Tau Beta Pi welcomes 27 initiates to Prestigious Society

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On November 18, Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society which invities initiates based on academic achievement, welcomed 27 initiates from seven engineering departments into the prestigious society.

The organization is designed to develop communication and leadership skills and provide scholarships, fellowships, networking and career opportunities to distinguished engineering students.

“My favorite thing about Tau Beta Pi is witnessing the power and prestige of our network,” said David Fryauf, current Tau Beta Pi president. “Many successful and influential engineers both in professional fields and in academia are members of Tau Beta Pi, and they always recognize the achievement and commitment it takes to become a member of this organization.”

TBP is the only society representing the entire engineering profession and was founded in 1885 by Edward H. Williams Jr. The University of Arkansas chapter began December 14, 1914.

Membership requires having earned a distinguished scholarship, academic rank in the top 1/8 of the junior engineering class or the top 1/5 of the senior engineering class and having exemplary characteristics of integrity, adaptability, breadth of interests and a record of unselfish service, according to Tau Beta Pi posters.

The 27 engineering students that became official members by meeting these requirements and participating in the initiation ceremony on November 18, “must participate in the required service events and one social event, make a plaque, collect student and faculty member signatures, and thoroughly learn the history and details of Tau Beta Pi,” Fryauf said.

Congratulations to the 2010/2011 initiates!!

Mechanical Engineering (7 initiates)
Lucas Brown, Khanh Dang, Jason Haynes, Monica Jones, Rebecca Leonard, Bryceson Nunley and Luke Osborn

Electrical Engineering (6 initiates)
Tyler Bowman, Whitney Davis, David Hendren, Lauren Kegley, Elliott Korb and Michael Heath Richardson

Industrial Engineering (4 initiates)
Christopher Adkins, Sergio Maldona, Nick Martin and Crystal Wilson

Chemical Engineering (3 initiates)
Elizabeth Fullerton, Alexander Kreps and Anthony Smith

Civil Engineering (3 initiates)
Shane Matthew Adams, Camila Maldonado and Michael Andrew Roster

Computer Engineering (3 initiates)
John Brady, Matthew Rothmeyer and Francis Sabado

Biological and Agricultural Engineering (1 initiate)
Jimmy Vo