Forty-two students were inducted as members of the Ichabod Chapter of the National Senior Honor Society of Mortar Board at Washburn University. Also inducted as honorary member was Steve Cann, professor, political science.
Mortar Board Inc. is a national honor society which recognizes college seniors for distinguished ability and achievement in scholarship, leadership and service. Founded in 1918 as the first national organization honoring senior college women, the Society opened its membership to men in 1975. Since 1918, more than 240,000 college students have been initiated into Mortar Board.
The 2009-10 Ichabod Chapter officers are: Angel Romero, president; Kaitlin Marsh, vice president; Josh Maples, secretary; Kate Rowden, treasurer; Morgan Schaeffer, director, communications; Emily Charles, historian; David Reed, director, membership; Courtney Peterson, director, alumni; and Heather Hartley, webmaster.
Initiates of the new chapter and their hometowns, classifications and major are:
- Atchison: Jessica Schrick, senior, accounting and finance
- Berryton: Sarah Sims, senior, marketing, finance and Spanish
- Frankfort: Keri Hawkinson, junior, nursing
- Garden City: Amanda Scully, senior, law enforcement
- Great Bend: Shanna Carlson, senior, sociology and theatre; Trang LeNguyen, junior, general business, management and marketing
- Hiawatha: Emily Charles, junior, music performance (voice) and mass media (media writing and publishing); Kailey Patton, senior, psychology
- Kinsley: Mikale Burcher, junior, mass media and English
- Lawrence: Kate Rowden, junior, nursing
- Leavenworth: Rachel Darrow, senior, exercise physiology
- Lebanon: Kelsey Thomsen, senior, biology
- Lenexa: Danielle Hunter, senior, law enforcement and human services (victim and survivor services)
- Lindsborg: Josh Maples, senior, political science and computer information science
- Manhattan: Angela Schaefer-Proctor, senior, health services administration
- Marysville: Christa Obermeyer, senior, forensic chemical science; Jenna Seematter, junior, political science
- Montezuma: Garrett Love, junior, general business, management, economics, and finance
- Olathe: Ashley Baker, junior, history
- Overbrook: Lilly Varner, senior, biology
- Overland Park: Courtney Peterson, senior, nursing
- Perry: Allegra Fisher, senior, music performance (piano/organ)
- Sabetha: Broc Plattner, junior, nursing
- Silver Lake: Valerie Roberson, junior, elementary education
- Topeka: Lacey Bisnett, senior, psychology; Jessica Brunken, senior, political science; Dentin Chapman, junior, finance and accounting; Kendra Fritz, junior, business; Ryan Hamilton, senior, nursing; Heather Hartley, junior, social work; Justin Joyce, senior, law enforcement; Kaitlin Marsh, senior, political science; Amanda Jo Mayo, senior, music performance
(brass/string/percussion/woodwind); Kevin Nincehelser, junior, general business; Nicole Perkuhn, junior, marketing and physical therapist assistant; David Reed, senior, chemistry and biology; Angel Romero, junior, political science; Brady Rothrock, junior, accounting; Sarah Ruiz, senior, social work; Morgan Schaeffer, junior, mass media (public relations); Sheldon Warmington, senior, accounting - Valley Falls: Garret Bendure, senior, nursing
