This past spring, fourteen students were inducted into the Chi Zeta chapter of Beta Beta Beta, the National Biological Honor Society. 

The recent inductees of Beta Beta Beta pose for a picture

Students are invited to join the society if they have completed at least 3 semester courses in biological science, of which at least one is not an introductory course, and maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, as well as a GPA of 3.0 or higher in their biology department major.

Beta Beta Beta was founded in 1922 at Oklahoma City University--the Alpha Chapter--and has grown to more than 638 chapters throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Chi Zeta, the chapter at Saint Anselm College, was founded in 1996.

The Saint Anselm College students inducted in the 2021-2022 academic year are:

  • Laura Abernathy '23, biology major 
  • Jessica Tranfaglia '23, biology major 
  • Owen Birmingham '22, biology major 
  • Hannah Bates '23, biology major
  • Julia Azzari '23, biology major 
  • Larissa Havey '23, biology major 
  • Olivia Smyrnios '22, natural sciences major 
  • Noah Manuel '23, biology major 
  • Mackenzie Vallely '23, biochemistry major
  • Alexandre Pennell '23, biochemistry major 
  • Angela Slaybe '23, biochemistry major 
  • Noelle Honan '23, biology and history double major
  • Dominique Michaud '23, biology major 
  • Abigail Halterman '23, biology major