Mu Sigma Rho Statistical Honor Society
 Faculty Advisor: Dr. Charles Smith or Dr. David Dickey

    Mu Sigma Rho is the national honor society for statistics. Founded in 1968 as an outgrowth of an active undergraduate statistics club at Iowa State University, it has grown to 19 chapters across the United States.
    Mu Sigma Rho promotes activities designed to help in the statistical and general scholarly development of its members, including

    Encouraging participation in the various professional and statistical societies and associations. Mu Sigma Rho sponsors sessions at the annual meeting of the Joint Statistical Societies.
    Recognizing worthwhile achievement among students and staff at member institutions. Members are elected based on their academic achievement, especially in the field of statistics.
    Membership in Mu Sigma Rho is an honor conferred as a reward for scholarly achievement in statistics. Those students, undergraduate and graduate, identified as meeting certain minimum qualifications are elected to membership.

Minimum Qualifications for Undergraduate Students.

    At least two (2) years of college coursework.
Eight (8) semester hours of statistics, of which five (5) semester hours must be junior level or above.
  A 3.25/4.00 GPA in all statistics courses.
  Rank in the top 1/3 of their class (junior, senior) in all course work.

  North Carolina Alpha Chapter of Mu Sigma Rho Membership Induction Ceremony Listings

--April 18, 2006

Guest Speaker: Tom Reiland, North Carolina State University

Undergraduate Inductees:  Elizabeth Christoph, Katina Gracien, Chad Harness, Julius Jefferson, Eric Kalendra, Subha Kolluru, Anthony Parise, David Robinson, Michael Thelen, Joshua Warren, John Zajd

--April 18, 2005

Guest Speaker: Marcia Gumpertz, North Carolina State University

Undergraduate Inductees: Anuradha Bulusu, Kristin Chaudoir, Kenneth Hayden, Kimberly Madsen, Jera Mendenhall, Andrew Moore, Leigh Thomason

--April 20, 2004

Guest Speaker: WIlliam F Hunt Jr., North Carolina State University

Undergraduate Inductees: Ashley Arnold, Michele Buddie, Mark Gill, Harold Lusk, Jamie Ridenhour, Robert Riggs

--2003

Guest Speaker: Bruce Weir, North Carolina State University

Undergraduate Inductees: Stephen Blasdell, Eliza Britt, Laura Budde, Louise Camalier, Hugh Crews, David Dail, Karen Donaghy, Katherine Elder, Sarah Hannon, Valerie Harris, Gabriel Hudson, Ketrina Langhurst, Jiaomei Liu, Gabrielle Serang, James Stackhouse, Mark Sutton


--April 16, 2002

Guest Speaker: Professor Wayne Fuller, Iowa State University

Undergraduate Inductees: Ho Ling Cheng, Jeff Donchess, Christine Finger, Frank Gonzalez, Doug Hayden, Susan Hunter, Nicholas Kuklinski, Henry Newell, Ben Ogorek, David Pelter, Matthew Reich, Leslie Schnell, Courtney Sorrell, Brian Spruel, Rosemary Stallings

--April 17,2001

Guest Speaker: David Mintz, Air Quality Trends Analysis Group, USEPA

Undergraduate Inductees: Janet Bartz, Andrew Clarke, Brian Copeland, Michael Crotty, Amy Gabig, Paul Gallins, Heather Gay, Scott Ginder, Erin Hagen, Deanna Jones, Steven Pezzullo, Tracy Robinson, Susanna Stevens, Laura Taylor, Jeffrey Thomas, Kathryn Woodside, Amber Yelton

--April 17, 2000

Guest Speaker: Bill Hunt, Visiting Senior Scientist, NCSU, and former Director, Emissions, Monitoring and Analysis Division, Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA

Undergraduate Inductees: Amy Aumiller, Lisa Cason, Theodore Cherico, Jennifer Coon, Ronald DeFrancis, Jason Grissom, Daric Harrington, Tammy Hodges, Sharon Isley, Kristen Madsen, Angela Teachey

--April 15, 1999

Guest Speaker: Bill Hunt, Visiting Senior Scientist, NCSU, and former Director, Emissions, Monitoring and Analysis Division, Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA

Undergraduate Inductees: Mark Austin, George Clark, Keith Gorski, Stephen Hopper, Christopher Nixon, Audrey Rogers, Micah Tyson, Joshua Young

--April 21, 1998

Guest Speaker: Dr. Alan Karr, Associate Director, NISS

Undergraduate Inductees: Carey Hill, Khristine Westfall, Daniel Wilkens, Kimberely Evans, Robert Morris, Lea Truman

--April 17, 1997

Guest Speaker: Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV

Undergraduate Inductees: Timothy Anderson, Scott Appleyard, Michael Aycock, Matt Ellenburg, Sarah Holshouser, Irene Fong, Helen Long, Julie Simmons, Michael Vorburger

--April 13, 1995

Guest Speaker: Professor Ingram Olkin, Stanford University

Inductees: Yilmaz Adki, Jessica Danninger, Martha Gardner, Barbara George, Ferdous Gheyas, Cynthia Green, Dawn Haines, Diane Hall, Sarah Hardy, Renee Jaramillo, Jeffrey Jonkman, Seongyeon Kim, Tara Knowles, Taiyeong Lee, Te-Hsin Lung, Bridget Mahoney, Kevin Meyer, Stephanie Monks, Khalil Saikali, Jennifer Shoemaker, Pamela Williams, Mei Wu, Jun Zhai

--April 14, 1994

Guest Speaker: Dr. James Massey

Undergradute Inductees: Talbott Bonny, Marla DeLuca, Susan Fish, Elizabeth Futrell, Nikki Godfrey, Joy Gussman, Sajida Hafiz, Kristen Kleiss, Kevin Kryscio, Tiffany Morgan, James Rhodes, Mary Sipe, Jack Vest, William Vogt Jr.

--April 23, 1993

Guest Speaker: Dr. Fred Miller

Undergradute Inductees: Charlene Dark, Robert Farrell, Nicole Garrison, Patrick German, Jolee Graham, Nicole McLamb, Lutha David Mintz III, Mukesh Patel, Julieta Pridgen, Margaret Silver, Chris Thompson, Ryan Thompson, Trevor Thompson