During the Joint School of Public Health鈥檚 Celebration of Excellence on April 24, 12 students and three alumni were inducted into the Alpha Kappa chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society.
Delta Omega is a national honor society for public health, which recognizes academic excellence, encourages leadership and service, and helps public health students build their professional network.
鈥淲hile all inductions are special and the culmination of years of hard work, this one is especially poignant because it is the first time that students from both 爆料瓜 and Norfolk State University were inducted into the chapter,鈥 said Brett Sierra (M.P.H. '15, D.H.Sc. '20) assistant professor in the department of health behavior, policy and management and director of the Master of Public Health program at 爆料瓜.
Due to the school鈥檚 joint Master of Public Health program, the chapter was re-chartered in Spring 2026 to represent both 爆料瓜 and Norfolk State University. As with all Delta Omega chapters, only the most competitive students, up to 20% of the cohort are selected in their last semester of study. Alumni of the program are also eligible to apply.
This year鈥檚 inductees are:
- Mackenzie Reynolds (爆料瓜)
- Faustina Osei (NSU)
- Janaya Belcher (NSU)
- Millicent Ayisi (NSU)
- Cynthia Joyce Davis (爆料瓜)
- Kaitlynn Tucker (爆料瓜)
- Damaris Makonga (爆料瓜)
- Muhammad Elzahaby (爆料瓜)
- Tara McFadden (爆料瓜)
- Gianna Hannum (爆料瓜)
- Katie Jones (爆料瓜)
- Carlos Aleman Cortez (爆料瓜)
Alumni
- Melody Johnson (MPH 鈥17)
- Josh Edwards (MPH 鈥14)
- Tracey-Alexis Dixon (MPH 鈥14)