Nine New Members Inducted Into MHU Honor Society for Adult Students

May 15, 2018

Inductees into the Mu Kappa Lambda chapter of Alpha Sigman Lambda are (l-r) Audrey Ray, Donna Ratcliff, Zachery Plemmons, Jennifer Brooks, Pamela Suber, and Courtney Thomas. Not pictured are Na Jimah Jones, Kelly Maybin, and Tonya Ponder.

Mu Kappa Lambda, the Mars Hill University honor society for nontraditional and adult students, inducted nine new student members during a ceremony on Friday, May 11, 2018. New members are:

• Jennifer Brooks of Weaverville, North Carolina
• Na Jimah Jones of Candler, North Carolina
• Kelly Maybin of Flat Rock, North Carolina
• Zachery Plemmons of Weaverville, North Carolina
• Tonya Ponder of Weaverville, North Carolina
• Donna Ratcliff of Bakersville, North Carolina
• Audrey Ray of Waynesville, North Carolina
• Pamela Suber of Hendersonville, North Carolina
• Courtney Thomas of Double Island, North Carolina

Mu Kappa Lambda is the Mars Hill University chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda, a national honor society devoted to the advancement of scholarship and to the recognition of nontraditional and adult students who are continuing their higher education. The society was established in 1945 and now exists in over 300 institutional chapters throughout the country.

To be eligible for induction into Mu Kappa Lambda, a student in Mars Hill’s Adult and Graduate Studies program must have completed 24 hours of graded coursework, while maintaining a grade point average of 3.4 on a 4.0 scale and a position in the top 10 % of his or her class.