Contact: Sammy McDavid
STARKVILLE, Miss.--More than 40 academically achieving juniors, seniors and graduate students in Mississippi State's College of Education are new members of the university chapter of Kappa Delta Pi honor society.
Founded in 1911 at the University of Illinois, the international organization works to promote excellence in all areas of collegiate teacher training. KDP's 55,000 members are spread among more than 400 campus and alumni chapters.
In addition to scholastics, membership requires the demonstrated commitment to a career in education and a personal attitude that ensures steady professional growth.
MSU student members inducted at the conclusion of the 2008 spring semester include (by hometown):
AMORY--Senior elementary education major Kathryn N. Renfro.
BALDWYN--Junior educational psychology major Sara J. Huddleston.
BATESVILLE--Junior Diamond B. Sibley, a clinical exercise physiology major.
BELDEN--Junior elementary education major Sara R. Crow.
BRANDON--Junior Jennifer K. King, a clinical exercise physiology major.
BROOKHAVEN--Senior clinical exercise physiology major Mary C. Mills and junior elementary education major Kari N. Wallace.
CARTHAGE--Junior elementary education major Mary K. "Katie" Corley and senior special education major Meagan K. Mills.
CLEWISTON, Fla.--Senior kinesiology major Trevor S. Caulkins.
CLINTON--Junior elementary education majors Kara M. Davis and Blair E. Porter.
COLUMBUS--Junior elementary education major LaWhitney J. Shelton.
CORDOVA, Ala.--Junior elementary education major Krista L. Kirkpatrick.
CORINTH--Junior elementary education major Stephanie L. Boyer.
DURANT--Sophia N. Bailey, a graduate student in secondary education teaching.
FOREST--Senior Lindsey M. Shepard, a technology teacher education major.
FULTON--Junior English education major Anna C. Oswalt and senior elementary education major Jennifer M. Terrill.
GRENADA--Junior elementary education major Julie M. Cummins.
HOLLANDALE--Senior information technology services major Melissa H. Johnson.
INVERNESS--Senior industrial technology major Peyton L. Crawford.
JACKSON--Junior counselor education major Carina Nicole Lindsey.
KOSCIUSKO--Senior elementary education Dawn C. McClellan and junior Wesley H. Myers, a clinical exercise physiology major.
MACON--Senior elementary education major Tonya T. Mason-Lewis.
MADISON--Senior elementary education major Kimberley L. Neal.
MERIDIAN--Junior elementary education major Brittany D. Butler.
MONTICELLO--Senior physical education major Gina L. McCloud.
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala.--Junior elementary education major Rachel P. Brocato.
NETTLETON--Junior Michael S. Riley, an information technology services major.
PHILADELPHIA--Junior elementary education major Kady L. Chandler; senior physical education major Allison B. McDaniel; and senior secondary education major Daniel A. Thomas.
STAR--Junior special education major Susan L. Phillips.
STARKVILLE--Junior elementary education majors Lisa N. May and Sachia E. Poole.
TUPELO--Junior special education major Kristen D. McClellan.
VAIDEN--Senior English education major Rachel E. Ingram.
VICKSBURG--Senior Kelsey M. Artman, physical education/teaching and coaching major and junior educational psychology major Whitney C. Saxon.
WAYNESBORO--Junior English education major Julie L. Pitts.
WEST POINT--Senior Anne Elizabeth Blair, an elementary education major.
WINONA--Senior Jeffrey R. Mitchell, a technology teacher education major.
YAZOO CITY--Junior special education major Samantha L. Book.
For more information about Mississippi State University, see http://www.msstate.edu/.