Freshmen will be hosted on the campus at the Honors Get Acquainted-Get Together event from 3-4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22. Members of the Honors Program Student Advisory Board will help host the event.
“There are 142 incoming Honors freshmen, and this is one way we can bring them together to get acquainted,” said Jane Christensen, UNK Honors Program coordinator.
The event is part of the annual Blue and Gold Welcome Week activities, which are taking place Aug. 20-29 on the UNK campus and in the Kearney community. Events scheduled during the welcome week are designed to help students become acquainted with the UNK campus and the Kearney community.
The freshmen class will join more than 480 current UNK Honors Program members, who have a combined grade point average of 3.76 on a 4.0 scale. Of these members, more than 60 are UNK athletes and most participate in campus organizations.
To be considered for membership in the UNK Honors Program, students must submit an application, have an ACT score of 26 or above, be in the top 25 percent of their high school graduating class and submit a written essay, along with two letters of recommendation.
Upper-class members are selected to serve on the Honors Student Advisory Board. Members and officers of the Honors Student Advisory Board are listed alphabetically by hometown:
Cambridge-Brittany Brown, vice president
Dawson-Benjamin Clancy
Elwood-Britney Zeller
Filley-McKenzie Wiese
Grand Island-Mark Grupe
Hastings-Amelia Oerter, treasurer
McCook-Samantha Post
Omaha-Katie Langenfeld
St. Paul-Justin Buchanan
Stuart-Amanda Olson, secretary
Tilden-Adam Schapmann
Waco-Michelle Foley, president
West Point-Mikayla Brune
OUT OF STATE
KANSAS
Phillipsburg-Kady Malmberg
AFRICA
Malawi-Pamela Thwinda
Among the incoming Honors Program freshmen this fall are the following students (listed alphabetically by hometown):
Albion– Lana Koziol and Danielle Olson.
Arlington– Taylor Franzen
Auburn– Hannah Om
Aurora– Alicia Titus
Bayard– Jennifer McMurtry
Beaver Crossing– Travis Arnold and KayCee Upton.
Belgrade– Jami Scott
Bellevue– Heather Wilkie
Bennington– Denver Klaus and Kaitlin Pearson.
Blair– Taylor Fernau
Callaway– Christina Houge
Central City– Noah Broekemier, Noland Broekemier and Christopher Schuller.
Columbus– Nathan Klatt and Michelle Green.
Cozad– Kyle Gibbens
Crete– Rae Fahrlander
Culbertson– Aaron Ruppert
Doniphan– Lindsey Massing
Elgin– Jordan Engle
Elkhorn– Rachel Garrison, Alex Lamb, Samantha Seina and Erika Soucie.
Emmet– Shane Cole
Eustis– Brittany Nielsen
Fort Calhoun– Kassandra Johnson
Fremont– Marissa Niday
Friend– Nicole Menke
Gering– Tyler Grasmick, Samuel Hadenfeldt and Adam Peters.
Gothenburg– Jacob Beck
Grand Island– Shannon Downs, William Keeling, Cole Kruger, Elizabeth Lewis, Paige Liess, Alicia Mason, Emily Michael, Samantha Mitchell, Samuel Schneider, Zachary Shultz, Maureen Stump, Mikayla Walsh and Kayla Wojtalewicz.
Hastings– Whitney Nelson
Hazard– Candace Long
Hershey– Kaitlin Duggan
Hickman– Amanda Hagstrom
Hildreth– Amaryah Fritz
Holdrege– Tiffany Hartwell
Holstein– Betsy Battreall
Imperial– Kimberly Brophy, Joshua Schuman and Morgan Strand.
Indianola– Emily Slattery
Juniata– Addison Heeren
Kearney– Ariane Aten, Alex Bartlett, Morgan Behle, Kaitlyn Darveau, Allison Fuller, Brittney King, Lisa Klingelhoefer, Kirsty Kulhanek, Adam Liess, Jordan Moncrief, Benjamin Paben, Shauna Reidy, Christina Rice, Kelsey Seifert, Paul Stuart, Tyler Troyer and Thomas Webber.
Kimball– Danielle Perry
LaVista– James Selders
Lexington– Karen Realpe
Lincoln– Brianna Nelsen, Derek Schnell and Courtney Smejdir.
Lindsay– Lacey McPhillips
Litchfield– Blake Siegel
Madison– Rochelle Bonner
Madison– Laura Brockhaus
McCook– Audrie Krepcik and Corinne O’Dea.
Minden– Courtney Nelsen and Elin Petersen.
Norfolk– Jason Wilcox
North Platte– John Bomberger, Alison Davis, Tia Ellsworth and Kasey Schroeder.
Omaha– Jessica Baillie, Danielle Donovan, Emily Finley, Rachel Hill, Mary McClure, Paula Newhouse, Caitlin Ostberg, Rebecca Sevela, Holly Thomas and Megan Wagman.
O’Neill– Brigette Ascherl and Connor Davis.
Palisade– Michele Stretch
Papillion– David Caskey
Pierce– Kathy Venteicher
Plainview– Trey Boyer
Riverdale– Micah Fong and Jacinda Uden.
Roca– Alyx Lingenfelter
Scottsbluff– Brett Klein, Amy Svitak and Justin Vogel.
Seward– Joshua Moravec
St. Edward– Megan Cruise
St. Paul– Krista Scheer
Stuart– Megan Olson
Sutherland– Audrey Frary
Tilden– Danielle Larson
Valley– Luke Conrad and Kathleen Sladek.
Waterloo– Kyle Rotert
Wayne– Andi Diediker
Wood River– Abbie Davis
York– Bret Gardner
OUT OF STATE
COLORADO
Colorado Springs– Sarah Balboa
Julesburg– Holly Christensen and Jordan Stone.
IOWA
Manning– Bailey Halbur
Council Bluffs– Arielle Huber
Union– Stacia Kluever
KANSAS
Phillipsburg– Lakota Bohl
