Top Students Inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha Honor Society in Campus Ceremony
JONESBORO – Eleven Arkansas State University students were recently inducted into the Kappa Tau Alpha (KTA) honor society.
KTA is a college honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism and mass communication. Membership is a mark of high distinction and honor.
The students inducted are Randy Brock of Knoxville, Tenn.; Holiday Fairchild of Youngstown, Fla.; Gudrun Olafsdottir of Kansas City; Hans van Riet of Altadena, Calif.; Hayley Riggs McGhee of Oklahoma City; John Hendricks of Salem, Ore.; Katherine McCoid of Boston; Benjamin LaBouve of Tacoma, Wash.; Rachel Mooneyham of Jonesboro; and Shelly Tye-Wilson of Searcy. Amanda Hanson was inducted posthumously.
Mooneyham was named the top undergraduate scholar and Tye-Wilson the top graduate scholar for the 2024 class.
The seventh oldest national honor society, Kappa Tau Alpha was founded at the University of Missouri in 1910 at the world’s first school of journalism. The society has 95 chapters and has inducted around 75,000 students since its founding in 1910. Kappa Tau Alpha is a non-profit (501-c-3) organization and is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies, the nation’s only certifying agency for college and university honor societies.
Holly Kathleen Hall, professor of strategic communication, has served as the A-State chapter adviser since 2009 and was national president from 2018-2020. More details about Kappa Tau Alpha can be found at http://www.kappataualpha.net.
