RN to BSN Program
Spring 2012 Induction Ceremony
April 20 , 2012
Time TBD
Welcome to the Alpha Epsilon Lambda (AEL)
Alpha Nu Chapter at Edinboro University
History of Alpha Epsilon Lambda
Alpha Epsilon Lambda (AEL) is the most selective national honor society exclusively for Graduate and Professional School Students. AEL was founded in 1990 by John Capece, Carole Glover, and Suresh Ramamurthi specifically to honor academic excellence and leadership by graduate and professional school students. AEL's purpose is to promote ethic, intellectual achievement and leadership among graduate students. Before AEL, no honor society was devoted excusively to recognizing graduate students.
AEL began as an organization of individual members at campuses throughout the country. In 1992 the first chapters were formed at the University of Florida (Alpha Chapter), University of Miami (Beta Chapter) and Kutztown University (Gamma Chapter). University of Miami students Celestino Corral and Manny Tejeda provided the leadership in developing the first AEL chapter. Dr. Wm. Bruce Ezell (Clemson Graduate) provided the initial leadership among the graduate school deans which lead to the creation of additional chapters and the formation of a national advisory council composed of graduate school deans. Chapter growth has continued to its current 41 chapters.
The founders designed AEL with the intention of promoting greater interaction and cooperation between the campus graduate student advocacy organizations (graduate student associations, councils, senates, unions, etc.)and the graduate school (faculty and administrators). This was to be accomplished by providing a forum in which advocacy issues would not be a focus, thus allowing students, faculty, and administrators the opportunity for shared leadership and participation in an organization intended to simply recognize the achievements of graduate students and to provide service to the graduate students and college.
Alpha Epsilon Lambda Application
Please send completed applications to:
AEL Advisor, Dr. Joel Erion, Butterfield Hall 117, jerion@edinboro.edu
