News Release
April 2000

Adult students inducted into honor society at
Moravian College

Twenty-seven continuing higher education students were inducted into Delta Omicron chapter, Alpha Sigma Lambda (honor society), on April 16 at Moravian College. The ceremony was conducted in Borhek Chapel by alumni and students in the Division of Continuing and Graduate Studies at Moravian.

Conducting the initiation ceremony were officers Leanne Strawn, president (Hellertown), Denise Stangl, vice president (Bethlehem), Gracinda Glick, secretary (Bethlehem), and Carole Kalman, former officer (Hellertown). They were assisted in the initiation by Linda Kvamme, Assistant Dean of Continuing and Graduate Studies (Allentown), and Bonnie DeMicco, advisor to business candidates and adjunct professor of management (Macungie).

Musical selections were performed by organist Deborah Madey, ’96 (New Tripoli), mezzo soprano Evangeline Dollemore, ’00 (Alburtis), pianist Gary Stokes, ’00 (Allentown), violinist Rosemary Chickersky, ’00 (Bethlehem), and folk singer/composer Anne Hills (Bethlehem).

Dr. Linda Heindel, Dean of Continuing and Graduate Studies, welcomed the inductees and congratulated them on their high academic achievement while managing careers, families, and community service. Wayne Barefoot (Easton) offered a meditation. Scholarships funded by the local chapter were presented to Amy Herczeg and Jessica Venanzi, both of Bethlehem.

The following students were inducted: from Bethlehem, Lynne Berkstresser, Janet Conklin, Jessica Golm, Judith Herbster, Robert Hoffman, Robin Knecht, Felicia Miller, Mary Murach, Sylvia Paz, and Veronika Sanderova.

From Allentown, Marymae Janssen, Karen Neely, Rebecca Sabo, and Gary Stokes.

From surrounding communities, Jennifer Boyer (Mohrsville), Chau Chu (Slatington), Gregory Cook (Whitehall), John Frey, Sean Reaser, and Cheryl Shepherd (Nazareth), Ashley Heiberger (Northampton), Rebecca Jabeir (Easton), Jasmine Newton (Mt. Bethel), Stephen Rindos (Phillipsburg, NJ), Kimberly Ryan (Schnecksville), Trisha Szoke (Walnutport), and Kathryn Walter (Catasauqua).

For more information regarding the Division of Continuing and Graduate Studies at Moravian College, call 610-861-1400 or visit the web site at www.moravian.edu.

Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college.