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This year, twenty-seven Elmira College students were inducted into the Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society.
Beta Beta Beta (Tri-Beta) was founded in 1922 by Dr. Frank G. Brooks and the Eta Sigma Chapter at Elmira College was established in 1960 by Dr. Stanley Cornish. The goals of Beta Beta Beta are to promote scholarship in the biological sciences, to promote the dissemination of biological knowledge, and to encourage research.
The ceremony was led by the current officers: Emma Guthrie '26 (President), MacKenzie Brown '26 (Vice President), Amanda Ellie '26 (Secretary), Victoria Behun '26 (Historian), and Kaela Howard '25 (Student Senate Representative).
Twenty associate members and seven regular (or promoted) members were inducted:
Allyana E. Bartram '27 (Associate Member)
Arielle Bennett '26 (Associate Member)
Jessica Bhandal '28 (Associate Member)
Amber Galvin '28 (Associate Member)
Gina Gavich '28 (Associate Member)
Gargi Gupta '28 (Associate Member)
Vibhuti Jani '28 (Associate Member)
Charvi Karaturi '28 (Associate Member)
Ellen Le '28 (Associate Member)
Jayden Long '28 (Associate Member)
Connor McCann '28 (Associate Member)
Ronak Patel '28 (Associate Member)
Leanna Rockwood '28 (Associate Member)
Jessica Saji '28 (Associate Member)
Robert Shabouk '28 (Associate Member)
Emily Sindoni '26 (Associate Member)
Nicole Heinz Urgilez '28 (Associate Member)
Reagan Vaughn '25 (Associate Member)
Mahima Venkatraj '28 (Associate Member)
Abbigale Williams '28 (Associate Member)
Brianna Conger '27 (Regular Member)
Brooke Eastman '27 (Regular Member)
Ashley Friend '27 (Promoted Member)
Wyatt Gastrock '27 (Regular Member)
Lauralie M. Grainer '25 (Regular Member)
Nada Mustafa '27 (Promoted Member)
Zacchariah Spencer '25 (Regular Member)
Regular membership in Beta Beta Beta requires a minimum average GPA of 3.0 in Biology classes (minimum of three courses, at least one above 1000-level), a major in Biology, Biochemistry, or Clinical Lab Sciences, and an overall GPA of 3.0.
Students may become Associate members if they have an interest in biology and have completed one biology course during Term I or Term II.