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Phi Beta Delta Founding
Ceremony |
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New Chapter of Phi Beta Delta
International Honor Society
Founded on UNO Campus
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Society’s Executive Director, Eileen Evans |
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The
founding ceremony for the Beta Lambda Chapter of Phi Beta Delta was held
in UNO’s University Center on Friday, November 21. Phi Beta Delta is
an international honor society, first established in 1986, for the purpose
of recognizing scholarly achievement in international education. Currently,
there are almost 140 chapters world-wide. According to the Society’s
national headquarters in Washington, D.C., the Society specifically seeks
to provide recognition for “international students and scholars, U.S.
students who have studied abroad, and faculty and staff involved in international
activities.” |
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Dr. Janice Marie Thomas |
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It
also seeks to “serve as a vehicle for the development of academic-based
international programming; to provide a network on each campus of faculty,
staff and students involved in international endeavors; and to extend this
network to thousands of members in chapters across the country and throughout
the world.” |
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Dr. Niyi Osundare |
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Dr. Janice Marie Thomas, Director of the Office of International
Students and Scholars, presided over the founding ceremony, which was
attended by the Society’s Executive Director, Eileen Evans, who spoke
to the audience about the group’s history.
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Research
Professor of English, Niyi Osundare, provided the keynote speech. Ms. Mirka
Jichova, an international graduate student in English and Jazz Studies and
an inductee, provided a musical interlude, and Dr. Timothy Ryan, Chancellor
of UNO, made the formal presentation of the medallions and certificates
to the more than forty UNO students, faculty, and staff members who were
inducted into the society. |
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Chancellor Tim Ryan is presented with the Phi
Beta Delta Medallion.
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The
inductees were selected for membership on the strength of their contributions
to international education, their participation in international programs,
and their scholarship. |
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UNO and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette are
currently the only two universities in the state of Louisiana with a local
chapter of the honor society. Students, staff, and faculty who wish to
apply for membership should contact Janice Thomas, Director of the Office
of International Students and Scholars, University Center, Room 260, University
of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148.
Download a copy of the
Founding Ceremony Program.PDF
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Dr. Niyi Osundare is presented with the
Phi Beta Delta Medallion |
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