On Thursday, Nov. 1, Lakeland Community College's Tau Delta chapter of Sigma Kappa Delta (SKD), the International English Honor Society serving two-year institutions, held a ceremony to initiate 43 new members.

Membership in SKD reflects academic excellence, and members must maintain an overall GPA of 3.3 as well as earning no less than a grade of B in their college-level English courses.

Faculty advisors Dr. Natalie Hopper and Dr. Gretchen Frank, associate professors of English, organized the ceremony. English professor April Mason, who founded Lakeland's chapter of SKD in 2009, delivered an address to the new members and their family and friends in attendance.

New students inducted for the 2018-19 academic year are:

Haley Allen, Annette Anderson, Laura Bertran, Jenna Boggess, Amara Brickell, Tami Bukvic, Rebecca Cantrell, Stacy Carlson, Whitney Carpenter, Lorin Daniels, Tatiana Dombrovski, Olivia Farina, Hayley Foster-Nagorski, Anna Goulette, Marcus Green, MacKenzie Hammond, Valerie Hanks, Katlyn Hickman, Johnathan Jordan, Mary Lepisto, Allison Lister, Christopher Lowe, Jay Marshfield, Kate Matier, Danielle Minich, Charles Nunes, Anamaria Pesut, Colette Pinkston-Jackson, Samael Reed, Rachael Resnick, Adam Retych, Janaya Reynolds, James Scardelletti, Charles Schilling, Suzanna Scimenes, Stephanie Skala, Destiny Sywankyk, Johnathan Titus, Lugene Tomkins, Frances Toth, Cynthia Trench, Colleen van Winkle and Jennifer Zorko.

By: Jessica Novak