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Nearly 130 University of Nebraska at Kearney freshmen and three UNK faculty members have been inducted into Phi Eta Sigma, a prestigious national honor society for high achieving freshmen.
“The UNK chapter, chartered in 1984, engages in campus and community service, and promotes scholarship through annual awards to selected chapter members,” said Dr. Robert Luscher, professor of English and Phi Eta Sigma adviser.
“We usually also induct one to two faculty members each semester,” he said. “There is usually a slate of nominees, and they are voted on by students who are active Phi Eta Sigma members.”
The faculty members who were selected for membership into Phi Eta Sigma this year include Dr. Paul Bishop of the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Dr. Anita Hart of the Department of Modern Languages and Dr. Barton Willis of the Department of Mathematics & Statistics.
For students to qualify for membership in Phi Eta Sigma, they must have maintained at least a 3.5 GPA during their freshman year. The honor society was founded in 1923, and now has nearly 350 chapters and 900,000 members nationwide.
Students inducted into Phi Eta Sigma are listed below, alphabetically by hometown. Students from Nebraska are listed first followed by students from other states and then international students:
Ainsworth – Courtney Johnson
Alda – Sarah Keas
Amherst – Justine Derr
Arcadia – Jessica Richards
Archer – Jessica McNeff
Ashton – Elizabeth Glinsmann
Bee – Shannon Nieman
Belgrade – Kristina Scott
Bladen – Ashley Timm
Blair – Heidi Yttri
Bloomfield – Jessica Thunker
Blue Hill – Danielle Mohlman
Bridgeport – James Hadden
Broken Bow – Lindsey Mattox
Brunswick – Christine Miller
Butte – Megan Reiman
Central City – Keisha Anderson and Sara Moore
Chambers – Alison Gottsch
Champion – Janessa Swink
Clarks – Heather Steinke
Clarkson – Rita Vogel
Columbus – Morgan Pillen and Sarah Ternus
Cook – Katrina Benedict
Cozad – Erin Love and Dawn Musekamp
Crete – Drew Rische
Curtis – Lisa Elson
Dannebrog – Chelsea Fries
David City – Christopher Hein
Deshler – Faith Maschmann
DeWitt – Emily Bartels and Megan Deke
Elsie – Kristin Culver
Elwood – Chelsey Bellamy
Fremont – Callie Erickson
Fullerton – Rachel Schweitz and Kalie Wetovick
Funk – Ashley Davison
Geneva – Katie Riel
Gering – Lacey Batt and Amanda Propp
Gibbon – Nicole Blaschko and Brandon Bohn
Gothenburg – Chelsey Brock and Melissa McMinn
Grand Island – Rachel Hernandez, Tram Nguyen, Laura Steinke, Emily
Vencill and Ashley Washburn
Gretna – Bethany Chandler and Sarah Fielder
Hartington – Ross McGregor
Harvard – Bridget Martin
Hastings – Brittany Davidson, Katherine Fagiolo, Ashley McWhirter and
Emily South
Hebron – Joni Fischer
Hickman – Jessica Niemeyer and Cody Waldman
Holdrege – Jennifer Earhart, Claire Freeburg and Tawna Leach
Juniata – Ashley Colburn
Kearney – Tahra Brown, Amanda Calleroz, Cassandra Ellenwood, Angela
Fredericksen, Nour Ghamedi, Liz Gunderson, Jade Gunther,
Kristen Jensen, Joseph Knispel, Heather Korte, Stacy Laue, Peter C. Longo,
Matthew Morehouse, Brandy Nichols, Crystal Nielsen, Shauna
Reeves, Brent Roemmich, Nicole Shearer, Tara Thompson, Joelle
Thompson, Anthony Ward and Margarita Younes
Lewellen – Shalee Santero
Lexington – Keli Margritz
Liberty – Megan Wieden
Lincoln – Amanda Davis, Megan Esch, Kendra Francke, Melissa Hinkley,
Allison Schinstock and Anna Tarlowski
Loomis – Mark Schukar
Lyons – Kendra Larson
McCook – Melissa Ankersen, Sunee Haney and Kimberly Serbousek
Miller – Roxanna Fees
Minden – Jayme Smith
Morse Bluff – Laura Hines
North Platte – Danielle Haman, Ellie Jorgensen, Thomas Stehno and
Ashley Stillwell
Ogallala – Amanda Hagan and Dan Novak
Omaha – Kristen Brockman, Richard DuVall II, Laura Gómez Cerón, Mae
Gunzelman, Corey Hatt, Kelsey Koch, Sarah Koenig, Jessica Kros,
Katie Langenfeld, Tess Larson and Alicia Webber
O’Neill – Grant Torpin
Ord – Timothy Hruza
Oshkosh – Douglass Haas and Riley Howsden
Palisade – Jenna Britten
Papillion – Nora DiGregorio
Pleasanton – Melissa Ripp
Ravenna – Clinton Luth and Nathan Ritz
Salem – Marceile Ankrom
Schuyler – Cristobal Salinas Jr.
Scottsbluff – Lindsey McGee and Christopher Sulú
Scribner – Beth Alt
Seward – Katherine Bauer
Shelton – Cari Smyth
Spalding – Jana Glaser
St. Edward – Susanne Troyer
St. Helena – Molly Heine
St. Paul – Heather Reed
Stuart – Kari Mitchell and Kylie Skrdla
Tilden – Deniece Oelsligle and Kayla Petersen
Utica – Morgan Kellogg
Valentine – Jami Hockenbary
Waco – Michelle Foley and Aimee Naber
Wayne – Wade Jarvi and Rachel Jensen
Wellfleet – Hollie Hansen
West Point – Phillip Erb
Wood River – Angela Reynolds and LeAnn Vinecourt
York – Darrel Branz
COLORADO
Canon City – Lewis Hyatt
Julesburg – Aubrie Hill
Longmont – Megan Busch
Windsor – Brittni Kalleymeyn
KANSAS
Agra – Nicole Haskett
Ulysses – Kimberly Heil
NORTH DAKOTA
Lisbon – Katlin Anderson
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City – Rachel Fitzer
WISCONSIN
Glendale – Samantha Pendergast
JAPAN
Komaki – Rina Kojima
Sodegaura-shi – Shimpei Ohuchi
