Seven Nebraska Engineering students selected for Mortar Board or Innocents Society

April 19, 2024 - At the April 13 Ivy Day ceremony, seven students from the College of Engineering were honored for being chosen to join either Innocents Society or the Black Masque chapter of Mortar Board.

The Innocents Society inducts 13 new members each spring, with selection based on leadership, academic achievement and service to the university and greater community. The Innocents Society was founded in 1903 to promote the spirit of the university and is the chancellor’s senior honorary.

New members of Mortar Board are tapped into the Black Masque Chapter each spring by Mortar Boarders wearing black masks and robes. The 31 new members were selected based on scholarship, leadership and service.

The Nebraska Engineering students honored at the ceremony, with hometown, major and parents' names:

Innocents Society

• Brooke Bode, Hershey, mechanical engineering (Raikes School), Jason and Kelly Bode.
• Spencer Knight, North Liberty, Iowa, civil engineering, Jeff and Summer Knight.
• Hamdan Anwar Sayeed, Kerala, India, software engineering, Anwar Sayeed and Warda Anwar Sayeed.

Mortar Board

• Erin Case, York, computer science, Todd and Carri Case.
• Victoria Chin, Omaha, computer science (Raikes School), Victor Chin and Jussan Chao.
• Landry Geiger, Cozad, computer science and mathematics (Raikes School), Jon and Julie Geiger.
• Ehren Smolik, Alma, mechanical engineering, Anton and Debra Smolik.