This academic year, sixteen Saint Anselm students were inducted into the Upsilon Lambda chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political honor society.
To be considered for membership students must be in the top third of their class with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Further, to be eligible for induction into the Saint Anselm College chapter of Upsilon Lambda, a student must have completed at least half the credits required for their degree, and they must have completed at least ten semester-credits in political science including at least one upper-division course.
Potential members are not required to be majors in political science or related courses. Pi Sigma Alpha was founded in 1920 at the University of Texas at Austin to encourage and recognize superior achievement in the study of government and politics. Today the society hosts chapters on nearly 850 campuses and has inducted more than 300,000 members. Upsilon Lambda, the chapter at Saint Anselm College, was founded in 1992.
The Saint Anselm College students inducted in the 2021-2022 academic year are:
- Madeline Wiser '23, politics major
- David Hamilton '23, politics and economics double major
- Mikaela Boudreau '22, environmental studies major
- Kathryn Monahan '23, politics and psychology double major
- Mary Williams '23, politics major
- Brandon Nazar '23, politics major
- Robert Zaleski '22, international relations major
- Emma Killham '23, politics major
- Malcolm Bowen '22, sociology and environmental studies double major
- John Hodgdon '22, politics and communication double major
- Meghan Allen '23, English and environmental studies double major
- Sarah Crain '23, politics major
- Jared Hirschfield '23, politics major
- Alyssa Stankevitz '23, American studies and politics double major
- Gabrielle Huson '23, politics major
- Ben Mickens '23, politics major