SUNY Potsdam

Omicron Delta Kappa to induct newest members

11.12.09

The SUNY Potsdam Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, will induct 37 new faculty, junior, senior and graduate student members on Sunday, Dec. 6.

They have been selected on the basis of academic scholarship and leadership in athletics; campus or community service, social and religion activities and campus government; journalism speech and the mass media; and creative and performing arts.

The SUNY Potsdam faculty members who will be inducted this year are:

· Caroline Downing, Art Department

· Joseph Hildreth, Art Department

· Cheryl Miller, Mathematics Department

· Benjamin Pykes, Anthropology Department

The SUNY Potsdam graduate students who will be inducted this year are:

· Heather Berkey, Adam Center

· Faith Bish, Malone

· Richard Doyle, Syracuse

· Elizabeth Thompson, Black River

The SUNY Potsdam Seniors who will be inducted this year are:

· Connor Adams, Pawling

· Emily Ball, Hammond

· Danielle Althaus, Farmingville

· Noele Brabon, North Bangor

· Rachel Brooks, Greenfield Center

· Allyson Burdick, Hudson Falls

· Molly Calhoun, Adams Center

· Vincent Cerasoli, Schenectady

· Jaclyn Daley, Syracuse

· Andrea Dishaw, Syracuse

· Megan Fulton, Cape Vincent

· Gena Griffiths, Cutchogue

· Sarah Hope, Queensbury

· Heather Horning, Parish

· Johan Kaskela, Massena

· Jake King, Canajoharie

· Margaret Kling, Highland Mills

· Heather Levac, Heuvelton, NY

· Sara Mastantuono, Kingston, ON

· Faylin Musson-Moyer, Manchester

· Valerie Paige, Potsdam

· Veronica Phillips, Wantagh

· Alexa Ricks, Watertown

· Kelli Shaver, Cornwall, ON

· Robert Wallace, Sound Beach

· Sarah Walroth, Niskayuna

· Shannon Westlake, Cayuta

The SUNY Potsdam junior who will be inducted is Rickele Bello of Queensbury.

Omicron Delta Kappa has chapters at upward of 350 colleges around the United States. The SUNY Potsdam Circle was chartered in 2001 as the 274th chapter in the United States, the ninth in New York state and the fourth in the State University of New York System.

Founded in 1816, SUNY Potsdam is a four-year liberal arts college nestled on the outskirts of the Adirondack Park. Among the 64 units of The State University of New York system, SUNY Potsdam has the longest history and currently enrolls approximately 4,350 undergraduate and graduate students. It is well known for its academically challenging liberal arts and teacher education programs, as well as its world-renowned Crane School of Music.

For more information, please visit www.potsdam.edu.