UAMS Chapter of Lambda Nu Inducts a Record Number of Students
| The Lambda Nu National Honor Society Chapter in the UAMS College of Health Professions on March 10 inducted 47 new student members, the largest total ever since the chapter’s founding in 2018.
Lambda Nu is a national honor society for the radiologic and imaging sciences. The UAMS chapter brings together students in the Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences and Radiologic Imaging Sciences programs on the university’s Little Rock and Fayetteville campuses.
The honor society seeks to foster academic scholarship and leadership. A student member must have a 3.5 grade point average or higher in their respective radiation and imaging sciences programs.
“We also expect that our students in the Lambda National Honor Society will continue to pursue excellence as they transition into becoming professionals and lifelong learners in the dynamic medical imaging field,” said Megan Ott, MHA, RT(R)(CT), RDMS, RVT, clinical coordinator,assistant professor in the college’s Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences, and the chapter director of the Arkansas Chi chapter of Lambda Nu.
Susan Long, Ed.D., dean of the UAMS College of Health Professions, congratulated the inductees.
“Your academic achievement and your commitment to your profession have set you apart. They’ve made you worthy of this distinction. These are the same attributes — your aptitude and your commitment — that will likely set you apart in your career field as well,” Long said. She hoped this honor “further ignites your commitment to being a leader among your peers and for advocating for your profession.”
Before each student was recognized individually and formally inducted into the honor society, Ott gave a summary of some of the organization’s accomplishments in the past year.
Radiologic and imaging science students in Little Rock raised about $1,000 for the Pulaski County Humane Society and adopted “angels” from the Angel Tree drive organized by the area’s Salvation Army.
On the Northwest Regional Campus, students collected hundreds of items for the UAMS Food Pantry there and a toy drive that contributed toys for patients at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Northwest.
Ott said “quite a few of our Lambda Nu members also earned scholarships of between $500 and $1,000 cash, covering the costs of their national board exams and other educational expenses.”
For the support of the students and the chapter, Ott thanked members of the department’s faculty, including Lori Kimbrow, M.Ed., RDCS, assistant clinical coordinator and assistant professor; Tessa R. Ramsey, B.S., RT(R), instructor, both on the Northwest Regional Campus; and Kimberly Eichelmann, B.S., RT(R), instructor; and Summer Kahiri, MBA, CNMT, program director and assistant professor, both on the Little Rock campus.
