NATCHITOCHES – Madelynn Misuraca of Natchitoches was named a recipient of the Jo Anne J. Trow Scholarship awarded by Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society for First -Year Academic Success. Selection is based on maintaining a 3.5 grade point average, academic records, participation in Alpha Lambda Delta activities, campus and community service activities and the applicant’s essay answers.
Misuraca is a junior biology major and a 2025 inductee into Alpha Lambda Delta, the honor society that recognizes students’ academic success in their first year at a college or university. Founded in 1924, Alpha Lambda Delta has over a million lifetime members and is present on over 280 campuses. Alpha Lambda Delta’s mission is to “encourage superior academic achievement, to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning, and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their unique roles in society.”
The Jo Anne J. Trow Scholarship was started in 1988 in honor of a past president of Alpha Lambda Delta. Trow is the former vice president for student services at Oregon State University. She served Alpha Lambda Delta as a district advisor from 1974-1979, as secretary from 1979-1983, as president-elect from 1984-1985 and president from 1985-1988. During her presidency, the society’s governing body, the national council, was restructured to provide more streamlined operations.