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Meet Texas Southern University’s Golden Key chapter president

Meet Texas Southern University’s Golden Key chapter president

by Julia Brown February 14, 2023 The current president of Texas Southern University’s Golden Key chapter has four degrees under her belt, maintains an excellent GPA, and has attended three different colleges. Since Golden Key members need to be within the top 15 percent of […]

Get to know: Loris Durrant the senior staff accountant for Golden Key

Get to know: Loris Durrant the senior staff accountant for Golden Key

by Julia Brown February 13, 2023 Loris Durrant has been the senior staff accountant for Golden Key for over 15 years. Durrant said what drew her to Golden Key were the society’s values centered around helping students excel. “In 2006, my family and I relocated […]

Meet a GK member whose journey proves that even best-laid plans can fall apart

Meet a GK member whose journey proves that even best-laid plans can fall apart

by Julia Brown February 7, 2023 Tom Themeles truly is the living embodiment of the phrase, “life doesn’t always go according to plan.” A little over twenty years ago, Themeles attended three different schools and earned four degrees. He started at McMaster University, earning a […]

Get to know: Gillian Cloete, the Relations Manager at Golden Key

Get to know: Gillian Cloete, the Relations Manager at Golden Key

by Julia Brown February 6, 2023 Gillian Cloete has been the Relations Manager at Golden Key for over five years. However, she has been involved with the Golden Key Structures for over ten years. Cloete was initially drawn to Golden Key as a member and […]

Get to know: Izzy Pinto, the finance and operations manager for Golden Key’s Asia Pacific region

Get to know: Izzy Pinto, the finance and operations manager for Golden Key’s Asia Pacific region

by Julia Brown December 12, 2022 Izzy Pinto has been the finance and operations manager for Golden Key’s Asia Pacific region for over five years. She was initially drawn to Golden Key as a member and part of the team when she started working for […]

Get to know: Ian Sankey, the Canadian Director of Golden Key

Get to know: Ian Sankey, the Canadian Director of Golden Key

by Julia Brown October 12, 2022 Ian Sankey has been the Canadian Director of the Golden Key International Honour Society for more than 13 years. He first heard about the opportunity to become the Canadian Director through a fellow Canadian expatriate in Atlanta, also employed […]

Get to know the CEO: Melissa Leitzell

Get to know the CEO: Melissa Leitzell

Golden Key is proud to introduce our very own Chief Executive Officer, Melissa Leitzell. Melissa has been working at Golden Key for 13 years. She started working at Golden Key as the Vice President in 2009 and was promoted to CEO in 2019.  “As a […]

GK Scholarships: Buntle Khumalo

GK Scholarships: Buntle Khumalo

Golden Key is happy to introduce Buntle Khumalo, one of Golden Key’s 2021 Outstanding Member Award winners. Buntle earned her Bachelor of Commerce, Law in 2018 from the University of Johannesburg.  “I am honoured to receive the Outstanding Member Award and hope to continue demonstrating […]

GK Scholarships: Julia Beker

GK Scholarships: Julia Beker

Golden Key is happy to introduce Julia Beker, one of Golden Key’s 2021 Outstanding Member Award winners. Julia studies psychology at the University of Canterbury. “I am honoured and humbled to receive the Golden Key Outstanding Member Award for 2021,” Julia says. “This year with […]

Lessons I learned studying abroad in Malawi

Lessons I learned studying abroad in Malawi

Studying abroad has been a profound part of both my personal and academic careers for the past eight years. I have been profoundly blessed with the places I have been able to travel to, including Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and most recently, Malawi, […]