inducted eighteen new members into the PNW Alpha Epsilon Theta Chapter. Pierce taught classes in local and urban politics and public law as a professor at Purdue University Calumet for thirty-two years.įaculty advisor Kenneth Kincaid, Ph.D. “I wanted to give back to the institution that gave me my real start in life,” stated Reichert, who honored his first political science professor and “lifelong friend” Doris Pierce, Ph.D. The ceremony featured guest speaker Donald Reichert, who created an endowed scholarship of $50,000, “The Donald and Ruth Reichert Scholarship” for undergraduate political science majors who are attending PNW, his previous university of two years before transferring to Purdue University in West Lafayette. Yohlunda Mosley, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, provided congratulatory remarks to the ceremony honorees. hosted the ceremony, followed by many other professors who contributed to the celebration of the inductees. On Thursday, April 22 members and organizers came together over Zoom to celebrate and congratulate the new PAT and PSA candidates. The departments of History and Philosophy and Political Science, Economics and World Languages at Purdue University Northwest held their annual Honor Society Induction Ceremony for Phi Alpha Theta (PAT) and Pi Sigma Alpha (PSA), organized by Maribel Lopez, Hadassah Moore and Beth Simac.

Professor Meg Rincker, Ph.D., co-sponsor of Pi Sigma Alpha, speaks during the virtual ceremony.

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