April 21, 2020
Kappa Delta Pi initiates 21 new members
East Carolina University College of Education’s Eta Chi chapter of Kappa Delta Pi was able to initiate 21 new members this year, albeit in a different format than normal.
This semester, classes were moved to an alternative delivery format beginning Monday, March 23 and campus events were canceled due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. This did not stop the Eta Chi chapter from initiating their newest members.
Drs. Monica Gonzalez and Kristen Gregory, the chapter’s counselors, gave students a two-week window to complete a virtual initiation, ending on April 2. Once they finished that, Drs. Gonzalez and Gregory mailed the purple and green graduation cords, pins, certificates and creeds to the new members.
Kappa Delta Pi was founded by William Bagley, Truman Kelly, and Thomas Edgar Musselman in 1911 at the University of Illinois to foster excellence in education and promote fellowship among those dedicated to teaching. The society has continued to grow for more than a century with outstanding members such as Albert Einstein, George Washington Carver, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Today, it is an international organization with more than 1.2 million members. The Eta Chi chapter was installed at East Carolina University in May 1953.
Spring 2020 Kappa Delta Pi Initiates
Angel Truesdale – MAED, Adult Education
Jodi Tomboulian – MAED, Art Education
Lyndsey Cuthrell – MAED, Elementary Education
Colleen Devanney – MS, Counselor Education
Lindsay Elks – MAED, Instructional Technology
Hannah Skaff – BS, English-Secondary Education
Lauren Verzaal – BS, Middle Grades Education
Stephen Watson – BFA, Art Education
Kathy Wood – BS, Special Education-General Curriculum
Kayla Edwards – MAED, Mathematics Education
Emily Collins – BS, Special Education-General Curriculum
Avery Williamson – BS, Elementary Education
Jessica Harris – BS, Elementary Education
Patrish Flowers – BS, Special Education-General Curriculum
Natasha Higgins – MLS, Library Science
Sarah Smith – BS, Elementary Education
Joanna James – BS, Elementary Education
Lauren McKee – BS, English-Secondary Education
Alexandra Karanikas – BS, Elementary Education
Erica Johnston – BS, Elementary Education
Laura Price – BS, Elementary Education
Graphic courtesy Kappa Delta Pi website
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