The Flame Volume 49 - 2011 : Page 10need, and insight into the feelings of oth-ers .” One of the largest service projects done by the chapter was a book drive for an elementary school library for a Gulf coast community destroyed by Hurricane Katrina . ALD members also assisted with freshman move-in day, walked dogs at a local animal shelter and organized a Thanksgiving food drive . ALD had five teams of volunteers to participate in the annual campus community service activ-ity called the Big Event . Several members of the chapter went to Southern Nazarene University to reac-tivate the ALD chapter and last spring drove 10 hours to the University of Central Arkansas to install a new chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta . The chapter did several activities to pro-mote Alpha Lambda Delta such as help-ing new students move in and an activity called Caught You Studying . The chapter won first place with the Best All Around Tree in the Festival of Trees . The leaders attended the national workshop in Min-neapolis and went on a fall retreat . These efforts were quite successful in that over 600 new Alpha Lambda Delta mem-bers were inducted on March 27 in the McCasland Field House . Alpha Lambda Delta members won all kinds of campus awards including Outstanding Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors, the Melvin Hall Leadership Scholarship Award, the University College PACE Award, the Inter-national Scholars Award and two chapter memners were named as Goldwater and Truman Scholars . Dr . Earwood chal-lenged the incoming Sooner class, “You can become a member of Alpha Lambda Delta by applying your study skills from high school and doing the most impor-tant thing a college student can do to promote their academic success – GO TO CLASS!” No chapter can accomplish this much without the help of wonderful advisers! Dr . Alice Lanning serves as the chapter advisor to the ALD chapter as well as Director of Freshman Programs . This year Dr . Lanning was honored by the National Alpha Lambda Delta as the National Outstanding Advisor of the Year . Dr . Earwood concluded her remarks, “On behalf of the National Council of Alpha Lambda Delta, I wish to express our pride in your achievement and our congratula-tions to you, the chapter members, the chapter officers and advisers, and to the University of Oklahoma . You are indeed worthy recipients of the Alpha Lambda Delta Order of the Torch Award . You are encouraging superior academic achieve-ment among students in their first year of college . You are promoting intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning . You are assisting students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their roles in society . In closing, I would like to paraphrase the Admonition from the ALD initiation ritual: “May each of you find in the years ahead the rewards of the educated person --imagination, adventure, humor, com-passion and understanding . May you have tolerance in your dealings with all persons, generosity in giving to those in need, and insight into the feelings of others . In relating your education to the world in which you live, you can make a meaningful contribution to society . Each of you can make a difference .” winners, Lauren Dawson and Wilson Kyi, as well as Christina Chen, a graduate fel-lowship winner . Susan noted that the USC Chapter recently celebrated its 70 th year on campus, and she praised the chapter for its tremendous increase in membership, especially over the past few years . Susan reported that the selection committee was impressed by the many campus and community events and service projects undertaken by the members, and espe-cially noted the new student luncheon and membership appreciation events, along with the annual appreciation lunch for professors . The USC chapter also awarded six local scholarships ranging from $200 to $1000 to members . Dr . Huffman presented the Torch banner to former president, Arpine Sardaryan and other officers from last year’s chapter and congratulated the chapter on its very strong history and for winning the Torch award for the second time! She encour-aged current chapter president, Adam Flores, and the other officers to continue the chapter’s excellence by striving for the Maintain the Flame Award . University of Southern California Dr. Susan Huffman Dr . Susan Melson Huffman, National President, presented the Order of the Torch Award to the University of South-ern California chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta at 11:30 A .M . on Monday, Septem-ber 20, 2010 . The ceremony was held at the beautiful University Club on the USC campus in Los Angeles, California . Attendees included this year’s president Adam Flores, several other current offi-cers, and many of last year’s officers who were responsible for the various chapter events and who had put together an attractive and informative scrapbook that chronicled the past year’s activi-ties . Chapter Advisors Kristian Guzman and Dr . Albert Herrera were present, and a very nice buffet lunch was enjoyed by the students and their professors as part of an annual Professor Appreciation luncheon . Dr . Huffman’s husband, Dave, accompanied her on the trip and also en-joyed meeting the students and hearing about their studies and activities . President Huffman spoke to the students and guests about the history of the Order of the Torch Award and the strong com-petition in this year’s selection . She also congratulated the chapter on winning a Lampadia chapter website award, and she recognized two Trow Scholarship University of South Carolina Dr. Glenda Earwood Dr . Glenda Earwood, Executive Director, presented the Order of the Torch Award to the University of South Carolina at a lovely ceremony on Friday afternoon, September 24th, at the USC Russell House Theater . The ceremony began with music by Sound Check, an all men’s a cappella group at USC . Chapter President Ben Brummel welcomed the audience and introduced the Emcee, William Goodman, former webmaster for the ALD USC chapter . Ji Lim, President of the USC ALD chap-ter in 2009 – 2010, offered thanks and recognition of the officers and members who had worked so hard together for a successful year . Bernadette Reimer, who chaired the Order of the Torch scrap-book committee, presented a power point show of pictures of many of the events the chapter participated in during 2009-2010 . Steven Nash, Vice President, reviewed the USC Challenge Quiz Bowl competition for high school students, the SCHS Academic Team Tournament which the ALD chapter annually hosts at USC as a major service project . 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