On Oct. 30, the Midwestern State University department of biology and department of chemistry hosted back-to-back induction ceremonies for their newest members of the Beta Beta Beta and Gamma Sigma Epsilon honor societies, respectively, in the Bridwell Activities Center. 

“It shows a dedication to biology and how you can always go to the next step for biology. And at first, I didn’t really know what it was. I didn’t even know it was a thing then I got nominated so I was like, I’ll join it and it showed me that you can do a lot more for biology than you think,” pre-dental sophomore Creed Jackson said. 

The BBB induction ceremony started with speeches from biology professor Jon Scales and the keynote speaker McCoy College of Science, Mathematics and Engineering dean Robert Brennan. 

The GSE induction ceremony featured a speech from chemistry professor Jianguo Shao.

Pre-vet junior Ashley Caraway described the importance of getting inducted in both of these chapters to her. 

“This is really important because I wanted to become more involved. And so this is really nice for me, because I want to go to vet school, and I want to become more involved in my profession,” Caraway said. “So this was really nice for me to know more people to get involved with, not only like biology and chemistry, but also leadership, and know more about my faculty mentors, and just get more advice, and just to become actually happy in my major and I really, really love it.”

The induction ceremonies ended with the inductees receiving recognition pins and certificates. 

“It’s an honor being part of this chapter, being surrounded by great faculty and great students. It’s a place to cultivate and further develop as a student and as a person overall,” biochemistry junior Thomas Vu said.