Lindsey Wilson College Inducts New Members into Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society
International honor society honors high achievement in English language, literature and writing.
COLUMBIA, Ky. (04/15/2025) — The Lindsey Wilson College English Department welcomed four new members into the college's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international honor society for students of English, on Monday, April 14, in a ceremony in the Lucretia C. Begley Gallery of the W.W. Slider Humanities Center.
The new members of the Alpha Kappa Phi chapter are students Morgan Bryant '26 of Shelbyville, Kentucky; Jesse LaGrange '26 of Burkesville, Kentucky; Lilly Streeval '26 of Columbia; and Chloe Taylor '26 of Russell Springs, Kentucky.
Founded in 1924 at Dakota Wesleyan University, Sigma Tau Delta has more than 850 chapters on U.S. college and university campuses. Its purpose is to confer distinction for high achievement in English language, literature and writing, and also to foster literacy and all aspects of the discipline of English.
Lindsey Wilson College is a vibrant liberal arts college in Columbia, Kentucky. Founded in 1903 and affiliated with The United Methodist Church, the mission of Lindsey WIlson is to serve the educational needs of students by providing a living-learning environment within an atmosphere of active caring and Christian concern where every student, every day, learns and grows and feels like a real human being. Lindsey Wilson has an enrollment of more than 4,000 students, and the college offers 28 undergraduate majors, five graduate programs and a doctoral program. The college's 28 intercollegiate varsity athletic teams have won more than 120 team and indvidual national championships.
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Lindsey Wilson College English faculty members Rachel Carr, Kendall Sewell and Karolyn Steffens join the college’s new members of Sigma Tau Delta, the international honor society for students of English, on Monday, April 14, in the Lucretia C. Begley Gallery of the W.W. Slider Humanities Center. From left: Carr; Morgan Bryant ’26 of Shelbyville, Kentucky; Jesse LaGrange ’26 of Burkesville, Kentucky; and Chloe Taylor ’26 of Russell Springs, Kentucky; Steffans; and Sewell. Not pictured: new member Lilly Streeval ’26 of Columbia.
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