Alpha Lambda Delta

Founded in 1924, Alpha Lambda Delta is an honor society for students in their first year at an institution of higher education. We recognize those students who have succeeded in maintaining a 3.5 or higher GPA, and are in the top 20% of their class, in their first year.  Alpha Lambda Delta's mission is to "encourage superior academic achievement... to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning, and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their unique roles in society."

Alpha Lambda Delta was founded in 1924 by the Dean of Women, Maria Leonard, at the University of Illinois to recognize academic excellence among freshmen women. ALD operated as single sex organizations until the mid-70s when it became coeducational in response to Title IX. 

2013 Membership List

Criteria for membership:

You must have a 3.5 or higher Grade Point Average (on a 4.0-point scale), or the equivalent, and you must be in the top 20% of your class during your first term or your first year of study at an institution of higher education.

You must be enrolled as a full-time student pursuing a baccalaureate (Bachelor's) degree at an accredited institution with an active Alpha Lambda Delta chapter on campus.

Freshman transfer students from institutions that do not have an Alpha Lambda Delta chapter, to be eligible for membership, must have the required Alpha Lambda Delta grade point average on the courses taken during the first full curricular period in the institution to which they transfer.  In addition, the cumulative average of the grades of the student's transfer credits combined with the grades in the institution in which the student is currently enrolled must equal the Alpha Lambda Delta academic grade requirement.

2012-2013  Executive Board:                                                                 Justin Good, President  jmgood@falcon.bgsu.edu Julia Waggoner, Vice President  jwaggon@falcon.bgsu.edu Meredith Burns, Secretary  mburns@falcon.bgsu.edu Sarah Payne, Historian  sarahip@falcon.bgsu.edu Lisa Holcomb, Treasurer lholcom@falcon.bgsu.edu Jennifer Hojnacki, Community Service Chair  hojnacj@falcon.bgsu.edu Amber Gombash, Social Chair  agombas@falcon.bgsu.edu Philip Meneses, Senior Co-Advisor (Fall Semester only) mphilip@falcon.bgsu.edu Kayla Johnston, Senior Co-Advisor (Fall Semester only) kaylaj@falcon.bgsu.edu

Alpha Lambda Delta National Website