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Kappa Delta Pi, an International Honor Society in Education, was founded March 8, 1911, at the University of Illinois. It was incorporated June 8, 1911, and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011. Organized to recognize excellence in education, Kappa Delta Pi invites members who exhibit the ideals of scholarship, high personal standards, and promise in teaching and allied professions. The Theta Phi Chapter was installed on February 28, 1958. The chapter was reactivated in 1983.

The Society is made up of professional educators, college faculty, and students. The purpose of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) shall be to promote excellence in and recognize outstanding contributions to education. It shall endeavor to maintain a high degree of professional fellowship among its members, quicken professional growth, and honor achievement in educational work. To these ends it shall accept to membership such persons as exhibit commendable personal qualities, worthy educational ideals, and sound scholarship, without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, or handicapping condition.


NEWS & UPDATES

NewsCatawba's Education Honor Society Installs Officers, Inducts New Members (2012)

NewsCatawba's Kappa Delta Pi Inducts New Members, Installs Officers (2011)


PHOTOS

Photos 2012 Induction

Photos 2011 Induction


2013-2014 Officers

  • Anne Mabry – President
  • Ricky Martin – Vice President
  • Whitney Short – Secretary
  • Ashley Csirip – Treasurer
  • Ashley Wietbrock – Historian

CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP
    Undergraduates
  • Junior status
  • Admitted to teacher education
  • 3.2 GPA
  • Recommendation by faculty
  • Approval of KDP membership
    Graduates
  • Completion of 18 hours of graduate work at Catawba College
  • 3.8 GPA
  • Recommendation by faculty
  • Approval of KDP membership