336 TRANSFER STUDENT HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTS 100 MEMBERS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2007
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Dr. Virginia Donnell, 615-898-5728

In Its Second Year, Tau Sigma Inducts 50 Percent from TBR Institutions

(MURFREESBORO) – MTSU’s chapter of Tau Sigma will induct 100 new members at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, in Room 102S in the Business Aerospace Building.
Tau Sigma is a national transfer student academic honor society. Undergraduate students from colleges and universities all over the country who have transferred to MTSU with at least 24 hours and have maintained a 3.5 grade point average in their first semester at MTSU are invited to join.
MTSU’s chapter also inducts members transferring from and enrolled in programs at various satellite campuses. This year, 50 students from other Tennessee Board of Regents community colleges will be inducted into the honor society.
Due to the large number of new inductees enrolled in the MTSU 2+2 Program at Columbia State Community College, an induction ceremony also will be held at Columbia State at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, in Hickman 122. These students are enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Studies Program, which allows a student to earn a bachelor’s degree in education toward K-6 certification by completing an associate’s degree at Columbia State and a prescribed series of upper-division MTSU courses offered on the Columbia State campus.
“Our chapter of Tau Sigma is devoted to making the transition to MTSU easier for transfers,” says Stephanie Compton, secretary of the chapter for the 2006-2007 school year. “We are a liaison between the university administration and this growing segment of the school population.”
New officers will be installed on April 10. These officers are: Rebekah Cook of Castalian Springs, president; Rochelle Roberts of Tullahoma, vice president; Crystal Barton of Cordova, secretary; Stacy Lawrence of Nashville, treasurer; and Caroline Odom of Summerville, South Carolina, webmaster. The vice president for the Columbia State 2+2 Program will be elected on April 12.
Additionally, honorary inductees at the April 10 ceremony will include Dr. Sherian Huddleston, Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment Services; Dr. Connie Jones, Chair of Elementary and Special Education; Dr. Henry Means, Associate Professor of Elementary and Special Education and advisor for the 2+2 Program; Chris Haseleu, Chair of Recording Industry; Joe Bales, Vice President for Development and University Relations; Dr. John Lee, Chair of Economics and Finance; Marilyn Wood, Associate
Professor of Recording Industry; Dr. Bob Wood, Professor of Recording Industry; Dr. James Huffman, Chair of Educational Leadership; Terri Johnson, Director of the June Anderson Women’s Center; and Dr. David Foote, Associate Professor of Management and Marketing and Director of Leadership Institute.
Tau Sigma is the only national transfer student honor society. After being granted a charter in 2006, MTSU’s chapter of Tau Sigma inducted 66 members and remains the only chapter of the organization in the state of Tennessee. The organization aims to recognize and promote the academic excellence and involvement of transfer students.
For more information about Tau Sigma, contact Dr. Virginia Donnell at 615-898-5728.


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