Dr. Julie Campbell
criminal justice program director, 308.865.8510
UNK- Alpha Phi Sigma national criminal justice honor society at the University of Nebraska at Kearney recently inducted 13 students into membership.
To be eligible for induction into Alpha Phi Sigma, undergraduate students must have a criminal justice major or minor, have completed three full-time semesters or the equivalent, have a minimum grade point average of a 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, and rank in the top 35 percent of their class. Further, the students must have taken a minimum of four criminal justice courses.
According to Dr. Julie Campbell, Alpha Phi Sigma adviser, the mission of the honor society is to promote analytical thinking, rigorous scholarship and life-long learning; to keep abreast of the advances in scientific research; to elevate the ethical standards of the criminal justice professions; and to sustain in the public mind the benefit and necessity of education and professional training.
The criminal justice students who were inducted into the Alpha Phi Sigma honor society are listed alphabetically by hometowns:
Anselmo– Terisa Gilligan
Elba– Jed Dush
Elkhorn– Quinn Guilds
Grand Island– Jesse Bartels
Howells– Kyle Brandyberry
Humphrey– Samantha Hastreiter
Inman– Paul Tompkins
Kearney– Katie Pagel, Kimber Ritterbush
McCook– Sarah Calvin
Omaha– Colten Venteicher
O’Neill– Bergan Carr
Roseland– Anthony Trausch
Shelton– Amber Kirkover
Sidney– Caitlin Frazier
Valentine– Winter Peterson
Wayne– Josh Fink
OUT OF STATE
ARIZONA
Prescott Valley– Andre O’Connor