Congratulations to Our Newest Members

On May 1, 2019 Chi Zeta 262 inducted 30 new members into Bryant's chapter of the Phi Sigma Iota foreign language honor society.  New members represent all four of the languages studied at Bryant University: Chinese, French, Italian, and Spanish.

Students in the undergraduate program at Bryant who are pursuing a major, minor or concentration in one of the languages offered at the university, Chinese, French, Italian or Spanish, are eligible if they:

• have completed at least one course at the 300 level (305 or above)
• have completed 45 semester hours (second semester sophomore)
• have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 overall
• have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 in their language courses
• rank in the top 35% of their class.

New members and officers

Chi Zeta officers, along with members Katie Malo and Bobbie DiScuillo, during the ceremony

Chi Zeta Officers (Kerri, Kelly, Nyatasha and Michelle) with Profe Moon

Of the 30 new members, 8 are graduating seniors (Class of 2019), 11 are juniors (2020), and 11 are sophomores (2021).  Congratulations!!

CLASS OF 2019

• Riley Alkins
• Caitlyn Bashara
• Anthony DeLuca
• Alison Guilmette
• Josephine Heng
• Kelly Jacobsen
• Norah Sandland
• Lauren Abbott (December)

CLASS OF 2020 

• Sabina Aouad
• Eva Ballester
• Catherine Conroy
• Jacob Clark
• Kyra Danish
• Amara Gatto
• Richard Junquera
• Angelina Leandres
• Joshua Nunes
• Madison Rojas
• Alexa Koch (December)

CLASS OF 2021 

• Safeen Ahmad
• Jonathan Caley
• Jenna Gurley
• Lily Iacurci
• Mercedes Lahaie
• Kristen Page
• Cassandra Prazeres
• Gabriela Reymont
• Stephanie Sousa
• Valerie Trabucco
• Aislinn Vitale

Three Chi Zeta members have their work published in national magazine

Congratulations to three members of our chapter for having their original target language work published in the national magazine of the Phi Sigma Iota honor society, The Forum.

Kerri O´Connell, a senior with a concentration in Spanish, published a small part of her Honors Thesis ¡Viva Latino! The Rising Popularity of Latin Music in the US. Read more about Kerri's thesis here.

Kelly Emerson, a junior with a concentration in Spanish, published an essay she wrote in one of her Spanish classes entitled Una carta a mi misma más joven.

Kayla Fournier, a senior with a concentration in French, published a fable entitled Le Chat et Le Chien, which was written in one of her French classes.

The magazine can be accessed here.

Congratulations to Emily Katz

Outstanding Service Award presented to Emily Katz at our Induction Ceremony on May 1, 2019.

Emily Katz

For only the third time in Chi Zeta's 7 year history, the Outstanding Service Award was presented on May 1, 2019.

The Phi Sigma Iota foreign language honor society has a number of core beliefs and I’d like to highlight one that is especially relevant to our award winner.

• it is incumbent upon members to attempt to inspire in others a desire to study the language, literature, and other cultural manifestations of foreign peoples.

Emily Katz, an International Business and Spanish double-major who studied abroad in Viña del Mar, Chile this past fall, has given back to our program in a number of ways: in her role as a MyPath mentor, she has promoted not only Spanish, but all of our languages at events for freshman, helping them make decisions about pursuing degrees in our language and truly being a mentor for them. Emily has also served as a Spanish tutor in ACE for the past two years, and in that capacity has helped many students become successful language students. Emily has visited classes, and has worked one-on-one with many of our program students, who have nothing but praise for her work. If fact, during the semester that Emily spent in Chile, many students told me how much they missed her and how much they were looking forward to having her return to ACE once she was back on campus.

Thank you to Emily Katz for her outstanding service, to both the honor society and our language program.