SOCIOLOGY HONOR SOCIETY CHARTERS B-CC CHAPTER

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Eight Bethune-Cookman College sociology majors and one faculty member recently became charter members of the Mu Chapter of Florida of Alpha Kappa Delta, an international sociology honor society.

The charter members of Bethune-Cookman College's Alpha Kappa Delta chapter. (Not pictured are Katrina Lewis and Nikki Mason) RELATED LINKS Alpha Kappa Delta

Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) is a premiere honor society in sociology that focuses on stimulating scholarship and promoting the scientific study of society. It has over 80,000 scholars in more than 490 chapters nationally and internationally, including 23 Historically Black Colleges and Universities and 11 Florida colleges and universities.

B-CC’s chapter of AKD is the first at a Florida HBCU. Inductees include:

Jacqueline Renee Hunter, Hallandale, Fla.
Edna Lastrapes, Port Barre, La.
Katrina Natasha Lewis, St. Augustine, Fla.
Julie Luma, Miami, Fla.
Nikki D. Mason, Lake Charles, La.
LaKia Morrison, Gainesville, Fla.
Jerry L. Taylor, Jr., Federal Way, Wash.
Villajean S. Williams, Daytona Beach, Fla.

Dr. Russell Mootry, Jr., B-CC faculty.

The chapter advisor is Dr. Janice Allen-Kelsey. Dr. Allen-Kelsey and Dr. John Ukawuilulu are AKD members previously inducted at the University of Florida and Howard University, respectively. Both are faculty in the School of Social Sciences and the Department of Sociology and Gerontology.

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Bethune-Cookman is a comprehensive college, which offers degrees in liberal arts as well as professional fields, such as business, education and nursing. A United Methodist Church-affiliated school, the College has a diverse and international student population of more than 2,700 and a solid reputation for academic excellence and community service. As evidence of its outstanding program, the College has been listed in the Templeton Honor Roll of Character Building Colleges and Universities, and it was ranked by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the “Top 50” schools in the nation for black students.  B-CC is one of 10 charter member colleges of Project Pericles, a program to create civic leadership and involvement on its member campuses.  The College will celebrate its 100^th year of founding on October 4, 2004.

For more information, contact our website www.bethune.cookman.edu. 

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