Pi Gamma Mu, Alpha Phi Sigma, Gamma Theta Upsilon, Phi Alpha Theta, and Psi Chi inducted a total of 42 students Nov. 14.
Connor Semin of David City received Pi Gamma Mu’s Outstanding Chapter Member Award for Fall 2024, and 42 other students were inducted into various international honor societies during Wayne State College’s 31st annual Social Sciences Day held Nov. 14.
Semin, a senior majoring in Social Studies Education K-6, will graduate in May 2025.
The event was sponsored by Pi Gamma Mu, the international honor society for the social sciences. Activities featured the induction of new members into honor societies of the social sciences.
Alpha Phi Sigma, the criminal justice honorary, is dedicated to the encouragement of academic excellence in criminal justice, social service, student support of the Wayne State Criminal Justice Department, and the development of leadership skills among its members.
Alpha Phi Sigma inducted six new members:
- Sioux City, Iowa – Emma Hall
- Tyndall, S.D. – Amber Frank
- Battle Creek, Neb. – Emma Wilkinson
- Clarkson, Neb. – Ashly Villeda-Guillen
- Elgin, Neb. – Jamie Dozler
- Lincoln, Neb. – Hailey Cary
Gamma Theta Upsilon is the international honor society in geography and is dedicated to the advancement and promotion of the geography field.
Gamma Theta Upsilon inducted 10 new members:
- Clarinda, Iowa – Anna DeGroot
- Yankton, S.D. – J.J. Guenther
- Aurora, Neb. – Jennifer Juzyk
- David City, Neb. – Natalie Kovar
- Ericson, Neb. – Tee McKay
- Fairbury, Neb. – Christina Hickey
- Hooper, Neb. – Elijah Pilmore
- O’Neill, Neb. – Tyler Gleason
- Osceola, Neb. – Madalyn Johansen
- Papillion, Neb. – Ryan Thompson
Phi Alpha Theta recognizes outstanding achievement in history on the part of students by membership and participation in a national honorary organization.
Phi Alpha Theta inducted six new members:
- Central City, Neb. – Dayle Francis Wettlaufer
- Columbus, Neb. – Travis Schoch
- Elkhorn, Neb. – Jaxon Ninete
- Hooper, Neb. – Elijah Pilmore
- Omaha, Neb. – Morgan Kruger
- Wayne, Neb. – Abigail Wieseler
Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology, strives to encourage, stimulate, and maintain excellence in scholarship and advance the sciences in psychology.
Psi Chi inducted two new members:
- Rapid City, S.D. – Jordon Heckert
- Salem, Neb. – Pyper McGill
Pi Gamma Mu is the international social sciences honorary. The mission of Pi Gamma Mu is to encourage and promote excellence in the social sciences and to uphold and nurture scholarship, leadership, and service. Pi Gamma Mu serves the various social science disciplines, which seek to understand and explain human behavior and social relationships as well as their related problems and issues.
Pi Gamma Mu inducted 18 new members:
- Englewood, Colo. – Nina Ross
- Inwood, Iowa – Katrina Lombard
- Sac City, Iowa – LaRena Gardea
- Ponca City, Okla. – McKenna Markle
- Tabor, S.D. – Kendra Spulak
- Aurora, Neb. – Jennifer Juzyk
- Bennington, Neb. – Autumn Wessel
- Clarkson, Neb. – Ashly Villeda-Guillen
- Clearwater, Neb. – Faith King
- Elgin, Neb. – Jamie Dozler, Shelby Rupprecht
- Ericson, Neb. – Tee McKay
- Funk, Neb. – Aubrie Erickson
- Hooper, Neb. – Elijah Pilmore
- Nebraska City, Neb. – Lindsay Green
- Wahoo, Neb. – Rebecca Hart
- Wayne, Neb. – Audrey Loggins, Kaden Swanson
For more information, contact Dr. Randy Bertolas, professor of geography at Wayne State and faculty advisor for the Nebraska Delta chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, at [email protected].