Westfield Natives Inducted into Prestigious Honor Society, Receive Honors

As school years across the country are winding down, several Westfield natives have been inducted into an honor society or have received honors at their respective colleges and universities.

Emily Clauss was recently inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, one of the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor societies for all academic disciplines. Clauss is pursuing a degree in biology at Kean University in Union, New Jersey.

Clauss is one of 32,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be inducted into the honor society each year. Initiation requires invitation, nomination and approval from a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors, having at least 72 semester hours, are eligible for membership.

Additionally, a pair of Westfield natives have earned Dean’s List honors at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont.

Both Chelsea Wolf and Harold Hodges received the honors for the 2015 spring semester at the college. In order to be named to the Dean’s List at Champlain College students must achieve a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) or higher during the semester.

Wolf is pursuing a degree in psychology and Hodges is majoring in criminal justice.