Kappa Delta Pi

Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, is committed to recognizing excellence and fostering mutual cooperation, support and professional growth for educational professionals. KDP members make up the top 10 percent of those entering the field of education, and include award-winning and outstanding practicing educators. Binghamton University's chapter, Alpha Gamma Chi, was chartered on December 2, 2006.

Membership in our chapter is earned by meeting several criteria:

1. Outstanding academic achievement, evident by a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or above;

2. Potential or achieved educational leadership;

3. Exemplification of worthy educational ideals;

4. Full graduate standing at Binghamton University;

5.  Six credit hours of graduate work at Binghamton, and 12 credit hours of education course work, any of which can be either completed, in progress, or for which you are registered; and

6.  Commitment to being an active member of BU's Alpha Gamma Chi chapter.

All faculty members, Binghamton University alumni, and local educators are also eligible for membership.

Forms to download:

Faculty Application

Student Application

 

Teacher Nomination Letter

 

Teacher Application


For more information, see the KDP website or e-mail the chapter counselor, Dr. Holly Hansen-Thomas.

Our chapter's officers for Spring, 2008 are Michael Williams (President), Natalie Berlin (Vice President), Kristina Berry (Vice President), Diana O'Halloran (Membership Chair), Allison Weisel (Treasurer), Nick Pianella (Treasurer), and Sarah Maliwacki (Chapter Historian).

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

 

Binghamton University's chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), international education honor society, is currently accepting applications from students, faculty, and local teachers. KDP is committed to recognizing excellence and fostering mutual cooperation, support, and professional growth for educational professionals. Binghamton University's chapter, Alpha Gamma Chi, was chartered a little over a year ago on December 2, 2006.

 

As a new chapter, we are trying to increase our membership and activity in the area. We would greatly appreciate your support. Please consider becoming a new member by completing the application above. Applications are due in the SOE office (in the KDP mailbox) by March 5, 2008. The mandatory induction ceremony will be on March 15th, 2008 in the morning.

 

If you are not currently a member, please consider becoming part of our organization - we would be honored to have you!

 

Thank you for your support,

KDP Officers

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

KDP is currently looking for volunteers for our Literacy Alive! event to be held this year April 10th (grades K - 2) and 11th (grades 3 - 5) at Johnson City Elementary school. 
 
The event aims to promote literacy so we will be donating books to the Johnson City Elementary school that will be distributed to classrooms and students.  We will also be doing read-alouds in classrooms at Johnson City Elementary.
 
We need volunteers who can come to the Johnson City Elementary school for at least 1 hour during school hours to do a read-aloud to a classroom there.  Please contact Natalie Berlin at veggiechk@yahoo.com by March 28th with which day and times you can volunteer and/or any questions.  We would love to have members of KDP (members this is a great way to fulfill your volunteer requirements) as well as non-members (students and professors!) who would like to read to a classroom.  The students at Johnson City look forward to hearing us read!

ANNOUNCEMENT

KDP will be selling Gertrude Hawk chocolate bars for this semester's fundraiser.  We will earn 50% profit on each bar we sell, but we do have a minimum to buy... so please consider helping us by signing up to sell a box (36 bars) or half of a box.  (A variety of types will be made available... see http://www.gertrudehawkchocolates.com/index.cfm?act=programs_candybar for details.)

 

If you are interested in participating, please e-mail Allison (bennie_747@yahoo.com) to help her get an idea of how many boxes to order.  If you reply, Allison WILL ORDER a box in your name.  Sell them on campus, to family and coworkers, etc., to help our chapter raise money for our Literacy event and our Spring Induction!

 

 ANNOUNCEMENT

You are cordially invited to PEGO's FREE Graduate Honoring Dinner!!!
 
Where? Russell's Steakhouse in Endicott
When? Friday, May 2, 2008 at 6:00pm
Who? ALL SOE students are FREE! Anyone outside SOE is welcome to join for $25.
Why? Dinner party to honor and say goodbye to graduates and spend some quality time with colleagues.

What? Dinner includes: cheese and crackers, soup or salad, choice of entree, and dessert. Choices for entree are: prime rib, chicken, seafood, or vegetarian.  You will make your choice at the restaurant on the day of the dinner.
 
RSVP by April 11 -- email to Natalie Berlin at:
veggiechk@yahoo.com (yes, a vegetarian put together this steakhouse dinner, I'm amenable) -- If you are bringing a guest, you must have your check made out to: PEGO account number 5180 for $25 per guest...placed in the PEGO mailbox by April 11th, 5:00pm to keep the spot reserved.  Once you have reserved your spot, you will receive an email confirming your reservation... if you do not receive one of these confirmations, you may want to email Natalie again.
 
Any questions, comments, concerns, let me (Natalie) know!