HU Students Inducted Into Education Honor Society

Huntington University has welcomed 16 new members into the Omega Psi chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the education honor society. The following students were inducted in a special ceremony on April 15:

• Makayla Barrantes, a sophomore secondary math education major from Greenacres, Florida
• Hannah Barrett, a sophomore elementary education and Teaching English Learners major from Delta, Ohio
• Josie Beaver, a sophomore elementary education, middle school math and Teaching English Learners major from Huntington, Indiana
• Kerrie Ecker, a sophomore elementary education and Teaching English Learners major from Cicero, Indiana
• Alyssa Eddy, a sophomore elementary education and Teaching English Learners major from Decatur, Indiana
• Derek Hinen, a junior secondary history education major from Columbia City, Indiana
• Sarah Livernois, a junior elementary education and middle school social studies major from Fowlerville, Michigan
• Meghan Martin, a junior elementary education and Teaching English Learners major from Huntington, Indiana
• Bailee Overfelt, a junior elementary education and middle school math major from Brownsburg, Indiana
• Ye-Ji Park, a sophomore elementary education and special education major from Seoul, South Korea
• Jessica Snyder, a junior elementary education and special education major from Saint Joe, Michigan
• Christine Sparks, a junior elementary education and middle school math major from Bloomington, Indiana
• Julia Stuck, a sophomore elementary education and middle school math major from Oakwood, Ohio
• Larissa Walker, a sophomore elementary education and Teaching English Learners major from Logansport, Indiana
• Emilie Westerfield, a sophomore elementary education major with a language arts concentration from Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Paige Winans, a sophomore elementary education and middle school language arts major from Angola, Indiana

Kappa Delta Pi is the international honor society in education. Founded in 1911, the organization boasts 45,000 to 50,000 members worldwide. Education majors who have earned at least 30 credit hours and whose overall grade point average is at least a 3.5 are eligible for membership in Kappa Delta Pi. Dr. Terrell Peace, professor in education, and Dr. Susie Boyer, association professor of education serve as the chapter counselors.

“Through Kappa Delta Pi, our students participate in both professional development activities and service activities to enhance the campus and the community,” Peace said. “One of those experiences will involve a taking a group of students to the KDP Convocation in Orlando in October where they will have an opportunity to interact with high-profile members of the education community.”

Huntington University’s Omega Psi chapter was chartered on May 1, 2000. In 2003, the chapter was honored as the newest chapter ever to receive an Achieving Chapter Excellence Award, or an ACE Award, from Kappa Delta Pi’s national headquarters. 

In 2005 and 2007, the Omega Psi chapter received its second and third consecutive ACE awards at the national convocation.