Buies Creek, N.C.–Campbell University’s Epsilon Pi Eta Honor Society welcomed 127 new members at an installation ceremony on Thursday, April 24. Dr. Michael Smith, professor of Mass Communication and adviser to the honor society, informed new members that they had succeeded in meeting an arduous challenge.Epsilon Pi Eta inductees must maintain a 3.25 overall grade point average for three consecutive semesters and demonstrate qualities of integrity and leadership.”This is an organization that’s kind of hard to get into,” Smith said. “You have achieved no easy task.”For the first time in the history of the chapter, an Outstanding Service award was presented to a Campbell professor. Dr. Ed Johnson, professor of Mass Communication, received the 2008 award for his dedication and commitment to his profession.”You can’t microwave a gifted teacher,” Smith said. “It takes years to develop the kind of individual who demonstrates this kind of excellence, one who can take the thing that they love and they do so well and communicate that passion to students.”Johnson worked with students on a project for the Me Fine, a nonprofit organization which helps families with children at the University of North Carolina and Duke hospitals with serious or terminal illnesses. The Campbell group created a series of public service announcements that garnered a Silver award at the Raleigh Advertising Club’s ADDY competition on Feb. 29. Smith also announced that the Me Fine submission had placed second in the national advertising awards competition.Victoria Hardin, Harnett County assistant district attorney, delivered the keynote address.Photo Copy: President Erica Strother, left, welcomes Ashley Coble at the Epsilon Pi Eta installation ceremony at Campbell University. (Photo by Shannon Ryals)
Over 100 inducted into Campbell’s Epsilon Pi Eta Honor Society