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Fresno State has been awarded the Best Chapter Award by Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society for 2024. This is the 4th twelvemonth successful a enactment Fresno State’s chapter, Alpha Delta Beta, has been awarded the prestigious honor.
“Alpha Delta Beta section of Pi Sigma Alpha highlights the endowment and brilliance of Central Valley students who Fresno State is fortunate to have,” said Dr. Everett Vieira, module advisor for Alpha Delta Beta. “Our pupil enactment is wholly tally by students – they bash the planning, implementation and debriefing for each of our professionalization and societal events passim the world year. In particular, our pupil officers are the folks who bash the dense lifting and hidden enactment down the scenes.”
Alpha Delta Beta organizes acquisition events similar law pupil panels, grad pupil panels and overseas work serviceman talks. All events are unfastened to the full field community. To grow their reach, Alpha Delta Beta has besides partnered with different California State University campuses for online events to further the ngo of the CSU and beforehand and widen knowledge, learning and civilization passim California and beyond.
Pi Sigma Alpha awards are intended to admit section chapters that are progressive successful their communities.
“Fresno State’s section winning a Pi Sigma Alpha champion section grant 4 years successful a enactment is unprecedented, and recognizes Dr. Vieira’s ongoing and semipermanent committedness to ensuring the occurrence and excellence of Fresno State governmental subject students,” said Dr. Elizabeth A. Lowham, dean of the College of Social Sciences astatine Fresno State.
Alpha Delta Beta volition beryllium recognized on with 5 different chapters from antithetic institutions akin successful size to Fresno State. The grant includes a currency prize of $500 for the section and an further $200 to the advisor for the students.
The nine volition besides beryllium featured successful the American Political Science Association’s magazine, “Political Science Today.”
“I americium precise fortunate to beryllium capable to enactment with specified dedicated and motivated students,” Vieira said. “Being capable to assistance them successful the advancement of their world and nonrecreational careers is 1 of the highlights of my job.”
