Sandia Park native Inducted into Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society at UNM

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December 4, 2009

Sandia Park native Inducted into Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society at UNM

UNM senior Julie Kidder is congratulated for her induction into Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society by Geraldine Forbes Isais, director of architecture in the UNM School of Architecture and Planning.

Julie Kidder, Sandia Park native, was among the 30 students inducted into the University of New Mexico’s Gamma Lambda Chapter of the Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society for the fall semester. The society guides students in architecture, landscape architecture and planning. Kidder is a 2006 graduate of East Mountain High School.

Kidder, daughter of David and Cathy Kidder, is a senior majoring in architecture at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning.

Kidderis a member of the American Institute of Architecture Students, where she is co-chair the ArchFILM committee. She also volunteers with Wildlife Rescue, a non-profit organization that raises and rehabilitates orphaned and injured wildlife as well as educating the public about the important roles these animals play in the environment.

All students were nominated to receive admittance into the Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society. The invitation to join is automatically extended to students in the top 20 percent of each of the School of Architecture and Planning's programs.

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