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Below you will find information about past Pallas Chapter classes and pictures throughout the years.
If you have any Pallas Chapter photos from your year, please share them with us.
With the onset of the coronavirus, many planned projects had to be cancelled or postponed. However, our chapter was able to adapt and continue to serve the community. Our major projects for the fall 2021 semester were:
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20th-Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Concert: In 2021, we collaborated with the University of Louisville Collegiate Chorale to host a 9/11 memorial concert outside Ekstrom Library.
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Trunk or Treat: Our largest event, members of our organization hand out candy and run games for neighborhood children during Halloween. We had a large turnout this past year and are looking forward to a larger one next year!
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Flower Sales: We host flower sales during commencement for graduating students. During Spring 2021 Commencement, we also assisted in escorting graduates onto the football field. Last fall we raised $2180 from these sales.
In past years, we’ve invited speakers onto campus, worked with off-campus charities, helped the Sister Cities of Louisville, and more!
During the 2020-2021 school year, we were also distinguished as a leading chapter with a Golden Torch Award.
We were also in works to host a TEDx event in March 2022 in conjunction with the Urban & Public Affairs Student Association; however, this event was postponed until at least 2023.
*More information about, and images from, the events are below*
9/11 Memorial Concert
The University of Louisville Collegiate Chorale, conducted by Dr. Kent Hatteberg, held a 9/11 memorial concert at the steps of the University of Louisville Ekstrom library. This event marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11. The flyer for the event is pictured to the right. For more information, visit the University of Louisville: School of Music website.
Trunk-Or-Treat
As is a long-standing tradition for our chapter, the University of Louisville trunk-or-treat had been previously held each year in late October hosted exclusively by our Mortar Board chapter. Although it was cancelled in 2020 (as a result of the covid pandemic), we were able to host in fall 2021 with covid precautions and social distancing. It was held in the large parking lot of Cardinal Stadium.
The event was successful with hundreds of families from the community coming by to participate in the trunk-or-treat, games, puzzles, and costume contests. Volunteers included members of UofL's Society of Physics Students and local High School Beta Clubs (including Atherton, Butler, Male, and duPont Manual).
Commencement Flower Sales
Each year during both fall and winter commencement, the chapter sells roses and teddy bears before the commencement ceremony. Last fall we were able to generate over twenty-one hundred dollars in funds by selling all our flowers.
March 16,2016
Dear Student,
Many of you have probably already received this, and if so, we would like to take the time to introduce ourselves once again and let you know that there is still time to apply for Mortar Board Senior Honor Society. We can promise you that this letter is not spam and that we are an active group on campus that runs and plans activities to promote our values of scholarship, leadership and service.
You are receiving this e-mail because of your academic achievement at the University of Louisville. Mortar Board Senior Honor Society is looking for students just like you to become one of its esteemed members. Founded in 1918, Mortar Board is an active senior honor society that focuses on our core values of scholarship, leadership, and service both on campus and in the community at large. We believe in concrete events and service that lead to the betterment of others and, in turn, ourselves. Some of our recent events include TEDX UofL, the annual Bullitt Lecture for Science, “The Business of College Sports” a lecture by Kristi Dosh, the Sister Cities of Louisville International Gala, and many more!
The Pallas chapter at UofL is now opening its recruitment period for the 2016-2017 school year and you have been selected as a potential candidate based on your success in school thus far. If interested, please fill out the attached application and submit to uoflmortarboard@gmail.com along with the other required items by March 3rd at 5:00 P.M. If you have any questions about Mortar Board, its values, its activities, or anything else you can think of, please feel free to email our president, Zachary Herde at zdherd01@louisville.edu or our vice president, Emily Young, at ecyoun02@louisville.edu. We will also be having an information session next Tuesday at 6:00 PM in Ekstrom W210 if you are interested in attending.
We sincerely hope that you are having a fantastic semester thus far and want to heartily congratulate you on your previous accomplishments as well as wish you continued success in the future.
Sincerely,
Mortar Board Senior Honor Society
Pallas Chapter
