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Nov. 27, 2007

Cibola Grad is Inducted into UNM Honor Society
Tau Sigma Delta honors top 20 percent of students of architecture and allied arts

RaybonVirginia Raybon, a 2000 graduate of Cibola High School, was recently inducted into Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society in the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning. She is an undergraduate architecture student.

The school’s dean, Roger Schluntz, announced induction of eight graduate and two undergraduate students into UNM’s Gamma Lambda chapter of the national organization.

Raybon, daughter of Virginia and Grady Raybon, plans to continue her architectural education by pursuing a master’s degree. “In the future as a licensed architect, I hope to design a wide variety of spaces with a focus on affordability,” Raybon said.

Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society is the only honor society recognized in the fields of architecture and the allied arts, which includes landscape architecture and community and regional planning.

Undergraduate inductees working toward a bachelor of arts in architecture are Mark Paz and Virginia Raybon.

Tau Sigma Delta, founded in 1913 at the University of Michigan, is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies, giving Tau Sigma Delta the high rating of most distinguished honor societies in other educational fields.

Inducted students, who are nominated by the director of their respective programs, are in the top 20 percent of their class.

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