Twenty-three undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Education on April 19, 2018, were inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education that promotes the highest ideals of the teaching profession.
Twenty-three undergraduates and graduates have been invited and inducted into the membership of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education, through the Sigma Gamma Chapter of Elon University.
The initiation ceremony took place on April 19, 2018 in Johnston Hall.
The Society inducts only those individuals who have exhibited the ideals of scholarship, integrity in service, and commitment to excellence in teaching and its allied professions. Selection as a member of Kappa Delta Pi is based on high academic achievement, a commitment to education as a career, and a professional attitude that assures steady growth in the profession. At Elon University, members must earn academic excellence with a GPA of 3.6 or higher and the recommendation of three teacher education faculty members.
Ann Bullock, dean of the School of Education, began the ceremony with the lighting of the white Kappa Candle acknowledging the organization’s commitment to Elon’s motto, Numen Lumen. Lesley Henry, instructor in education and director of education outreach, Erin Hone, lecturer in education, Mary Knight-McKenna, associate professor of education, and Heidi Hollingsworth, associate professor of education, led the students in affirming the society’s ideals of Fidelity to Service, Fidelity to Science, Fidelity to Humanity, and Fidelity to Toil.
Stephen Byrd, associate professor of education, faculty sponsor and organizer of the event, offered a charge to the inductees on the theme, “Embrace your calling; Honor your commitments.” During his charge, he reflected on his induction ceremony into Kappa Delta Pi and how he remembers feeling honored and being a part of something noble. He encouraged inductees to “wake up each day, determined to fulfill your commitment to help students despite yesterday’s failures.”
Bullock concluded the ceremony with the society motto — “So to serve that each day may enhance the growth of exploring minds; so to live that we may guide young and old to know the truth and love the right. To the fulfillment of these objectives, we pledge our efforts.”
The School of Education is proud of the following undergraduate and graduate inductees:
Nicole Baugh, Elementary and Special Education
Amanda Cassaday, Elementary and Special Education
Samantha Childers, Music Education
Julia Dietsche, Elementary Education
Haley Ebel, Early Childhood Education
Isabelle Fagan, Elementary Education
Emily Gaa, Mathematics with Teacher Licensure
Cara Gangemi, Elementary Education
Josselyn Geyer, Mathematics with Teacher Licensure
Emma Linn, M.Ed. Gifted Education
Catherine Maresca, Mathematics with Teacher Licensure
Stefania Monti, Elementary and Special Education
Morgan Meyers, Elementary Education
Nadia Nobrega, Elementary and Special Education
Colleen O’Brien, Elementary and Special Education
Anna Pickard, Elementary and Special Education
Maia Salinger, History with Teacher Licensure
Nicole Schmidt, Elementary and Special Education
Bryanna Schoenblatt, Spanish with Teacher Licensure
Melody Titus, Mathematics with Teacher Licensure
Christina Truska, Elementary and Special Education
Katrina Weil, Mathematics with Teacher Licensure
Sydney Weiss, Elementary and Special Education