Marrissa Fedor, of Hanover Township, Pa., Inducted into National Education Honor Society, Kappa Delta Pi

2012 Apr 10

Marrissa Fedor, of Hanover Township, Pa., was inducted into the National Education Honor Society, Kappa Delta Pi, at Wilkes University. Fedor is a senior at Wilkes and is majoring in English and secondary education. She is the daughter of Joan and Martin Basar.

Nineteen students were inducted the National Education Honor Society, Kappa Delta Pi at a March 20 ceremony. Members of the Wilkes University Undergraduate Education Department participated in the Spring Induction Ceremony celebrating the Phi Phi Chapter inductees of the National Education Honor Society, Kappa Delta Pi (KDP).

The 19 inductees were chosen because of their outstanding character, service to Wilkes University and the larger community, a high grade point average, and a desire to enter the teaching profession as competent, caring, and ethical educators. In the presence of their family and friends, they pledged to uphold the three ideals of KDP: fidelity to humanity, science, and toil in these words. The pledge of Kappa Delta Pi reads, "To teach that our words inspire a will to learn, to serve that each day may enhance the growth of exploring minds, and to live to guide young and old to know the truth and love the right."

Jamie Barlow is the Wilkes Chapter president, and Julie Keefer is the outgoing president. Other officers in the honor society are Amanda Coombs and Amanda Fasciana. Dr. Robert S. Gardner, Assistant Professor of Education at Wilkes University is the Kappa Delta Pi counselor and also a member of KDP.

Photo Caption: Pictured from left to right: Row 1, Kelly Lashock, Hazleton, Pa.; Catelyn Sofio, Exton, Pa.; Jessica Short, Forest City, Pa.; Rachel Gill, Luzerne, Pa.; Rachel Beavers, Lake Ariel, Pa.; Casey Naumann, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Rachael Bernosky, Mayfield, Pa.; Row 2, Abigail Kaster, Mountain Top, Pa.; Courtney Leighton, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Megan Petrochko, Nanticoke, Pa.; Amber Konopka, Croydon, Pa.; Brittany Sheluga, Scranton, Pa.; Emilee Segreaves, Stewartsville, N.J.; Marrissa Fedor, Hanover Township, Pa.; Josh Olzinski, Nanticoke, Pa. Absent from photo: Lindsey Davenport, Dallas, Pa.; Elizabeth Dollman, Beachwood, N.J.; Nicole Scharpnick, Luzerne, Pa.; Amanda Shonk, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.