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About the Becker College Leicester Campus Center:

• A newly renovated main entrance, adjacent to the historic Samuel May House, Town Common, and the College’s Swan Library, will provide vehicular access to the building.
• The new 35,727-square-foot, two-story facility will be constructed primarily of red brick, architectural concrete, and glass. It will be linked into the second floor of the existing 15,000-square-foot Student Center by a glass bridge connector, suspended between the new structure and the existing student center by a neo-classical masonry tower.
• A welcoming interior “Main Street” will provide visitors with dynamic views of the 254-seat dining facility. A five-station food court will be open all day to meet the varied needs and schedules of our students.
• The new center will also include a café, multimedia lounge, and quiet study room space.
• The two-story, sun-drenched glass atrium will open to an outdoor student activity space below the Quad’s two majestic beech trees.
• A large, open-glass, stainless steel and porcelain stairway near the main entrance will welcome students to the second-floor game room, complete with pool and ping pong tables and several video game stations.
• A state-of-the-art fitness center will offer a wide range of fitness equipment, including treadmills, lifecycles, ellipticals, rowing machines, free weights, and nautilus equipment. Flat-screen televisions and a sound system will be strategically placed around the room.
• A glass-enclosed quiet study room with computers will provide students with an alternative to the library and computer labs.
• An aerobics room for dance, yoga, and Pilates will have a floating hardwood floor, mirrored walls, and a sound system.
• Student Activities and Student Government offices will be located in the building. There will also be a conference room.
• The new center will support the College’s extensive student services programs and serve as a central hub for the College community.
• The building design utilizes such “green design” elements as:
  - carpets, windows, and ceilings made from recycled material
  - cool flat roofs
  - high-efficiency HVAC
  - heat recovery systems
  - low water use plumbing fixtures
  - energy-saving LED lighting
  - energy-saving control systems
• The building was designed over the former paved tennis courts in an effort to maximize outdoor green space and preserve as many natural site amenities as possible.
• Parking capacity will increase by 25 spots.
• Open, outdoor space in front of the building will provide space for a wide range of social functions.
• There will be indoor and outdoor access from the dining area onto a patio and/or lawn area.

On October 28, 2011, Becker College inducted 42 students enrolled in Accelerated and Professional Studies programs into its Theta Nu chapter of the Alpha Sigma Lambda honor society. The college held an induction ceremony in Daniels Hall on its Leicester, Mass. campus.

The adult students inducted into Alpha Sigma Lambda have attained a high level of academic excellence. They come from many walks of life, and they began or returned to college for a variety of reasons, but with a common goal in mind: to attain personal and professional success through education.

Jason Berthiaume is a single father of three daughters who relocated to Massachusetts from southern California. He resumed his college career in 2009 and expects to graduate from Becker, with honors, in May 2012.

Kenneth King has worked as a truck driver and as a military instructor on a submarine. A father of three sons, he is on his way to realizing his dream of becoming an elementary school teacher. King expects to graduate from Becker in May 2012.

Pamela Yaylaian is a pharmacy supervisor and a grandmother, working toward a degree in business management.

Chrystian Zdybowicz came to the United States from England and works in the biotech industry. After completing a bachelor’s degree in business management at Becker, Zdybowic plans to go on to earn a master’s in business administration.

Membership in Alpha Sigma Lambda requires that each inductee be matriculated and have a minimum of 24 graded semester hours, or the equivalent, in an undergraduate program. Members are selected only from the highest 20 percent of the class and must have a minimum grade-point index of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale.

Thirty Becker College adult students were inducted in Alpha Sigma Lambda in 2010.

Alpha Sigma Lambda is a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of scholarship and recognition of nontraditional students pursuing higher education.  The honor society and its member institutions recognize the special achievement of adult students who accomplish academic excellence while maintaining commitments to family and career.