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Dalton State College recently initiated a campus chapter of Kappa
Delta Pi, an international honor society in education which
recognizes and rewards high-achieving students.
Dr. F. Morgan Simpson, Founder of Kappa Delta Pi Education
Foundation and Professor of Secondary Education at Auburn
University, installed the Alpha Delta Mu Chapter on campus during a
Charter Member Installation Service in which 42 seniors, 18 juniors,
and nine new charter faculty and staff members were inducted into
the new chapter. Three faculty and staff members transferred into
Alpha Delta Mu from other chapters.
“It’s a great honor to have a chapter of Kappa Delta Pi on campus,”
says Dr. Mary Edwards, Dean of the School of Education.
“The Kappa Delta Pi Society inducts only individuals who have
exhibited the ideals of scholarship, integrity in service, and
commitment to excellence in teaching. Those who are selected are
chosen based upon their academic achievement, their commitment to
education as a career, and their professional attitude.”
Kappa Delta Pi is the largest honor society for education, and it
represents 572 undergraduate and professional chapters with more
than 45,000 active members throughout the world. Its most
prestigious members include Margaret Mead, Albert Einstein, George
Washington Carver, Howard Gardner, and Maxine Greene.
Part of its mission is to offer workshops and conferences,
scholarships and grants, community service projects, employment
resources, professional development opportunities, and books,
journals, and other publications.
School of Education professors who were recently inducted include:
Debbie Baxter, Sharon Beavers, Carol Brand, Joan Chapman, Larry
Cooper, Clare Hite, Sharon Hixon, and Lynn Murphy. Transfer members
include Mary Edwards and Lelia Mullis from the School of Education
and Jami Hall, Director of Student Activities. Elizabeth Chadwick,
School of Education Administrative Assistant was also inducted.
Installed as officers for the Alpha Delta Mu Chapter were seniors
Laura Aldridge as President; Lacey Jones as Vice President; Sabrina
Loyd as Secretary; and Kyle Abernathy as Membership Chairman.
Seniors who were inducted include: Erlinda Alatorre, Jason
Armstrong, Felicia Ashe, Latisha Ault, Stacy Beason, Mark Beckler,
Valerie Bonine, Collette Cochran, Marla Deems, Amber Fountain,
Charlotte Freeman, Maria Garcia, Jennifer Garner, Pearl Hale, Megan
Haynes, Emily Higgins, Miranda Jarnagin, Renee Jones, Amy Lawson,
David Allen Lea, Christine Leavey, Shannon McElhaney, Sarah McElrath,
Melanie McKenley, Cherish McWhorter, LaJeana Nelson, Jamie Newton,
Sally Partlo, Elizabeth Phillips, Melissa Powers, Kelly Rampy, Donna
Richards, Crystal St. Pierre, Adam Stanley, Tammy Starkey, Michelle
Vaughn, Bonnie Williams, and Melissa Wilson.
Juniors inductees are: Jennifer Arnold, Annaliese Autry, Laura Belue,
Angela Bennecke, Jill Blackmon, Margaret Carr, Jennifer Clark,
Tracey Clark, Felicia Corbin, Courtney Crump, Stacy Garner, Katie
Mason, Lindsay McFry, Beth Morton, Stacy Ann Roland, Chelsea
Skidmore, Courtney Vires, and Katy Waters.
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