Allen Inducted Into The Bachman Honor Society

2018 Apr 10

Brooks Allen, of Newberry, SC, was inducted into the Bachman Honor Society at the 2018 Newberry College Awards Convocation. The Bachman Honor Society was founded on March 15, 1962 by a group of faculty who were members of Phi Beta Kappa and others who were deeply comitted to fostering high standards of scholarship. The society is named for the Reverend John Bachman, churchman and scholar, and the main guiding force in founding Newberry College.

Each year the Society inducts new members from the top eight percent of the senior class. This year thirteen seniors have been named Bachman Honor Scholars. Along with their membership certificate, inductees into the Society will receive Scarlet and Gray honor cords to be worn at commencement, designating them as Bachman Honor Scholars.

Allen, a Business Administration major with a minor in English, is a Student Marshal, Dean's List student, and member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Blue Key, and Sigma Alpha Pi honor societies. He has served as President and Chaplain of Tau Kappa Epsilon and is part of the Summerland Honors Community. Allen is Secretary of the Newberry College Republicans, President of Future Business Leaders of America, and Persident of Sigma Tau Delta. He is a Student Ambassador for newberry College Admissions Department and Student Editor of the college's literary magazine Lacunae. He volunteers about 6 hours a week as a youth group leader at First Baptist Church in Newberry. During the Fall Honors Convocation, Allen was inducted into the Newberry College Who's Who.

After graduation, Allen will travel to Beijing for an international trade conference. In the fall he will pursue a Masters of International Business at Darla Moor School of Business where he has also secured a graduate assistantship.