Dr. Robert Luscher
Phi Eta Sigma adviser and English professor, 308.865.8115
The Phi Eta Sigma national honor society for sophomores at the University of Nebraska at Kearney has inducted 99 members,
according to Dr. Rob Luscher, Phi Eta Sigma adviser.
Students who are invited to join Phi Eta Sigma must have earned a GPA of at least 3.5 during their first year at UNK.
“Phi Eta Sigma is the nation’s oldest and largest honor society for first-year college and university students in all disciplines,” Dr. Luscher said. “Its mission is to encourage and reward academic excellence among freshmen in institutions of higher learning.”
The UNK chapter, chartered in 1984, engages in campus and community service, and promotes scholarship through annual awards to selected chapter members. In all, there are 365 chapters throughout the United States, with more than 975,000 members nationally.
Initiates are listed below, alphabetically by hometown, with Nebraska students listed first followed by out-of-state students:
Alliance– Billie Kunzman
Alma– Blake Weeder
Arapahoe– Bradi Hilker
Aurora– Whitney Bowman
Beatrice– Kelsie Post
Beatrice– Stephanie Rudder
Cairo– Mary Irvine, Heather Lemburg and Cacia Lyon
Cambridge– Lindsey Eubanks
Coleridge– Bethany Barelman
Columbus– Shayna Cepel, Taylor McDuffee, Kodee Padilla and Rachel Wemhoff
Crawford– Aspen Clements
Crete– Francisco Padilla and Kara Siedhoff
Crookston– Haley Gunnink
Curtis– Kelcey Garey
Curtis– Haley Nicholson
Deshler– Haley Houtwed
Dickens– Shanice Harris
Firth– Taylor Adams and Grace Woeppel
Fremont– Kathryn Reese
Gering– Elizabeth Joekel and Lauren Trenkle
Gibbon– Michael Bohn
Gothenburg– Janae Wiggins
Grand Island– Miguel Baeza Aguilera, Kelsey Lehn, Cinthia Malvais and Rosalina Sebastian
Grant– Emily Kiolbasa
Hebron– Kesston Fink
Hershey– Audrey Bellew
Hickman– Kristina Price
Howells– Katee Rocheford
Humboldt– Cody Dreier
Kearney– Kazuhiro Ashina, Caitlin Christensen, Kentaro Hanawa, Carly Hillburn, Hannah Kirschner, Maud Kouadio-IV, Brenna Leigh, Mengdi Li, Jessica Madron, Kelly Messbarger, Natalya Schleiger, Connor Schulte, Amanda Thurston, Haruki Tsuge, Meng Wang and Jeonghoon Yun
Kimball- Dee Snyder
Lexington- Wilfredo Lopez and Diana Ramirez
Lincoln– Jessica Albin, Nicholas Angelos, Abigail Jones, Allyson Koziol and Karlee Nuttelman
Lodgepole– Trinity Abrams
McCook– Rachel Bradley
Mullen– Nathan Vinton
Neligh– Rebekah Kuhfal
Norfolk– Marie Bauer
North Loup– Christie Schauer
North Platte– Danielle DeTurk
Odell– Ashley Arntt, Sarah Maginnis and Vanessa McMurray
Ohiowa– Ashley Whitley
Omaha– Kaitlyn Liberty, Megan Gaines and Carly Wollman
Ord– Jorge Vera Chavez
Orleans– Abigail Bills
Oxford– Kari Bowers
Pierce– Tad Fuchs
Pleasanton– James Hiner
Ravenna– Ankea Trambly and Suzzan Trambly
Red Cloud– Kimberly Morris
Riverton– Margaret Jackson
Schuyler– Erin McGowan
Scottsbluff– Megan Brown
Stanton– Lindsay Christiansen
Valentine– Tayler McPeak
Wallace– Ryan Sowle
Wayne– Seth Onderstal
Weeping Water– Christine Laughlin
Wood River– Cheyenne Weiss
Yutan– Mary Greblunas
Out-of-State
Colorado
Pueblo– Erin Bogard
Kansas
Emporia– Rebecca Tidwell
Overland Park– Molly O’Brien
