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International Education Honor Society Initiates
May 11, 2005
MACOMB, IL - - More than 70 students were initiated into Western Illinois UniversityÂ’s Alpha Epsilon chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the International Honor Society in Education, during an on-campus ceremony in April.
To be eligible, students must have a 3.6 or higher grade point average. Undergraduates also must have completed 50 semester hours, including at least 12 units in professional education coursework. Graduate students must have at least nine semester hours. Additionally, initiates must show promise as an outstanding educator.
Faculty members in Western IllinoisÂ’ curriculum and instruction department were installed as officers. They include: Diana Goff, president; Laurel Borgia, secretary; Pamela Terry Godt, treasurer and chapter counselor; Therese Kiley, who also was a faculty initiate, historian; Margo Byerly, membership chair; Mike Ellerman, foundation representative; and Fred Isele, associate chapter counselor for WIU-QC. Reading specialist graduate student Anita Lovell (Colchester, IL) was installed as vice president.
Student initiates include, by county and hometown:
ADAMS COUNTY
- QUINCY – Amy Wells, junior, biology; Emily Wensing, junior, special education
CARROLL COUNTY
- THOMSON – Trisha Durward, junior, elementary education
COOK COUNTY
- CHICAGO- 60645 – Marcella Kuchar, 2900 block of W. Birchwood, junior, elementary education
- PALATINE – Lisa Schmidtke, junior, elementary education
- OAK LAWN – Jaclyn Urbanski, senior, special education
- ORLAND PARK – Corrine Faro, junior, elementary education
- SCHAUMBURG – Quorvette Wafford, junior, history
FULTON COUNTY
- AVON – Cindy Emory, graduate student, reading specialist; Jennifer Young, graduate student, reading specialist
- BRYANT – Janoah Todd, junior, special education
- CANTON – Lyn Snowman, graduate student, elementary education
GRUNDY COUNTY
- MORRIS – Kirsten Eastman, junior elementary education
HANCOCK COJNTY
- WARSAW – Megan Stansbery, senior, elementary education
HENDERSON COUNTY
- BIGGSVILLE – Krista Johnson, senior, elementary education
HENRY COUNTY
- GENESEO – Stephanie Dykstra, junior, elementary education
- KEWANEE – Lea Ann Nimrick, junior, elementary education
- ORION – Megan Miller, junior, elementary education
KANKAKEE COUNTY
- HERSCHER – Brad Elliot, junior, elementary education
KNOX COUNTY
- ABINGDON – Kristi Anderson, senior, elementary education; Elise Howard, graduate student, reading specialist
- GALESBURG – Tara DeWitt, junior, elementary education; Jennifer Gawthrop, senior, mathematics; Heather Poulson, junior, elementary education; Sarah Shelly, graduate student, elementary education
- KNOXVILLE – Tami Hinkle, junior, elementary education
- VICTORIA – April Marshall, junior, special education
LAKE COUNTY
- GURNEE – Kristin David, junior, English
LaSALLE COUNTY
- PERU – Jessica Hitchins, junior, history
LEE COUNTY
- DIXON – Meg Schmidt, senior, elementary education
LOGAN COUNTY
- LINCOLN – Kirsten Knutilla, senior, special education
MACON COUNTY
- DECATUR – Ginger Flanders, senior, special education
MACOUPIN COUNTY
- BUNKER HILL – Stephanie Bushman, senior, elementary education
McDONOUGH COUNTY
- COLCHESTER – Lindsay Battles, junior, elementary education
- MACOMB – Michele Aurand, graduate student, counseling; Kenyon Kellogg, junior, elementary education; Jessica Martin, junior, elementary education; Tracey Pavel, senior, elementary education; Kristi Reusch, senior, elementary education; Dawn Sweet, graduate student, educational and interdisciplinary studies
- PRAIRIE CITY – Ryan Kitch, junior, art
McHENRY COUNTY
- ALGONQUIN – Rebecca Cranston, junior, elementary education; Kate Herrick, junior elementary education
- CARY – Jamie Hastings, junior, elementary education
- McHENRY – Brandon Harbecke, senior, Spanish; Megan Miller, senior, elementary education
PUTNAM COUNTY
- MAGNOLIA – Erika Ward, senior, elementary education
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
- COAL VALLEY – Heather Anderson, graduate student, elementary education
- EAST MOLINE - Nicole Rauh, senior, elementary education
- MOLINE – Deborah Allen, graduate student, reading specialist; Tiffany Hocker, senior, elementary education; Julie VanErstvelde, junior, physical education
- PORT BYRON – Brandi Borth, senior, elementary education
- ROCK ISLAND – Jamie Bellagamba, graduate student, elementary education; Tanise Colvin, senior, elementary education; Patty Gibbs, graduate student, counseling
SANGAMON COUNTY
- PLEASANT PLAINS – Staci Roach, junior, elementary education
- ROCHESTER – Marcene Bottorff, graduate student, reading specialist
- SPRINGFIELD – Kellie Wickham, graduate student, reading specialist
STARK COUNTY
- TOULON – Christine Anderson, senior, special education
STEPHENSON COUNTY
- FREEPORT – Kathryn Aten, graduate student, special education
WARREN COUNTY
- MONMOUTH – Kenneth Morris Jr., graduate student, educational leadership
WHITESIDE COUNTY
- FULTON – Lisa Toppert, graduate student, special education
- STERLING – Jose Martinez, senior, elementary education
WILL COUNTY
- JOLIET – Ashley Reimer, junior, special education
PEOTONE – Candace Henshaw, senior, special education
OUT OF STATE
IOWA
- BETTENDORF – Scott Mikos, senior, mathematics; Linda Mueller, senior, elementary education
- BURLINGTON – Susan Cohoon, graduate student, educational leadership; Sandy Gray, graduate student, elementary education
DAVENPORT – Bekky Anderson, graduate student, reading specialist; Paul Skyles, graduate student, educational leadership - FORT MADISON – Debora Hentzel, graduate student, reading specialist
TEXAS
- SPRING – Jennifer Contrino, junior, elementary education
VIRGINIA
- POQUOSON – Irene Yannello, junior, history
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