NEWBERRY — Seven new members were recently inducted into the Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society at Piedmont Technical College.
Tau Alpha Pi is the national honor society for engineering technology, just as Phi Beta Kappa is for liberal arts and Tau Beta Pi is for engineering.
Founded in 1953 and managed for more than 30 years by engineering technology educator Frederick J. Berger, Tau Alpha Pi is open to both associate-degree and baccalaureate candidates.
Inductees were Cody Butler, general engineering technology student from Newberry; Orlando Carrillo, mechanical engineering technology student from Greenwood; Matthew Cawood, engineering graphics technology student from Greenwood; Suzanne Hatcher, engineering graphics technology student from Newberry; Alphonso Martin, electronic engineering technology student from Chapin; Caleb McCall, mechanical engineering technology student from Ware Shoals; and Moises Saavedra Olguin, electronic engineering technology student from Greenwood.
Tau Alpha Pi is open by invitation only to the top four percent of an institution’s total engineering technology enrollment. Piedmont Tech’s Eta chapter began in 1995 and is one of only three chapters in the state.