Forty-one students and four members of the faculty and staff will be initiated into the Golden Crest Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society at Missouri Southern State University.
The ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in Billingsly Student Center’s Connor Ballroom. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the ceremony will not be open to the public, but a live internet stream will be provided at www.facebook.com/mssuodk.
ODK is the national leadership honor society and membership based on exemplary service, leadership, scholarship and character. It recognizes achievement in the following five areas:
- Scholarship
- Athletics
- Campus and community service, social and religious activities, and campus government
- Journalism, speech and mass media
- Creative and performing arts
ODK was founded Dec. 3, 1914, at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., by 15 student and faculty leaders. There are currently more than 300 active circles at colleges and universities across the United States. Missouri Southern’s Golden Crest Circle was chartered in 1987. You can find out more about Omicron Delta Kappa at www.odk.org.
The new ODK initiates are:
ARKANSAS
Gentry
Haylee Pyburn, psychology
KANSAS
Fort Scott
Rebekah Sweyko, biology (pre-med)
Kansas City
Christine Ibeagi, health promotion and wellness
Pittsburg
Madison Nagel, biology (pre-med)
MISSOURI
Anderson
Sierra Wilson, accounting
Jackie Marshall, education (speech/theatre)
Carl Junction
Austin Rose, finance/management
Ashlyn Pope, early childhood elementary education
Carthage
Tyler Bellairs, international and political affairs
Emily Lane, social work/ELL
Marady Anderson, international and political affairs
Columbia
Jordan Banker, biology (pre-med)
Ojurere Shonekan, computer information science
Diamond
Katelyn Anderson, biology/computer science
Kylie Atkinson, biology (pre-veterinary)
El Dorado Springs
Jenna Watkins, elementary and early childhood education
Fenton
Kamryn Marie Graff, health sciences (dental hygiene)
Joplin
Taylor Boyett, nursing
Emma Willerton, management, marketing and HR
Cooper Anderson, finance
Katherine Spear, biology (pre-med)
Rachael Gopalakrishnan, biology
Sarah Thompson, psychology
Ximena Figueroa, management
Shelby West, biology (pre-med)
Sara Manley, social work
Nicholas Staus, international and political affairs
Lake Saint Louis
Avery Aschenbrenner, biology (pre-med)
Lebanon
Cade Winfrey, biology (pre-med)
Neosho
Brent Olson, economics/management
Oak Grove
Corinne Gould-Cleveland, criminal justice administration/French
Oronogo
Byron Stevens, international business/marketing
Peculiar
Cheyenne Boos, accounting
Sarcoxie
Myka Masters, biology (pre-med)
Warrensburg
Abbey Calcote, health promotion and wellness
West Plains
Ashlynn Vanatter, biology (pre-med)
OKLAHOMA
Bartlesville
Chloe Maye, biology (pre-med)
TEXAS
Corinth
Josephine Landwehr, biology (pre-med)
Frisco
Syeda Insia Mustafa, biology (pre-med)
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The faculty and staff initiates are as follows:
Dr. William Delehanty, associate professor of political science
Becca Diskin, director of financial aid
Lorinda Hackett, interim dean of the College of Education
Dr. Elka Howe, chair of the Engineering Technology Department