Students honored for leadership, scholarship

The University of St. Thomas Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa invites the university community to celebrate the induction of its new members at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, in O’Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium.  More than 100 students and faculty members will be inducted into the St. Thomas chapter of ODK, a national leadership honor society.

Founded in 1914 at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., the honor society recognizes and encourages superior scholarship, leadership and exemplary character.  ODK recognizes achievement in scholarship; athletics; campus or community service; social and religious activities, and campus government; journalism, speech and the mass media; and the creative and performing arts.  The society encourages the development of leadership of its members through service, both as part of the St. Thomas community and as contributors to a better society.

All UST student members and inductees are of junior or senior standing, rank in the top 35 percent of their respective class and show leadership in at least one of the five areas of achievement.

Dr. Reatha Clark King, president and executive director of the General Mills Foundation will be the keynote speaker and honoris causa inductee at Sunday’s ceremony.

King is also vice president of General Mills Inc. and was formerly president of Metro State University.  She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics from Clark College in Atlanta, Ga., a master’s and doctorate from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.  She has received numerous honors and awards and holds 14 honorary doctorate degrees.  King is well known as a pioneer in social change and for outstanding leadership in the fields of education, business and philanthropy.

Students to be inducted are:

Ryan Bannen
Jennifer Blick
Erin Borseth
Brent Bowman
Angela Brees
Mark Buri
Katie Callahan
Stacy Calvert
Ik-Jun Choi
Greyson Colvin
Gina Continenza
Rebecca Dahlstrom
Jeffrey Delaney
Shane Deman
Michele Denz
Maren Enger
Courtney Engh
Maureen Fallon
Timothy Flanigan
Kathryn Flodin
Tressa Frein
Elizabeth Frommelt
Deanna Fuchs
Dan Geislinger
Andrew Grover
Krita Guinn
Amy Hammer
Lisa Harper
Krista haugo
Donna Havlicek
Todd Hiller
Jessica Hjelle
Cortney Hoecherl
Renee Hruska
Emily Hutton
Angelina Jacobson
Nissa James
William Josten
Lisa Kareem
Jaclyn Karlen
Davy Keo
Nicholas Kolnik
Joseph Landree
Kathryn Larsen
Nicole Lee
Cameron Leitch
Renae leroux
Sarah Linder
Shallon Mahowald
Mark Majewski
Pamela Mecklenburg
Marty Mertens
Brandon Messerli
Melissa Meyer
Carie Muntifering
Brian Natzel
Jennifer Nielsen
Sarah O’Connell
Brook Olson
Raia Ottman-Rak
Anne Paulson
Andrew Peltier
Katherine Perron
Mike Peterson
Jennifer Polzin
Thomas Pontinen
Amy Prenevost
James Roche
Michelle Roth
Eric Ryberg
Alyssa Samek
Ryan Schoenecker
Kathryn Schubring
Angela Schulte
Pamela Seliga
Katti Severson
Kristina Severson
Anthony Shaw
Megan Shields
Jessica Shimek
Lorena Stiles
Leah Strand
Megan Sullivan
Mai Thao
Meghan Thein
John Tiedeman
Rachel Toberman
Cecilia Trinh
Angela Valerius
Chee Vang
Jana Van Rybroek
Jenny Wakefield
Leslie Wallace
Charles Weise
Bree Wertz
Seng Yang
Melanie Kniefel

Faculty, staff and honoris causa inductees are:

Cheryl Babcock
Catherine Cory
Laurie Dimond
Brian Dusbiber
Dr. Reatha Clark King
Onar Primitivo
Dr. Ivancica Schrunk