UA Chapter of National German Honor Society Initiates 12 New Members
The 2016 inductees of Delta Phi Alpha.
The Iota Xi chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, the national German academic honor society, recently held its annual initiation ceremony and public lecture. The chapter was founded in 1983 and includes over 450 members, making it one of the most active chapters in the country. Members must have a high overall GPA and high GPA in German, have completed at least one 3000 level or higher course in German, and have sophomore standing.
Robert Kelz of the University of Memphis was the featured speaker at the initiation event with a thought-provoking lecture on nationalist and anti-fascist German émigré theaters in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1938 to 1945.
The chapter congratulates new student members Ashley Almand, Richard Bundsgaard, Stephanie Clark, Ellie Cothren, Zayne Derden, Andrew Frank, Michael Griffin, Anthony Hughes, Ryan Key, Julia Smith, and Sophie Yanik, as well as Lynn Jacobs, professor of art history, who was inducted as an honorary member. The Delta Phi Alpha faculty advisor is Brett Sterling.
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Brett E. Sterling , assistant professor of German
World Languages, Literatures & Cultures
479-575-5936,
bsterli@uark.edu
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