Communication students inducted in Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society

Juniors and seniors who demonstrated academic excellence in communication-related fields were inducted in the Lambda Pi Eta international honor society in a spring ceremony at the College Terrace.

Membership in the New Paltz chapter of the honor society requires students to obtain a minimum overall GPA of 3.25 and a 3.5 GPA within their major.

Honor society sponsor Donna Flayhan, associate professor of communication, said the letters Lambda Pi Eta reference the three elements of persuasion defined by Aristotle in The Rhetoric: (Lambda) logos or logic; (Pi) pathos or emotion; and (Eta) ethos, ethics.

This year’s ceremony included an abbreviated version of the popular “Brilliantly Creative and Gainfully Employed” alumni panel, in which communication alumni share their career successes with students.

Following the induction ceremony, Christopher Mosco ’15 (Communication – Public Relations) ’16g (Business) discussed his work with various Fortune 500 and multinational companies as the Vice President of Sponsorship and Engagement for Skytop Strategies, located in New Paltz.

New Paltz senior Stephanie Ryba ’16 (Digital Media Production, Communication – Public Relations) then discussed her recent internship with Nickelodeon On Air Promotions, where she assisted producers with video and audio work for television spots this spring.

Join us in congratulating the 2016 Lambda Pi Eta inductees:

Alex Eloy Acaro
; Lauren Marie Albanese; Ariana Lucia Andretta
;

Olivia Broghan Barry
; Sabrina M Bergas
; Jenisse Bouret
;

Georgia A Burnside; Stephanie Ashley Caban; Jozina A Campbell
;

Emily B Castro
; Matthew D’Onofrio; Mackenzie Rose Dewell;

Briana Paige Dunlay
; Solina Alondra Frank; Elizabeth Rose Gottlieb;

Alexandria Griffiths
; Megan Teresa Haggerty; Desique Goldie Harrison;

Morgan Hennessy
; Sage Elyse Higgins
; Kristen Thelma Holly
;

Angel Huang
; Tina Marie Kearney
; Emily Elizabeth Lazo
;

Nicole Mazzara
; Juan Camilo Minotta
; Paul James Mott
;

Maura Anne Murphy
; Nathan Quintus Parker
; Ryan Kennedy Percy
;

Amya Pinka
; Jaylyn Rodriguez
; Amanda Louise Ruggieri;

Samuel Prentis Schwartz; Dana M Silvestri
; Xiao Mei Su
;

Raquel Suarez; Hayley Torswick
; Tenzing Sedonla Ukyab Lama

More information about Communication programs at SUNY New Paltz can be accessed online.