Aprile Mason Inducted into Alpha Chi at Lincoln Memorial University

2016 Jun 2

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) inducted Aprile Mason into the Tennessee Epsilon 82 chapter of Alpha Chi on Friday, May 6. A total of 15 undergraduate and graduate students were inducted.

Mason, of New Tazewell, Tennessee, is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree. Mason ranks among the top 10 percent of juniors, seniors and graduate students at LMU and was nominated for Alpha Chi by Dr. Benjamin Thompson, a faculty sponsor.

Alpha Chi is a coeducational academic honor society. Founded in 1922, with the purpose of promoting academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students, Alpha Chi honors those who achieve such distinction. Membership is limited to no more than 10 percent of the junior, senior and graduate classes.

The objectives of Alpha Chi are to promote and to recognize superior scholarship and those elements of character which make scholarship effective for service. The society has more than 300 chapters across the country. Membership is the highest academic honor on campus.