UVa-Wise inducts new Darden Society members

The Darden Society of The University of Virginia’s College at Wise added 43 new members during its induction ceremony on April 30 in the Fred B. Greear Gymnasium.

The College’s oldest honor society, the Darden Society is named for Colgate W. Darden Jr., former governor of Virginia and former president of the University of Virginia, whose belief in higher education and love for Southwest Virginia brought him to lend support essential to the founding and growth of UVa-Wise. The Darden Society was founded in 1964 by the late E. L. “Buck” Henson Jr., professor emeritus of history.

Darden Society membership is based upon high scholarly achievement and intellectual promise. Sophomores become eligible for membership by completing their first three semesters in residence at the College with uniformly superior records. Faculty members of their respective major departments must nominate juniors and seniors.

Inductees for the 2008-2009 academic year are:

Virginia

Abingdon
Dustin Osborne

Alexandria
Naana A. Denning
Daniel Allen Hobbs

Big Stone Gap
Rebecca Kay Durham
Kacie Rae Jessee

Christopher Stamper

Bristow
Esther Akoto

Castlewood
Jamie Allison Fields

Cartersville
Allie Robinson

Chilhowie
Marcus Martin

Clintwood
Christopher Matthew Large

Duffield
Britney Lawson

East Stone Gap
Joel Sprinkle

Ewing
Collin Alexander Skeen

Haysi
Richard Hugh Turner

Honaker
Gary Johnson

LaCrosse
Sondra A. Ryder

Lebanon
Eric James Anderson

Lynchburg
Sarah Elizabeth McDonald

Marion
Brandi Nichole Trail

Mechanicsville
Joanna Lewis

Midland
Chaz Levi Marshall

Norton
Andrew Fultz

Pennington Gap

Marissa L. Jones

Pound
Rebecca N. Bathis
Rachel Elizabeth Belcher
Jerrod Alexander Boggs
Sara Ring
Joshua Dean Sturgill

Rural Retreat
Meghan Kathryn Hall-Schroeter

Tazewell
Wycliffe Scott Farquharson

Wise
Spencer Todd Adams
Stephanie Nichole Clisso
Kasi Hubbard
Stephanie Lawson
Andrew Jacob Maggard
Karen Francene Meade
Kendra Miller
Andrea Mae Phillips
Joseph Matthew Ramey

California

Hemet
Amanda Piper

Kentucky

Pikeville
Richard M.C. Ray

Russia

Rybinsk
Elena Petrovna Klinova

The only branch campus of the University of Virginia, UVa-Wise is ranked among the nation’s top ten public liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report. UVa-Wise offers Virginia's only undergraduate degree in software engineering, among 28 other degrees and professional programs in the liberal arts tradition of Thomas Jefferson.

                                                                                                     Posted May 14, 2009