MANHATTAN — Kansas State University’s Silver Key Sophomore Honorary recently inducted 43 new members into the 2023-2024 cohort. 

Silver Key members take part in a variety of community service projects throughout the semester. Past projects have included hosting children from the Boys and Girls Club at K-State Athletics events; partnering with the K-State Recycling Center; writing cards and making quilts for a local veterans’ center; collecting donations for the Manhattan Emergency Shelter; highway and neighborhood cleanup efforts; and afternoon visits to Stoneybrook and Meadowlark, senior living communities in Manhattan.

To be eligible for Silver Key, students must have at least a 3.0 grade-point average. New members were selected through an application and interview process based on leadership, scholarship and passion for community service.

From the area were Riley Thompson, freshman in psychology, Claflin, and Emerson Nichols, freshman in nutritional sciences, Russell.