{"id":1483,"date":"2020-01-09T12:40:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T18:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2020-02-27T15:40:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T21:40:22","slug":"alpha-lambda-delta-honor-society-what-you-and-your-student-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2020\/01\/09\/alpha-lambda-delta-honor-society-what-you-and-your-student-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society: What you and your student should know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) is a nationally recognized honor society celebrating academic milestones. Students who demonstrate a <\/span><b>3.5 GPA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> during their first semester have the opportunity to join MIAD&#8217;s Alpha Lambda Delta chapter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Benefits of ALD membership<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Membership in Alpha Lambda Delta is the first step to awards and honors throughout their collegiate experience and beyond. Alpha Lambda Delta members are <\/span><b>eligible to compete for undergraduate scholarships<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of $1,000 \u2013 $3,000 each, study abroad scholarships of $1,000 \u2013 $2,000 each, and graduate fellowships of $3,000 \u2013 $7,500 each.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What you can do<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consider reaching out to your student to confirm they have received an email from the Advising Office about ALD membership. Please encourage your student to take advantage of this opportunity to be part of a national community of scholars. An <\/span><b>initiation ceremony will be held in Spring 2020<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for new members. As a lifetime member of Alpha Lambda Delta, each member pays <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">one-time dues of $45<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information about ALD, contact aleacross@miad.edu or visit the national website at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalald.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.nationalald.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">**For students who are ALD members, we encourage them to join us Monday, January 20, 2020 at Lancaster Public School (4931 N 68th St, Milwaukee, WI 53219) from 8 a.m. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">noon for a volunteer service opportunity** <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) is a nationally recognized honor society celebrating academic milestones. Students who demonstrate a 3.5 GPA during their first semester have the opportunity to join MIAD&#8217;s Alpha Lambda Delta chapter. Benefits of ALD membership Membership in Alpha Lambda Delta is the first step to awards and honors throughout their collegiate experience and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2020\/01\/09\/alpha-lambda-delta-honor-society-what-you-and-your-student-should-know\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society: What you and your student should know<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5654],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miad-news-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}