This spring, 39 students from the VCU School of Mass Communication were inducted into the George T. Crutchfield Chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha, a journalism and mass communications honor society. Kappa Tau Alpha fosters high quality scholarship in journalism and mass communications by acknowledging students who excel in these areas. Membership was extended by invitation only to juniors and seniors with overall grade point averages in the top 10 percent of their class in the School of Mass Communications. Graduate students of superior achievement also may be selected.
Dr. Judy Turk, the chapter advisor, led the ceremony on March 18.
VCU’s chapter was chartered in 1978 and initiates new inductees each year. Kappa Tau Alpha was founded at the University of Missouri in 1910 and is the seventh oldest national honor society in the country. It is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the only member dedicated to journalism and mass communications.
Congratulations to the following students:
Undergraduate
Adam Aceino
Yvonne Allen
Kimberly Barnes
Maddison Bradley
Melissa Calabro
Erin Catharine
Jelise Chung
Frances M. Correa
Stephanie DuVal
Rachel Erwin
Steven Flick
Sarah E. Griffith
Clarissa Hillen
Bridget Renee Jones
Douglas Kleeman
Catherine MacDonald
Jalyce Mangum
Colleen McMackin
Seth Powers
Lauren Stewart
Xanthe Waters
Graduate
James Adams
Christopher Brent Baldwin
Patrice Baltimore
Binta D. Cisse
Jordan Childs
Amanda M. Christopher
Marmie Edwards
Asriel Eford
Leslie P. Green
Kimberly Hodge
Amanda Hodges
Tiffany F. Murray
Mary Ellin Scarberry
John Vermeire
Anjali C. Wadhwa
Alyssa Walden
Nicole Whealen
Cassie Williams
Additional Awards and Scholarships
Congratulations to the following students who received additional awards and scholarships by upholding superior academic and leadership standing in and out of the classroom:
Black History in the Making Award
Cecily Lewis, Imani Green-Carr, Terrell Brown, Loren Pritchett, Jalyce Mangum, Patrice Baltimore and Asriel Eford.
Scholarships
Misha Adams (Gene B. Creasy Scholarship)
Frances Correa (Crutchfield Journalism Scholarship)
Jalyce Mangum (Lincoln Financial Media and Martin Agency Scholarship)
Julie Wyatt (Joseph F. Mason Scholarship)
Sara Griffith (Robert Beverly Orndorff Scholarship)
Iva Radman (Scott Stevens Scholarship)
Richard Griset (T. Edward and Polly D. Temple Writing Award)
Benjamin Cohen (Virginia Communications Hall of Fame)
