About Mortar Board
The Alcalá Chapter of Mortar Board celebrated its 20th Anniversary during the 2020-2021 academic year and is working to create an endowment fund. The USD chapter is part of the Mortar Board National Honor Society, which recognizes college seniors for distinguished achievements in scholarship, leadership, and service. The chapter brings our diverse experiences from various backgrounds, areas, and organizations at USD and in the community, and together, we grow and are able to accomplish much more. We promote the joy of reading and mathematics, academic curiosity, and the pursuit of college. The chapter members share tips with first year students, honor our faculty through a Faculty Appreciation Event, and thank the university support staff for the important work they do. We run a Last Lecture Series where faculty share their wisdom as if it were their last lecture, and we engage with, support, and learn from our Linda Vista Community.
Why are donations necessary?
Donations will be used to create an endowment to support and sustain our Mortar Board projects and initiatives, which will include some scholarships for Kearny High School students to attend University of San Diego. Through the Linda Vista Initiative, we engage with students from our neighboring K-12 schools in the Linda Vista Community. Some examples of engagement include: creating and exploring activities with students and their families during Family STEAM Night/Day and Halloween Hoopla, supporting essay writing, providing materials to students, and awarding scholarships to college-bound seniors from Kearny High School.
What does your donation help support?
Our goal is to create an endowment in honor of the newly-re-named Judy Lewis Logue Alcalá Chapter of Mortar Board. Judy spent 55 years supporting students and this endowment will include funding scholarships for Kearny High School students to attend USD, supplies for Carson Elementary school students, Kearny Senior High School events that encourage the pursuit of higher education, and other community engagement events. Our chapter believes we can truly make a difference in our community. We appreciate your contribution to the Mortar Board Endowment Fund in honor of Judy Lewis Logue and in support of future Mortar Board members!
Charter Donors
We are thankful to our Charter Donors (listed below) who worked to establish this endowment in 2020. We hope you will join this group and become a Torch Donor by making your gift in support of the Mortar Board Endowment Fund.
Emily Bezold
Ryan Blystone
Andy Christensen
Gail Harrison Corvette, Mortar Board National President
Darlene G. Davies
Joanna Denny
Renee and Bryan Gibbs
Austin Hirsh
Edward Lewis
Judy Lewis Logue
Larry Logue
Robin Luby
Perla and Jeff Myers
Mark Moothart
Mark Waldschmidt
Dr. Jane Smith
Kathleen Sullivan
Ashley Killin Underwood
Mark Waldschmidt
Anonymous (3)
Charter Donors (22), Total Donated: $6,578 *all gifts made by Charter Donors supports the $50,000 goal