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BOLIVAR, Mo. — Å·ÃÀÊÓƵ’s Zeta Kappa chapter of the Delta Mu Delta international honor society in business inducted 11 new members on Thursday, Oct. 20, in a ceremony conducted by the current chapter officers at Randolph Chapel on the Bolivar campus.

Delta Mu Delta is an international honor society established to recognize and reward superior scholastic achievement of students in business administration. The society was founded by a dean from Harvard University and four professors from Yale University and New York University in November 1913. Membership is by invitation only and is based upon the student’s grade point average (minimum of 3.25), class rank (upper 20 percent) and individual character.

James G. Jones, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from Å·ÃÀÊÓƵ in 1986, was the guest speaker at the induction ceremony. Jones is the founder and managing member of Sterling Investment Advisors, LLC.

The 2016-17 Zeta Kappa officer team consists of Katherine Mahon, president; Kensey Slone, vice president; and Stephen Davis, secretary/treasurer. Mrs. Sharla Bailey, assistant professor of accounting, serves as faculty adviser.

 

 

The new inductees of the Zeta Kappa chapter of the Delta Mu Delta honor society are:

• Michelle Austin, senior English and web systems & design major from Bolivar.
• Christian Blodig, junior management major from Schwalbach, Germany.
• Bailey Gardner, junior management and marketing major from Springfield.
• Abby Glendenning, senior business administration major from Bolivar.
• Zorana Jovanovic, junior international business major from Nis, Yugoslavia.
• Kailynn Kneibert, junior intercultural studies and accounting major from Jonesboro, Ark.
• Hannah Louvier, senior management major from Salem, Ill.
• Maria Martin, junior accounting and economics/finance major from Osage Beach.
• Emily Raines, junior management major from Marshall.
• Jalen Supancic, junior management major from Lynchburg.
• Claire Van Doren, junior marketing major from Columbia.

For more information, contact Bailey, associate professor of accounting, at (417) 328-1755 or sbailey@Å·ÃÀÊÓƵniv.edu.

CUTLINE: Front row, left to right: Bailey Gardner, Claire Van Doren, Abby Glendenning, Emily Raines, Kailynn Kneibert, Maria Martin, Zorana Jovanovic and Christian Blodig. (Not pictured) Michelle Austin, Hannah Louvier and Jalen Supancic.