Away from Home Announcements for April

Neumann University’s Dr. Joseph Glass presents Sarah Roberts, a resident of Court House, with the John A. Phillips Scholar-Athlete Award. A point guard on the Neumann basketball team, Roberts also won the university award for excellence in English literature and the Kelly Vaughan Chase Memorial Academic Award in education. She is a double major in English and Secondary Education.
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Anthony Klingos of Wildwood was recently inducted into the Widener University chapter of Omega Chi Epsilon, an American honor society for chemical engineering students.
Omega Chi Epsilon is the National Honor Society for Chemical Engineering. The Society promotes high scholarship, encourages original investigation in chemical engineering and recognizes the valuable traits of character, integrity and leadership. It serves both undergraduate and graduate students and fosters meaningful student-faculty dialogue.
Omega Chi Epsilon has over 60 active university chapters and total membership of nearly 20,000 men and women. While the chapters are primarily composed of Junior and Senior students, it is also open to graduate students and faculty.
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Men and women who entered The Citadel as freshmen last fall have officially been sworn in as members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets as of April 9. Recognition Day 2016 marks the end of what many consider the toughest first year college military-training in the country.
Each year, hundreds of people line the streets to cheer for the freshmen as they march, dressed in their brilliant, white uniforms, to attend “The Oath Renewal on The Citadel Green.” The oath marks their transition to officially becoming members of the Corps. The green at Marion Square was the original parade ground for the college, when it was founded in 1842 in the structure that is now the Embassy Suites.
John Campbell of Cape May was among 588 other freshman cadets who have been officially sworn into the South Carolina Corps of Cadets.
The march follows three weeks of Transition to Recognition Training during which the knobs take classes examining student ethics and leadership skills and the honor code. They also undergo inspections and drills training.
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Delaware Valley University is pleased to announce that Stephen Bond of Avalon was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society during the spring 2016 semester.
Alpha Lambda Delta encourages superior scholastic achievement among first year students. The Society promotes intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning. Members are encouraged to recognize and develop meaningful goals for their unique roles in society. To be inducted, students must have a GPA of 3.5 or better during their first full-time year.