GREENSBORO - The North Carolina A&T State University School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences inducted 29 new members into the Gamma Sigma Delta honorary society during an awards banquet on the A&T campus.

To qualify for membership, students must have reached junior or senior status, and be ranked in the top 15 percent of their class. Inductees are nominated for membership by the faculty, based on their academic achievement and leadership potential.

Inductees are:
Racquel Alston, Caroline Fauntleroy, Anthony Garvin, Fatpihia Pinder, Walter Royster, Brittany D. Steele, Dasheba Williams, Tyesha Curry, Terrence Floyd, Maryam Hakeen, Maecki Rodriguez, Jameika A. Sampson, Kasey S. Vaughans, Terasa T. Williams, Lisa Alexander, Jewell P. Carr, Wilfred Cromartie, Steven Fuchs, Bonita I. Milford, Zawadi Morrison, Vivian Ray, Kermit Wilson, Jarvetta Bynum, Christie A. Crapo, Coletta Edwards, Kendra P. Matthews, Rusty Miller, Victor Ofori-Boadu, and Chastity K. Warren.

Given the Award of Excellence in Extension was Dr. Daniel Lyons Sr., Lyons, assistant administrator of regional and county programs, has been with the A&T Cooperative Extension Program for 21 years. Lyons directs A&T's regional and county staff, and helps to link county staff with the programs of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Program.

Given the Award of Excellence in Research was Dr. Willie Willis, a professor in the Department of Animal Sciences. In his 18 years at A&T, Willis has become an internationally renown poultry science researcher. Willis' primary research area is food safety problems with Campylobacter jejuni and other pathogens in poultry.

Gamma Sigma Delta is a national honor society for students enrolled in academic programs related to agriculture.

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