Medicine:Lambda Beta
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Short description: Honor society
| Lambda Beta | |
|---|---|
| ΛΒ | |
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| Founded | 1986 |
| Type | Honor Society |
| Emphasis | Respiratory care |
| Mission statement | To promote, recognize and honor scholarship, scholarly achievement, service, and character of respiratory students. |
| Motto | life and breath |
| Colors | Blue and Green |
| Chapters | 100+ |
| Headquarters | 18000 West 105th Street Olathe, Kansas 66061 United States |
| Website | Lambda Beta Society |
Lambda Beta Society (ΛΒ) is a national honor society sponsored and maintained by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).[1] It is an honor society specifically recognizing undergraduate achievement in Respiratory Care related colleges. Lambda Beta Society was formed in 1986 and has over 100 chapters in the United States as of 2011. Membership requires the undergraduate student to be a student of respiratory care and be in the top 25 percentile of their class.[2]
Etymology
The name was chosen to represent sustaining “life and breath”. Lambda (Λ) is the Greek letter “L”, and beta (Β) is the Greek letter “B”.[3]
See also
- Respiratory therapy
References
- ↑ "What is the Lambda Beta Society?" (in en-US). http://www.lambdabeta.org/.
- ↑ "235 Lambda Beta Society". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929001618/http://www.ptc.edu/student-life/235-lambda-beta-society. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ↑ "The Greek Alphabet". http://www.ibiblio.org/koine/greek/lessons/alphabet.html.
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