Alfred State installs its third class of inductees in the Sigma Lambda Chi honor society

Nine students were recently installed in the Zeta V Chapter of the Sigma Lambda Chi (SLC) honor society at Alfred State.

Civil Engineering Technology Associate Professor Timothy Piotrowski is the adviser to the newly installed student members, all of whom are construction management majors. They include Ryan Schiffman (North Collins), Robert Sturtz (Marion), Jon Weaver (Palmyra), Nicholas Wilder (Eden), Douglas Horbachewski (Hamburg), Luke Podyma (Eden), Andrew Ball (Tonawanda), Zebadiah Hoffmann (Hamburg), and Ashton Roberts (Holland Patent).

Other faculty members who participated in the installation ceremony were Associate Professor and Department Chair Erin Vitale, Associate Professor Jeff Marshall, and retired Professor Ron Nichols.

Sigma Lambda Chi is an international honor society within the construction industry. Chapters may be established at a school, college, or university that has a major discipline of education in construction.

To be installed by a chapter, a student must be at least a junior and have a GPA in the upper 20 percent of qualified students in the program. They must also have participated in one or more extracurricular activities; demonstrated excellent leadership, character, and personality traits; and worked in some phase of construction for at least one summer or winter break.

Membership in this society is certainly an important milestone in a student’s college career and indicates a significant accomplishment for the inductee, as well as to potential employers. Members are permitted to wear the memorabilia associated with the society at graduation for further recognition.

According to SLC International President Christine Piper, there are approximately 75 chapters and more than 19,000 current members in the United States, Australia, and Ireland.