MEDIA CONTACT: Darby Leigh, 274-2671

February 27, 1995

New Members of Golden Key National Honor Society

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 8, Faculty Club,

University of Rochester River Campus

Golden Key National Honor Society, now in its second year at the University of Rochester, will induct 101 new members in a ceremony at the Faculty Club Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m.

Membership in the national organization is based on grade point average and limited to the top 15 percent of juniors and seniors. Part-time and full-time students are eligible, and membership is open to traditional and non-traditional students.

Golden Key National Honor Society was founded by a group of undergraduate students at Georgia State University in 1977. The Society has 194 chapters with 450,000 lifetime members and 5,000 honorary members.

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