MONMOUTH, Ill. — Monmouth College’s Gamma Pi Chapter of Beta Beta Beta, the national biology honor society, was presented the Yokley Outstanding Chapter Activity award for 25 years of continuous membership registration at the regional Tri-Beta convention last month in Greenville, Ill.

Monmouth’s Gamma Pi chapter has been in existence for the past 62 years. Nationally, Tri-Beta was founded in 1922 with the purpose of encouraging scholarly attainment in biology and to honor its members for superior academic records in the life sciences.

The chapter also held an initiation ceremony recently, welcoming three new members: Catherine Clarizio, a sophomore from West Dundee; Sarah Christensen, a junior from Galesburg; and Om Kumar Shrestha, a sophomore from Nepal.

Tri-Beta’s purposes include cultivating intellectual interest in the natural sciences, promoting a better appreciation of the value of biological study and challenging undergraduates to begin research work and report their findings in Bios, the BBB journal.