Hope Coston Inducted into Alpha Chi Honor Society Chapter at Blackburn College

2014 Mar 24

Hope Coston a Senior from O'Fallon, IL was inducted into the Alpha Chi Honor Society chapter at Blackburn College. The induction was held on campus in Clegg Chapel on October 27, 2013. Several members of the faculty spoke at the event including the chapter sponsor, Dr. James Bray, and Mr. Roy Graham, professor of English and Communications. Candidates are elected by the Blackburn faculty on the basis of the students' academic achievement and character, demonstrated throughout their years at Blackburn. Alpha Chi members are in the top ten percent of academic performance in their class.

Founded in 1837, Blackburn College is a four-year, Presbyterian-related, co-educational liberal arts college located in Carlinville, Illinois. One of the seven work colleges in the U.S., Blackburn is the only one with a student-managed Work Program. Blackburn was also ranked by US News as the 2012 #2 Best Value College in the Midwest and The Washington Monthly ranked the school as #17 among baccalaureate colleges, nationally, and best in Illinois in 2013. The school remains the most affordable, residential liberal arts college in the state.