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WKU’s Chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) inducted 37 new members on November 21. 

The NSLS is an organization that provides a life-changing leadership program that helps students achieve personal growth, career success, and empowers them to have a positive impact in their community. With 868 chapters, the NSLS has 2,157,165 members nationwide. WKU’s NSLS chapter is led by Chapter President Abby Smith, who worked on communicating with inductees throughout the semester and providing opportunities for students to meet the induction criteria.

Chapter Advisor Amelia Kolb said, “WKU’s NSLS chapter is different than other organizations that we sponsor in the WKU Student Activities office. NSLS gets students involved from WKU’s main campus but also from our regional campuses and online students. We also have many graduate students and non-traditional students participate as well. I am glad that we have the opportunity to connect students from across WKU’s different areas because many of our programs are often geared directly toward the traditional undergraduate students.”

To be inducted, students participated in an orientation, a leadership training day, listened to at least three speaker broadcasts, and developed SMART goals with success networking teams. In fall 2024, broadcasters included Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; Actor Kevin Bacon; and author and motivational speaker Brene Brown.

WKU’s fall 2024 inductees are as follows:

• Alicia Marcum
• Alicia-Marie Thompson
• Allison Haslund
• Alyssa Fournaris
• Ashleigh Gilleylen
• Ben Wilkins
• Brittney Gilbert
• Bryanna Gates
• Candace Johnson
• Chase Pitchford
• Christopher Biggs
• Cori Covington
• Dustin Dabney
• Emma Bunch
• Illa Castro
• Jonathan Poynter
• Katelyn Fox
• Kayla Hardy
• Kennedy Reed
• Kenzie Keyser
• Laryssa King
• Lenora Warren
• Leslie Ruiz
• Maria Fuentes Valadez
• Melany Pozo-Massabeaut
• Melissa Cary
• Miya Bellefant
• Nicole Aponte
• Peyton Currier
• Ryan Dearbone
• Samantha Stogner
• Shelby Castner
• Sophia Cheever
• Taylor Ritchie
• Victoria Neudecker
• Yian Ortiz 

Contact: Amelia Kolb, (270) 745-2459