Baltazar Tapia Recognized For Academic Excellence

June 13, 2023 at 8:50 p.m.

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WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – More than 300 Eastern Connecticut State University students were recognized for scholarly excellence at the conclusion of the spring 2023 semester. Given by academic departments across the University, the recognitions included induction into more than a dozen academic honor societies, scholarship awards and departmental distinctions.

Among those honored was Juan Baltazar Tapia, Nappanee, a junior who majors in mathematics. Baltazar Tapia was inducted into the Kappa Mu Epsilon (KME) national mathematics honor society at the Department of Mathematical Sciences annual induction ceremony on April 28 in the J. Eugene Smith Library. Eastern created its Beta Chapter of KME in 1981.

To be inducted into the honor society, students must be nominated by a faculty member within the department, have an overall GPA of 3.0 with a major GPA of 3.3, and have completed two level 300 courses at Eastern.

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – More than 300 Eastern Connecticut State University students were recognized for scholarly excellence at the conclusion of the spring 2023 semester. Given by academic departments across the University, the recognitions included induction into more than a dozen academic honor societies, scholarship awards and departmental distinctions.

Among those honored was Juan Baltazar Tapia, Nappanee, a junior who majors in mathematics. Baltazar Tapia was inducted into the Kappa Mu Epsilon (KME) national mathematics honor society at the Department of Mathematical Sciences annual induction ceremony on April 28 in the J. Eugene Smith Library. Eastern created its Beta Chapter of KME in 1981.

To be inducted into the honor society, students must be nominated by a faculty member within the department, have an overall GPA of 3.0 with a major GPA of 3.3, and have completed two level 300 courses at Eastern.
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