UB Golden Key Chapter Wins National Award

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The UB Chapter of the Golden Key National Honor Society won the prestigious Key Chapter Award at the Golden Key's international convention, held recently in Orlando, Fla.

The award is given to a chapter from each region that has excelled in communication, publicity, meeting management, chapter activities and leadership, and participated in regional and international programs.

The UB chapter inducted 569 seniors and juniors and honored six individuals during its recent 12th annual induction ceremony. The new members, whose grades place them in the top 15 percent of their class, bring the total number of student members on campus to 869.

Six individuals, nominated by members of the local chapter, also were inducted as honorary members.

New student inductees Efrat Rubin and William Pentney received a Golden Key Scholar Award for high academic and extra-curricular achievements.

Both residents of Williamsville, Rubin is a junior majoring in accounting and Pentney, a senior, is majoring in English and computer science.

Honorary members inducted were James Brady, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy, East Amherst; Josephine Capuana, Ph.D., administrative director of the UB Honors Program, Tonawanda; Charles Fourtner, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences, Getzville; Kerry S. Grant, Ph.D., dean of the university's College of Arts and Sciences, Amherst; Deidre Lynch, Ph.D., associate professor of English, North Buffalo, and Sister Genevieve Efthemis, principal of St. Joseph School in Buffalo. St. Joseph is one of two schools in the chapter's Adopt-A-School program.

The UB chapter, one of 23 in the Northeast, has sponsored academic programs to encourage scholastic excellence, donated more than 1,200 hours of volunteer service to promote altruistic conduct and, through its Adopt-a-School program, tutored students at St. Joseph's School and School 68.