They Earned It: Students & Faculty Inducted Into Global Technology Honor Society

A mix of students and faculty from College of Southern Nevada walked into a ceremony on April 1. They walked out as members of one of the most prestigious technology honor societies on the planet.

The Henderson campus hosted the latest induction into Epsilon Pi Tau, an international honor society that has been recognizing the best and brightest in technology fields since 1929. That’s nearly a century of celebrating people who don’t just study technology, they shape it. With more than 100,000 members in all 50 states and 49 countries, the society connects a global network of professionals who’ve committed to doing this work at the highest level.

The 11 newest members span roles across the college: instructors Jason Bishop, Eduardo Suarez-Villalobos, and Rich Samanich; Advanced Manufacturing Executive Director Dan Flick; engineer Jazlynne Sanchez; and students Anton Krause, Émile Ricoy, Justin Robbins, Angel Sanchez, Ploymany Sibounma, and Angie Tapia.

What made the day even more remarkable was who was helping run it. Caleb Hall and Glenda Sanchez had just been inducted into Epsilon Pi Tau themselves at the ITEEA conference in Virginia Beach, and were already serving on the official induction party for CSN’s ceremony on April 1. Fresh members stepping up to welcome the next class in the same breath.

Here’s what makes all of this worth paying attention to. Epsilon Pi Tau isn’t a certificate you frame and forget. It’s a living, active community with research awards, essay competitions, and professional recognitions that can open real doors in a field where who you know matters just as much as what you know. Speakers at the ceremony were direct about it: the future executive directors of this organization could come from exactly the kind of class that was inducted on April 1.

The ceremony itself made that history feel tangible. One of the highlights was the recognition of Ron Todd, a member who has been active in Epsilon Pi Tau for 72 years. He’s 92. The man has been showing up for this organization longer than most people in the room have been alive. That kind of legacy doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when something actually means something.

Across the globe, whether a chapter is meeting in Stuttgart, Durban, or Taipei, the same traditions play out in every Epsilon Pi Tau induction. That consistency is the point. It’s what turns a local ceremony into something that connects you to thousands of people you’ve never met, all working in the same direction.

The CSN chapter is also planting roots in a very literal sense. Plans were announced to plant a red bush pistachio tree on campus, a tradition shared by chapters worldwide. Years from now, that tree will still be there, a marker of this class and what they started.

For these 11, the recognition a commitment to the technology profession, and a community that stretches far beyond Southern Nevada. What they do with the membership is the next chapter.