MARQUETTE, Mich.— Twenty-nine Northern Michigan University seniors have been selected for membership in the Telion Chapter of Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society.

Mortar Board is a prestigious national honor society that recognizes college seniors for superior achievement in scholarship, leadership and service. Since Mortar Board’s founding in 1918, nearly a quarter of a million members have held the honor of being initiated at 229 chartered campuses across the nation.

The following NMU students were accepted into the society (listed by hometown, starting with Michigan):

            Michigan

Akron: Sara Turschak, Caro: Aaron Bardwell, Dearborn: Julia McLean, Ellsworth: Nicholas Cook, Essexville: Rebecca Pierce, Gladstone: Brandon Frazho, Gladwin: Scott Smith, Gross Pointe Woods: Brendan Franklin, Hesperia: Elizabeth Eldridge, Ishpeming: Jalina Ogren, Marquette: Lisa Singer, Sarah Nadeau, Midland, Natasha Gallagher,  Lexington: Hailey Schroeder, Skandia: Tyler Perala, Riverview: Katharyn Mara,Temperance: Zachary Dowd, Woodhaven: Sarah Juday

            Wisconsin

Wausau: Christopher Bowler, Neenah: Roy Robert Owensby, Slinger: Rebekah Schmidt

Minnesota

Bigelow: Bridget Wass, St. Michael: Amelia Johnson, St. Louis Park: Andrea Carlson, Savage: Sarah Muellerleile, Upsala: Andrew Piasecki

Illinois

Mundelein: Hillary Hamblin, Rockford: Kathleen Kenley, Schaumburg: Justine Samek

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Prepared by Katelyn Durst.