April 10, 2025
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta First-Year Honor Society inducted 155 new members into the organization April 6 as part of Honors Week at the university. Inductees represented all of NSU’s campuses in Alexandria, Leesville, the main campus in Natchitoches, Shreveport and on-line students.
The purpose of Alpha Lambda Delta is to encourage superior academic attainment among students in their first year in institutions of higher education, to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their roles in society, according to chapter advisor Reatha Cox, NSU’s vice president for the Student Experience and Dean of Students.
Northwestern State’s Alpha Lambda Delta chapter is actively engaged in the community and nationally recognized for excellence. Last fall, the NSU chapter was awarded the national “Maintaining the Flame” award, one of two annual awards presented to the most outstanding chapters of Alpha Lambda Delta. Since 2018, the NSU chapter has been recognized six times as a recipient of the Order of the Torch or Maintaining the Flame.
In addition to student inductees, the chapter inducted Stephanie Dyjack, director of Housing and Residential Life, who was guest speaker, as a new member, and presented two first generation scholarships to Kayla Snider, an online student of Tomah, Wisconsin, and Suzel Polo of Slidell.
New officers installed for the 2025-26 year are President Madelynn Misuraca of Natchitoches, Vice President Addison Smith of Shreveport, Secretary Rilee Hebert of Pineville, Treasurer Adrian Davis of Coushatta, Service and Philanthropy Chair AG McCullough of Gulfport, Mississippi; Faculty/Staff Liaison Denae Davis of Covington, Scholarship Chair Morgan Traylor of Bossier City, Historian Heidi Gauthier of Moreauville and Junior Advisor Christopher Richard of Abbeville.
New members listed by hometown are as follows.
Alexandria – Kadyn Brunk, Ava Waring
Anacoco – Cash Day, Cheyenne Lopez
Arnaudville – Elise Quebedeaux
Baton Rouge – Jayden Cook, Emma Dupuy, Emma Felton, Keegan Martinez, Liza White
Benton – Caitlyn Hayes, Morgan Ashley Spradling, Reily Washington
Bossier City – Raylon Bailey, Kayeleigh Bankston, Kennedy Beloso, John Clinger, Jenna Rains, Tinsley Rowell, Shantavia Scott, Morgan Traylor, Mekayla Wiggins
Boyce – Makinley Rachal
Broussard – Kirra McDowell
Calhoun – Maura Malone
Campti – Kaytlynn Walsworth
Canton, Georgia – Emma Pethel
Chalmette – Caitlyn White
Coatepec, Mexico — Alejandra Peña Martínez
Colfax – Emily Swinney, Angel-Lena Wade, D’asia Williams
Cottonport – Caroline Spencer
Cotton Valley – Mikiyah Bell
Coushatta – Madison Chamberlin, Adrian Davis, Trinity Hayes
Covington – Denae Davis, Victoria Freeling
Denham Springs – Madison Bueche, Cara Thomason
DeRidder – Bella Dimaggio, Eva Perry, Landon Price, Lillian Robertson
Dosquebradas, Colombia – Angee Mariana Bedoya Rivera
Dry Prong – Marleigh Chelette, McKenzie Rachal
Elm Grove – William Achee
Ethel – Anna Whittington
Farmerville – Skylar Haile
Forest Hill – Aubree Martin
Frierson – Gavyn Longoria
Gheens – Destiny Theriot
Glenmora – Landon Kate Wells
Gonzales – Jackson Chiasson
Grand Cane – Nation Elie
Greenwood – Jaida Kelly
Gulfport, Mississippi – AG McCullough
Haughton – Georgia Creswell, Rylee Howard, Bailee McDonald
Haynesville – Alyssa Grimes
Hineston – Kathryn Rabalais
Independence – Andrew Dreher
Jennings – CeeCee Doucet, Ardyn Jardell
Jonesboro – Bryan Lay
Kenner – Violet Villarreal
Kingsland, Georgia – Alexis Milburn
Lacey, Washington – Natalie Beardsley
Lafayette – Ellen McDonald, Anna-Claire Melancon, Thea Miller
Lake Charles – Leilani Brignac, Samantha Jordan, Harleigh Miller
Leesville – Rebecca Deaton, Jace Donaldson, SueAnn Nena, Joshua Peek, Faith Sims
Longville – Emma Brasseaux, Khristine Broussard
Many – Sara Booker, Nicholas Tarver, Hannah Webb
Mansfield – Nysia Samuels-Rochelle, Makayla Terrell
Medina, Ohio – Marissa Henderson
Mesa, Arizona – Jenna Spear
Minden – Madison Fread, Anunye Thomas
Monroe – Avery Holmes
Moreauville – Heidi Gauthier
Morgan City – Natalie Gonzalez, Paulina Trejo
Natchez – Shona Moses
Natchitoches – Chloe Hudson, Madelynn Misuraca, Caleb White
New Orleans – Marchelle Washington
Oakville, Ontario, Canada – Ravina Sandhu
Opelousas – Grace LeFleur
Pereira, Colombia – Camila Valencia Gonzalez
Pineville – Madison Book, Mariyah Bowie, Riley Hebert, Olivia Melder, Ada Shoup, Landon Vallee
Pitkin – Brenlea Carroll, Abby Robinson
Pollock – Jackson Hedrick
Rayville – Allison Chevalier
Robeline – Cheyenne Martin
Ruston – Kamora Kimble,
St. Francisville – Gracie Villemarette
St. Martinville – Madelyn Ackal
Sanary sur mer, France – Anna Paulsen
Shreveport – Camilia Adger, Anna Marie Bautista, Za’Miracle Edwards, Daniel Gallagher, J’Niya Hill, Railey Hill, Abagail Kennedy, Ashanti Lemons, McKinley Miller, Patricia Paterno, Araya Perkins, Asiah Shaw, Addison Smith, Parker Stroope
Slaughter – Kaylie Fletcher
Slidell – Suzel Polo, Vyen Trang, Mackensie White, Mingyi Zhang
Spring, Texas – Mason Bayne
Stonewall – Jordan Porterfield
Sulphur – David Bellard, Audrey Gorum, Tatum VanderHey
Tamaulipas, Mexico – Antonio Trevino
Texarkana, Texas – Zoe Knighton
Tomah, Wisconsin – Kayla Snider
Vidalia – Bailey Friloux
Vivian – Chase Kendrick,
Winnfield – Marvanesha Lewis, Eli Little
Winnsboro – Cody Williams
Youngsville – Jude Latiolais
The Northwestern State University chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta was established in 1965. Chapter activities include fall Demon Days Welcome events, the Sophomore Breakfast Club, Be a Tourist in Your College Town, numerous campus-wide collaborative programs and a wide range of service initiatives including the NSU Food Pantry, Special Olympics, and many other opportunities that promote learning and engagement.
Initials of Alpha Lambda Delta stand for the Greek words Allelois Lampadia Diadusousin, translated “we shall pass our torches on, one to another,” the organization’s motto.
