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Niagara University students collect winter items for Abate School families

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Wed, Nov 25th 2015 07:55 am

More than 80 sets of winter clothing items collected by Niagara University students were delivered Tuesday to Harry F. Abate Elementary School in Niagara Falls. The hats, gloves and scarves were collected by members of NU's Alpha Alpha Beta chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education.

Most of the items were gathered during the Nov. 10 induction of new Alpha Alpha Beta members. Collection bins also were stationed throughout Niagara's Academic Complex during the past month.

Niagara established a Kappa Delta Pi chapter in 2000. Any graduate or doctoral student possessing at least a 3.85 GPA and 12 completed credit hours is invited to apply for induction.

Organized to recognize excellence in education, Kappa Delta Pi elects those to membership who exhibit the ideals of scholarship, high personal standards, and promise in teaching and allied professions. It encourages improvement, distinction in achievement, and contributions to education.

Dr. R. Michael Smith, associate professor of education and chapter counselor, holds one of his classes at Abate, which is part of the Niagara Falls City School District.

A December 2013 report from the John R. Oishei Foundation showed 44 percent of Niagara Falls' population is either living in poverty or struggling financially and at risk of slipping below the poverty line.

To learn more about Niagara University, visit www.niagara.edu.

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