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The University of Findlay Welcomes Charter Class of Mortar Board Honor Society
Thursday, March 27, 2008
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Faculty marshal Don Collins
leads faculty into the
ceremony.
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The University of Findlay held its first Mortar Board installation and initiation ceremony on campus March 25 and welcomed the charter class of 25 students into the national honor society that recognizes college seniors for their achievements in scholarship, leadership and service.
Catherine Moore Freed of Findlay, a Mortar Board alumna of the University of Texas and wife of UF president Dr. DeBow Freed, was presented with the first citation given by the UF Mortar Board chapter for her lifelong service to the society. Since she was inducted, Freed was active with various Mortar Board chapters, as a member and then as both a volunteer and adviser. Freed was unable to attend the ceremony.
The University of Findlay is the 224th chartered chapter of Mortar Board, which was founded in 1918 as the first and only national society for college senior women. At a special conference in 1975, membership was opened to men in response to Title IX. Mortar Board has grown from four founding chapters to 224 chartered collegiate chapters and 20 active alumni chapters with nearly a quarter of a million initiated members nationwide.
 |  | Dr. Freed accepts a certificate of installation from Jon Cook, executive director of National Mortar Board Inc.
| The charter class participates in a response to become members of the society.
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 | Inductee Austin Slayter
signs the official book of
members as Dan Yates,
Ph.D., observes.
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Mortar Board is unique from other honor societies. Each lifelong Mortar Board member accepts the responsibility to participate in activities that further the organization’s ideals. Local chapters establish their own service projects unique to their own universities and communities, in addition to participating in a national project called Reading is Leading. Members are selected by their peers in their junior year and must be ranked in the upper 35 percent scholastically of their class.
Click here to visit the society’s Web site.
The charter class is as follows:
Sue A. Cox, business management, Bluffton, Ohio
Audra M. Dundore, religious studies, Defiance, Ohio
Ashley R. Dutridge, psychology/sociology, Toledo, Ohio
Sarah M. Flipse, pre-veterinary science, Xenia, Ohio
Megan Garner, economics/international business, Runville, Pa.
Jackie L. Green, law and the liberal arts, Kenton, Ohio
Cari L. Hahler, health science/physical therapy, Willard, Ohio
Gregory M. Harvey, pharmacy, Findlay, Ohio
Carla M. Huelskamp, pharmacy, Yorkshire, Ohio
Sandy L. Langhals, human resource management, Columbus Grove, Ohio
Melissa A. Lord, pre-veterinary science, Omaha, Neb.
K. Danielle Marshman, interpersonal/public communication, Dunkirk, Ohio
Cassandra M. Martinez, pre-veterinary science/biology, Toms River, N.J.
Jenny M. Mason, pharmacy, Lucasville, Ohio
Amanda M. Mirabella, pre-veterinary science, Elgin, Ill.
Angela M. Prior, social work, Wauseon, Ohio
Stephen R. Reichley, pre-veterinary science, Stow, Ohio
Samuel J. Reinmann, health science/physical therapy, Ashland, Ohio
Kirsten M. Schwab, biology, Westfield, Ind.
Jennifer L. Scott, multi-age/visual arts, Concord Twp., Ohio
Megan L. Shelton, health science/physical therapy, Manchester, Ohio
Paul E. Siefker, human resource management, Ottawa, Ohio
Austin R. Slayter, forensic science/DNA/serology, Elkhart, Ind.
Nicole M. Weber, early childhood education, Kettering, Ohio
Katie R. Yarnell, health science/physical therapy, Sunbury, Ohio
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