From Florida College:

Dr. Dan Petty, academic dean of Florida College and sponsor of Alpha Chi, represented the Florida Xi Chapter at the super-regional convention of Alpha Chi, the national college honor society, March 22-24 in Baltimore.

More than 400 delegates representing 84 chapters attended the convention, and more than 200 students featured scholarly, creative and artistic presentations. The students also participated in a national literacy service project by providing books to a local elementary school.

Alpha Chi has some 300 chapters in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Members are in the top 10 percent of juniors, seniors and graduate students in all academic fields.

The Florida Xi Chapter, Florida College’s chapter of Alpha Chi, was inaugurated on March 27, and 13 students were inducted as the chapter’s charter members.