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About 150 students and family members attended the induction ceremony Tuesday for new members of Alpha Lambda Delta, a new academic fraternity on campus.

According to Michael Johnson, program director for the Office of First and Second Year Experience, there are 223 members in DU’s chapter.

This fraternity is open to any fulltime student that has a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher after their first year at DU.

“We started this chapter to recognize students’ high academic success,” said Johnson.

According to Johnson, parents called and were interested in having this organization available for their students. Some had seen their children join Alpha Lambda Delta at other schools and wanted to see a chapter at DU. 

“Some students had initiated in other chapters, and parents wanted this opportunity for their children,” said Johnson.

Students also feel that this society is a good opportunity.

“I think this is a great group for students to join who care about academics and want to be more involved,” said sophomore Morgan Pavelka.

The application process is over for this academic year, but freshmen will be able to apply for membership in the fall.

“We want to have the application process completed by homecoming and parents’ weekend in October to have a higher level of parental involvement,” said Johnson.

The DU chapter joins more than 250 chapters around the country that have been created since the society was founded in 1924.