LSUS honor society initiates seven
05/02/04

Seven LSUS students became members of the Pilot Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa in spring initiations ceremony at LSUS today.

Spring initiates are: Stephanie Amy Cochrane, of Miami; Jillian Nichole Danzy, of Heflin; Martha Helen Durham, of Shreveport; Bridgett Kalifia Elie, of Leesville; Brynn Marie Forbrich, of Bossier City; Jamie Collette Prince, of Coushatta, and Lacey Dawn Spencer, of Greenbrier, Ark.

Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) is a national leadership honor society that recognizes individuals who have attained a high standard of leadership in all phases of collegiate life. ODK was founded in 1914 and is recognized as one of the premier collegiate honor societies in the United States. National eligibility rules also require that students be juniors, seniors, graduate students or alumni.

Dr. Stephen Banks, a professor of biological sciences, is the faculty advisor for ODK; Dr. Donna Austin, interim dean of the Division of Continuing Education and Public Service and director of the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, is the society’s secretary, and Dr. Beverly Burden, an associate professor of biology, is the treasurer. In recent campuswide student online voting, Burden was named the 2004 Student Government Association Professor of the Year.