Sophomore Eagles Induct New Members for 2009-2010 School Year
Contact: Jennifer Vincent, (207) 776-3129
ORONO — With friends and family in attendance, the University of Maine’s second-year women’s honor society, the Sophomore Eagles, inducted 13 young women into the society during a ceremony at the Sigma Chi Heritage House on April 19.
The women were chosen from a pool of about 35 first-year female applicants after several events and an interview process.
The new members are: Karin Baard of Brunswick, Morgan Brockington of Biddeford, Anne Campbell of Belfast and Millinocket, Casey Faulkingham of Houlton, Ashley Ferrucci of Wiscasset, Caroline Freeman of Presque Isle, Kalie Hess of Orono, Tanna-Marie Jellison of Bangor, Sarah Lockhart of Cumberland, Sarah Pacheco of Winthrop, Samantha P. Paradis of Madawaska, Olivia Teer of Ferrisburgh, Vt. and Chantal Marie Tijssen of Gorham.
The women represent the top one percent of their class in scholarship, leadership, character, friendship and dignity — the five points of the Sophomore Eagles’ symbol, the blue star.
The Sophomore Eagles formed originally in 1926 as a younger counterpart to the All Maine Women, with the purpose of helping incoming first-year women acclimate to the university. Today, they participate in a number of charitable and campus events, often in partnership with the All Maine Women, Senior Skulls, or Sophomore Owls honor societies.