Y.

The following student leaders at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., recently chaired service projects for incoming freshmen at the College. They are:

The following students from Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., are studying off-campus during the fall 2009 semester. They are:

The following students from Lebanon Valley College (LVC), Annville, Pa., studied abroad recently.

The following students at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA, are taking part in a College production of The Pirates of Penanze. Two weekends of performances at the College are sold out.