CSC junior to lead national honor society

Schultz said that becoming a national officer of the organization wasn’t her goal before arriving at the convention, but agreed to run for president at the suggestion of a member from Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Although it was Schultz’s first time attending the event, she won decisively.

“I prayed about it, and I guess this is what God wants me to do,” she said.

As president, Schultz will preside over all national meetings and organize Cardinal Key’s annual conference. Following her two-year term, she will serve two years on the organization’s national board of directors.

Schultz said 32 institutions throughout the United States have Cardinal Key chapters, 18 of which are active. About 600 new members are inducted each year. Admission to CSC’s chapter, which emphasizes leadership and community service, requires a vote of the membership and a grade-point average of at least 3.25.

Schultz was inducted to CSC’s chapter of Cardinal Key in spring 2007 and serves as its vice president. She’s studying human biology in the Rural Health Opportunities Program in pursuit of becoming a general surgeon. Other clubs of which she belongs are Chadron State’s Health Professions Club and Campus Crusade for Christ. She’s a 2005 graduate of Scottsbluff High School and the daughter of Mark and Janelle Schultz.

Schultz is believed to be the first CSC Cardinal Key member to be named president of the organization and just the second to be elected to a national office in at least 15 years. Kathleen Kisicki of Cheyenne, Wyo., was elected the national vice president her senior year in 1995. She earned master’s degree from CSC in 1997 and remains involved with Cardinal Key. She has served as Cardinal Key's national director since 2001, a post she plans to leave in 2009. Now Kathleen Hecox of Denver, she also is a store designer for Crate & Barrel, a furniture and housewares company with more than 150 locations.