Contact: Sue Ann M. Lieber, 306-7211 Media Contact: Misty P. Salaz, 277-5851

December 2, 2002 UNM KAPPA DELTA PI HONOR SOCIETY HOSTS HOLIDAY GALA The UNM Kappa Delta Pi, Rho Delta Chapter 412, is celebrating a Holiday Gala at University House Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 from 1 to 4 p.m. The Holiday Gala will include a general membership meeting, initiation ceremony and a 'trim the tree' affair for fund-raising. The chapter will initiative ten new members at the event. The new initiates are Gabrielle Bassow, Betty Butler, Krystal Wood, Sara Oliveira, Marie Duryea, Nicole Morgan, Keely Louise Mackey-Gonzales, Elba Saavedra, Patricia Hanson and Diana Padilla. Kappa Delta Pi has a membership of 63,000 educators from the United States, England, Canada and Australia. It is recognized as a professional development organization of 60,000 members belonging to 550 chapters in the United States and more than 90 other countries. Membership in Kappa Delta Pi is by invitation only and members must meet high academic and leadership standards to be initiated. Kappa Delta Pi is an international honor society in education. The organization is the oldest educational honor society in America and its membership includes the top 10 percent of college students in teacher education programs, university faculty, classroom teachers, school administrators, National State Teachers of the Year, Golden Apple Award winners and education retirees. For more information concerning the Rho Delta Chapter contact president Sue Ann M. Lieber at kdprdc@unm.edu. ###

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