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MC’s Alpha Gamma Sigma inducts 15 students during 2022 ceremony

The Alpha Gamma Sigma name is drawn from the initials of three Greek words that translate to “Add Good Character, Knowledge and Judgement,” according to the organization’s website, and during a May 5 ceremony at Maryville College, 15 new inductees were lauded for doing just that.

The annual Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Scholarship Society induction took place in the Lamar Memorial Library on the Maryville College campus, and the scholars selected for membership from the Class of 2022 were held up as living examples of the organization’s purpose: to “encourage through scholarship and to stimulate interest in cultural pursuits among the students of the College.” In keeping with tradition, the new inductees signed their names in an Alpha Gamma Sigma membership book and were presented with cords to wear at Saturday’s Commencement.

Membership is extended to the top 10% (by GPA) of students with senior standing at the start of the spring semester who are eligible to graduate with honors. A junior of exceptional ability and scholarship may be elected into the society through a unanimous vote of the group’s active membership.

The following seniors are the College’s newest Alpha Gamma Sigma inductees:

Angela Anderton, a sociology major from Knoxville, Tennessee; Jay Barrow, a psychology (counseling) major from Maryville, Tennessee; Britton Bolton, a psychology (counseling) major from Rogersville, Tennessee; Sarah Cardall, an international studies (global) major from Clinton, Tennessee; Hailey Carmichael, a sociology major from Kodak, Tennessee; Chloe Hamlett, a writing communication major from Athens, Alabama; Kennedy Hardnett, a criminal justice major from Hixson, Tennessee; Jordan Kamikawa, a computer science major from Rockwood, Tennessee; Maddy Lindsay, a psychology (counseling) major from Fairview, Tennessee; Antonella Moscoso, an English literature major from Kodak; Makayla Nance, a double major in writing communication and theatre studies from Clinton; Rachel Neal, a biology major from Cullman, Alabama; David Steele, a double major in psychology (counseling) and theatre studies from Maryville; and Sydney O’Hara, a finance/accounting major from Louisville, Tennessee.

In addition, junior Autumn Carroll, a psychology major from Benton, Tennessee, was selected as a 2022 Alpha Gamma Sigma inductee.

Maryville College is a nationally-ranked institution of higher learning and one of America’s oldest colleges. For more than 200 years we’ve educated students to be giving citizens and gifted leaders, to study everything, so that they are prepared for anything — to address any problem, engage with any audience and launch successful careers right away. Located in Maryville, Tennessee, between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the city of Knoxville, Maryville College offers nearly 1,200  students from around the world both the beauty of a rural setting and the advantages of an urban center, as well as more than 60 majors, seven pre-professional programs and career preparation from their first day on campus to their last. Today, our 10,000 alumni are living life strong of mind and brave of heart and are prepared, in the words of our Presbyterian founder, to “do good on the largest possible scale.”