Dr. Robert Luscher
Phi Eta Sigma adviser and English professor, 308.865.8115
Ninety-two University of Nebraska at Kearney students have been inducted into Phi Eta Sigma, an academic honor society, according to Dr. Robert Luscher, professor of English and Phi Eta Sigma adviser.
Dr. Luscher noted that the goal of Phi Eta Sigma is to encourage and reward academic excellence among first-year students at UNK. Founded at the University of Illinois in 1923, it is the oldest and largest freshman honor society.
All first-year students who have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 (B+) during their freshman year are eligible to join Phi Eta Sigma. By joining the society, students are also eligible to receive Phi Eta Sigma scholarships.
Freshman recently inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma chapter at UNK are listed below alphabetically by their hometowns. Out-of-state students are listed alphabetically by state, and then by town, after the Nebraska listings.
Nebraska inductees include:
Ainsworth
Brindi Utemark
Amherst
Jenna Nicole Derr
Arapahoe
Adam Haussler
Atkinson
Ross McClanahan
Auburn
Abigail Om
Aurora
Stephanie Obermeier
Axtell
Kylee Margritz
Beatrice
Elizabeth Fielder and Sara Korus
Beemer
Greta Lierman
Bellevue
Kathryn Elizabeth Lee Steele and Leah Stortvedt
Brady
Jael Johnson
Cambridge
Cara Jean Bruckman
Carroll
Alise Bethune
Columbus
Jenna Lehman and Heather Zoucha
Crawford
Kelsey Johnson
Doniphan
Shawn Manion
Elwood
Lauren Blessing
Eustis
Jennifer Loshonkohl
Franklin
Zackery Zade
Fremont
Courtney Bradrick
Fullerton
Ashley Wetovick
Gering
Kate Marie Schaneman and Bryna Dixon
Gibbon
Jenna Marie Johannsen
Grand Island
Russtanna Dawn Faimon, Ashley Joy Mostek, Alicia Mueller and Adam Steinke
Grant
Jennifer Daiss
Greeley
Dawn Nordhues
Hastings
Suzana Cook, Megan Friesen, Jennifer Karr and Meghan Vogel
Hemingford
Kristine Benda
Hershey
Kathryn Bodenhamer
Holdrege
Abby Butz and Breann Michelle Horn
Kearney
- Rebecca Leigh Blanton, Jacob Brooker, Luke Estes, Seth Fager, Krista Loschen and Ashley Soderquist
Lexington
Christopher Araujo
Lincoln
Holly Esquivel
Linwood
Rebecca Juranek
Loup City
Kristen Chanele Day
Milford
Kelsey Muller
Miller
Andrew Saathoff and Katy Saathoff
Naponee
Lindsay Schluntz
Norfolk
Shannon Jean Matthews
North Loup
Nichole Hansen
Omaha
- Amy Hansen, Rebecca Bredemeyer, Samantha Brummer, Elizabeth Killip and Craig Moore
O’Neill
Jamie Babutzke and Adam Torpin
Orleans
Lindsey Tarkington
Oshkosh
David Zorn
Pleasanton
Zachary Kirschner
Ruskin
Jerod Petersen
Seward
Heidi Weber
Stratton
Ashley Lane Hess
Sutherland
Joshua Dethlefsen and Josie McCune
Syracuse
Rachel Sitzman
Verdon
Dearra Johnson
Wallace
Trish Gwen Dunn and Celeste Lempke
Wayne
Emily Brady
Western
Chance Klasek
Wilcox
Audra Young
Wood River
Jennifer Arin Codner and Kristy Rickert
COLORADO
Holyoke
Dustin Boyd
Wray
Theresa Lenz
KANSAS
Atwood
Carrie Diane Spresser
Norton
Amber Norman
IOWA
Glenwood
Christopher Parks
LeMars
Bradley Miller
Northwood
Quentin Kaufman
Winterset
James Watson
NORTH DAKOTA
Pembina
Jessica Fritz
