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The University of Nebraska at Kearney has announced the selection of 115 students for membership in Phi Eta Sigma national honor society.
“Membership is a prestigious honor, but more importantly it provides students with opportunities for leadership development and service,” said Dr. Robert Luscher, the group’s adviser and a professor in the English department.
Students who are invited to join Phi Eta Sigma have earned a GPA of at least 3.5 during their freshman year. The students were initiated along with new honorary members Brandon Benitz, assistant to the dean of Student Life, and Dr. Linda Van Ingen, an associate professor in the Department of History.
Phi Eta Sigma, a member of the Association of College Honor Societies, was founded in 1923. There are more than 300 chapters throughout the United States, with more than 700,000 members nationally.
The UNK chapter, chartered in 1984, engages in campus and community service, and promotes scholarship through annual awards to selected chapter members.
New members are listed below alphabetically by hometown:
Anselmo – Emily Christen
Ashton – Emily Jerabek
Auburn – Abby Breuer
Aurora – Ashley Lawton
Beatrice – Amanda Baete, Megan Smith
Bellevue – Karqa Dacey, Stephanie Shank
Broken Bow – Cari Gruszczynski
Burwell – James Bird, Melissa Theone
Cairo – Nicole Peters
Callaway – Casey Nelsen
Cambridge – Brittany Brown
Ceresco – Courtney Kadlecek
Columbus – Jennifer Swirczek
Cozad – Brittiney DePoy
Culbertson – Alyssa Cook
Doniphan – Carrie Miller
Edgar – Katie Johnson
Fordyce – Emily Schieffer
Fremont – Matthew Buchanan
Gothenburg – John Blecha
Grand Island – Molly McFarland, Emily Nesbitt, Danielle Penner, Rebekah
Schimonitz
Gresham – Brittany Schmidt
Hartington – Amanda Miller, Sheila Pinhelman
Hastings – Scott Carlin, Rachel McPherson
Hildreth – Jewell Rupprecht
Holdrege – Patrick Ackerman
Humphrey – Ashley Wegener
Juniata – Evan Volzke
Kearney – Mandi Behn, Krista Burgland, Katherine Bush, Derek Eckhoff, Becky
Fusby, Casey Glatter, Matthew Ingersoll, Kamille Jorgenson, Tara
Kennedy, Kara Lenz, Jared Loschen, Daniel Martin, Jordan McNitt, Anatole
Mirasno, Julie Polk, Brooke Sherwood, Frank Thiel, Matthew Young
Kenesaw – Jordan Westengaard
Kennard – Kristen Schwarzlander
Lexington – Sergio Esquivel, Alexis Luther
Lincoln – Leah Bartek, Jeremy Bauer, Megan Gegenbach, Megan McClure,
Brian Moser, Josiah Parker, Nicole Shaffer
Litchfield – Jennifer Unick
Maxwell – Erin Hoban
McCook – Adam Haag, Julia Lyons
Nebraska City – Kathleen Hall
North Platte – Rebekah Davis
Oak – Crystal Bonin
Ogallala – Tanner Kirchner, Amanda Nielsen
Omaha – Benjamin Berklund, Elizabeth Petto, Elizabeth Thomas
Paxton – Tara Beveridge
Pickrell – Laura Goracke
Pleasanton – Samantha Dorothy
Raymond – Mark Grimes
Scottsbluff – Rachel Schemm
Sidney – Tara Davis
Smithfield – Charles Whitten
Spencer – Tyler Fletcher
Sutherland – Aimee Adams
Utica – Bradley Luce
Valentine – Clay McPeak
Wallace – Heather Sullivan
Wausa – Jacqueline Blunck
York – Janae Nienhueser
COLORADO
Berthoud – Elizabeth Howell
IOWA
Mount Pleasant – William Hayward
KANSAS
Courtland – Danielle Wuest
Logan – Kaitlyn Noone
Norton – Rachael Lentz
MONTANA
Broadus – Jed Smith
WISCONSIN
Sussex – Megan Smith
JAPAN
Funabashi-shi, Chiba – Momoko Sekiguchi
Kawachi-gun Tochigi – Yuko Suto
Yokohama – Nana Onoue
