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Welcome to Mortar Board

Mortar Board is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership and service.  Mortar Board members represent the top scholars and leaders on their campuses. 

Since its establishment in 1918, nearly a quarter of a million members have been initiated at 226 chartered chapters across the nation.

Mortar Board provides opportunities for continued leadership development, promotes service to colleges and universities and encourages lifelong contributions to the global community.  Additionally, Mortar Board offers numerous benefits and opportunities to members, including career networking, fellowships and awards. 

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Mortar Board is on Twitter

Mortar Board has joined Twitter, a free social networking service that allows users to send and read other users' updates (also known as"tweets").

On Twitter, members will be able to subscribe to Mortar Board’s updates in a variety of manners: via the Web site, RSS feeds, e-mail, SMS text messages and more. These updates will feature news about national Mortar Board, include valuable information for members, offer special bulletins on merchandise sales and more.

To view Mortar Board’s Twitter page and subscribe to the society’s updates, visit twitter.com/MortarBoard today.

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Special Offer

Mortar Board member Kunle Oguneye (Valparaiso University, initiated in 1996) is the author of children's book "Sikulu and Harambe by the Zambezi River." To support Mortar Board's national project, "Reading is Leading," Kunle will donate proceeds of Mortar Board sales to the national organization.

For all books purchased at www.sikulu.com using promotional code MB2008 at checkout, 50 percent of the proceeds will be donated to Mortar Board.

Upcoming chapter deadlines

PAST DUE (Dec. 15) - Membership Recruitment and Selection Plan (MRSP) due

January 31 - Applications for national Mortar Board post-graduate fellowships are due

National Office closures

The Mortar Board National Office will be closed on the following dates:

Wed., Dec. 24 - Fri., Dec. 26
Thurs., Jan. 1 - Fri., Jan. 2