FAIRPORT, NY—Eileen Merberg, Executive Director of Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Honor Society, announced that the Saint Vincent College chapter has won the prestigious Order of the Torch Award for their activities during the 2021-22 academic year. This award highlights continued excellence in programming, internal communications, campus visibility and overall presentation of their application. This is Saint Vincent College’s third Order of the Torch award, having won previously in 2013 and 2009.

This year, the Board of Directors of Alpha Lambda Delta recognized five chapters across the nation with the Order of the Torch award: Eastern Kentucky University, University of Maryland, Northwestern State University, Saint Vincent College and Western Michigan University. Winning scrapbooks may be found at www.nationalald.org/torch.

The successful chapter at Saint Vincent College was led by Faith Taylor, president; Giana Georgiana, vice-president; Emma Palombia, secretary; and Noah Goehring, treasurer. The chapter was advised by Jody Marsh, C’01, G’15.

“We sincerely appreciate the work it takes to achieve the Order of the Torch award. The students from these winning institutions demonstrated high quality programming, outstanding communication across campus and in their communities and overall excellence,” said Merberg. “College students have to juggle many responsibilities including academics, family, work, friends, community service and participation in campus organizations.”

Merberg went on to note that, “Given these reasons, it is truly impressive what the winning chapters were able to accomplish this past year. Even more so with a pandemic that interrupted the academic year, these chapters were able to stay engaged and continue the important work of supporting student success.”

Additionally, Marsh was appointed for a three-year term as a Professional Member-at-Large to the Alpha Lambda Delta Board of Directors. As Professional Member-at-Large, Marsh will serve on the national Stemler Study Abroad scholarship selection committee. She will also serve on Chapter Relations, Expansion, Long Range Planning, and Order of the Torch committees this year. The Board of Directors looks forward to the creativity, energy, and fresh perspective Marsh brings to the Board.

Danielle Chorba, C’21, biochemistry major of North Huntingdon, was awarded the Dr. Susan Melson Huffman Graduate Fellowship in the award amount of $2,000. Inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta in 2018, Chorba was a previous recipient of Alpha Lambda Delta’s Trow Undergraduate Scholarship in 2019. During her time at Saint Vincent, she served as chapter president, junior advisor and senior advisor. Chorba is currently pursuing a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University.

Alpha Lambda Delta
Alpha Lambda Delta is an honor society that recognizes students’ academic success in their first year at a college or university. Founded in 1924 and active on 280 campuses, Alpha Lambda Delta inducts 22,000 members annually and has over 1.2 million lifetime members. 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.” Since 1939, Alpha Lambda Delta has been a member in good standing with the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS), the only national accrediting body for collegiate honor societies.