This article appeared in the Dominion Post Newspaper on May 6, 2001. Return to the listing of articles of May 6, 2001. The Dominion Post Alpha Omega Alpha inducts 11 med students Alpha Omega Alpha, a medical honor society, recently inducted 11 WVU medical students. Vince Miele, a second-year medical student from Mount Pleasant, Pa., was also inducted. Induction criteria include scholastic excellence and integrity, capacity for leadership, compassion and fairness in dealing with colleagues.
Eligibility requires academic rank in the top quarter of the class.
She was one of 80 students chosen from 517 national candidates. The Morris K. Udall scholarships are awarded to undergraduates in fields related to the environment and to Native American and Alaska natives in fields related to health care or tribal policy. The scholarship is named after Morris King Udall, whose care er was distinguished by a commitment to preservation of the nation's natural environment. Lettieri is a biology major in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. She plans to attend medical school and become a pediatrician specializing in the environmental aspects of health care.