Huskers inducted into journalism honor society

May 6, 2022

KTA Induction

Ten Huskers were inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha during a ceremony held on May 6 on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus. Kappa Tau Alpha is a collegiate honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism and mass communication.

Membership must be earned through academic excellence. To be inducted, undergraduate students must have completed at least five semesters of work toward a degree in a journalism or mass communications program, must have completed at least nine semester hours in professional skills courses, must have a GPA of 3.0 or greater and must rank in the top ten percent of their class. 

The spring 2022 undergraduate inductees are:

Name

Major

Year

Hometown

Hugh Anderson

Sports Media and Communication

Senior

Lincoln, NE

Sarah Betts

Advertising and Public Relations

Senior

Omaha, NE

Audrey Hertel

Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations

Senior

Elkhorn, NE

Peter Krenzer

Sports Media and Communication

Senior

Omaha, NE 

Grace Malone

Advertising and Public Relations

Senior

Lincoln, NE

Reagen Schulenberg

Advertising and Public Relations

Senior

Lincoln, NE 

Luna Stephens

Journalism

Senior

Lawrence, KS

Kate Wightman

Advertising and Public Relations

Senior

Lexington, NE

Graduate students must rank in the top ten percent of those students who have completed the equivalent of two semesters of full-time course work in their degree program. 

The spring 2022 graduate inductees are:

Name

Master Degree Specialization

Hometown

Whitney Koehn

Integrated Media Communications

Elmwood, NE

September Symens-Lacroix

Integrated Media Communications

Omaha, NE

 

Kappa Tau Alpha is the seventh oldest national honor society, founded in 1910 at the University of Missouri. The society consists of 99 chapters and has inducted around 75,000 students since its founding.