New initiates joined by Alpha Chapter 2018-2019 officers: Linda Smith, Secretary/Treasurer; Emily Knox, Faculty Advisor; Christine Cahill, President; and (4th from right) Paul Healey, Vice President/President-Elect.
Annual Meeting 2019
The Alpha Chapter of Beta Phi Mu celebrated its annual meeting and initiation ceremony on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the School of Information Sciences. The event was livestreamed and record-ed. Eighteen graduates were inducted into Beta Phi Mu. Six were able to attend and sign the Great Roll in person: Marcus A. Berry (MS ’18), Tomi Itzel J. Jihan (MS ’19), Alaine C. Martaus (PhD ’19), Rachel M. Stewart (MS ’18), Lisa M. Watkins (MS ’19), and Steven W. Witt (PhD ’18).
Among the attendees at the meeting was Barbara Slanker, who became a member of Alpha Chapter sixty years ago in 1959.
Other business included: a report of chapter finances and progress on updating chapter archives; announcement of the recipients of two awards sup-ported by Alpha Chapter: Sharon K. Han (MS ’19) as the Anne M. Boyd Award recipient and Halle Burns (MS ’19) as the Kathryn Luther and William T Henderson Award recipient; approval of proposed revisions to the Alpha Chapter bylaws; and election of Sharon Comstock (PhD ’12) as incoming Vice-President/President-Elect.
Following the ceremony and business meeting the members, new initiates, and guests enjoyed a luncheon. The event concluded with a talk by Dr. Rachel Magee, Assistant Professor in the School of Information Sciences, whose presentation was entitled “Youth, Social Media, and Everyday Life Technology Use: Opportunities and Considerations.” She shared her research on the best ways to connect teens to the original research process and incorporate youth perspectives into research about teen technology practices.
Links to recordings of the meeting are available below: