Three students await their unveiling as initiates in the secret society QEBH during Tap Day, an annual ceremony recognizing members of Mizzou's six secret honor societies.
Hooded Mystical Seven members file into Jesse Auditorium. Founded in 1907, Mystical Seven is the second-oldest secret society at Mizzou. Each year seven students are tapped for membership, based on leadership and community service.
Kelsey Haberberger's hood is removed during the Tap Day ceremony, revealing her membership in Mizzou's oldest secret society, QEBH, founded in 1898.
Cathy Scroggs, vice chancellor for student affairs, watches QEBH initiates line up on the stage in Jesse Auditorium.
Deepika Parmar (left) applauds after lifting the hood of new LSV member Zahra Rasool. Founded in 1908, LSV recognizes students dedicated to promoting and improving the status of women.
Ashley Carpenter is revealed as a member of LSV.
Ashley Carpenter and Laura Herrera embrace after they're welcomed into LSV.
Yaniv Shnaider leads hooded Mortar Board inductees into Jesse Auditorium. Founded in 1918, the Mortar Board national honor society recognizes students in scholarship, leadership and service.
Callee Barrett watches as the identities of her fellow Mortar Board secret society members are revealed.
Kelsey Kupferer receives her mortar board.
Mizzou basketball player Laurence Bowers, center, is revealed as a member of Omicron Delta Kappa. Founded in 1914, the national leadership honor society recognizes achievement in scholarship, athletics, service, journalism and the arts.
The Tap Day audience applauds members of the Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society after their identities have been revealed.
New members of the Rollins Society wait on stage during the Tap Day Ceremony. Established in 1994 by the Graduate and Professional Council, the Rollins Society recognizes graduate and professional students who have significantly advanced the well-being of self-defined communities beyond the scope of their academic work.
Mizzou celebrated its 86th annual Tap Day April 19, recognizing new initiates of six campus honorary societies. Students entered the Jesse Hall ceremony wearing robes and hoods that masked their identities. Society members then were revealed in order of of each organization's founding year, with the oldest societies announced first. Societies include: QEBH, Mystical Seven, LSV, Mortar Board, ODK and Rollins Society. Membership is open to upper-class and graduate students regardless of their academic majors.
