Pictured L-R: Dr. Larry Rice, RSU president; Dr. Kenneth Hicks, department head and professor of history and political science; RSU student Cade Russell
The Rogers State University chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, inducted nine students on May 4.
To qualify for induction, students must have completed 10 or more hours of political science courses, including an upper-division course, with at least a 3.0 GPA; and must have achieved an overall GPA placing them in the top one-third of their class.
Pi Sigma Alpha was established in 1920 at the University of Texas at Austin. Today, the organization has more than 800 chapters and 300,000 members around the world. RSU joins the organization as its 840th chapter.
“Pi Sigma Alpha is a sense of community and accomplishment intertwined; a group of students so passionate and driven to not just do their best within their classes but to strive for more,” Jason Skinner said.
Skinner is a public affairs student and will serve as the chapter’s incoming president.
The following students were inducted:
- Broken Arrow: Connor Colvin, Casandra Hassett
- Claremore: Katelin Bowen, Jason Skinner
- Collinsville: Jake Brillhart
- Glenpool: Katie Blansett
- Pryor: Victoria Middleton, Cade Russell, Trent Siever