Mars Hill University Inducts New Alpha Chi Members

October 31, 2025

Fall 2025 Alpha Chi inductees: (front, l-r) Natalee Powers, Grace Kanarr, Chloe Branning, Ellie Buckner, Chrystal Carrillo Garcia; (back, l-r) Stefan Schmal, Levi Hill, Eli Taylor; not pictured: Alyssa Kornegay

Mars Hill University inducted 9 new members into the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Members of the honor society must be juniors, seniors, or graduate students with grade point averages in the top 10 percent of the student body. Mars Hill’s chapter, North Carolina Epsilon Chapter 120, was formed in 1971. In all, Alpha Chi has chapters at more than 300 colleges and universities.

Keynote speaker was Craig Goforth, Ph.D., associate professor of criminal justice and chair of the criminal justice department.

2025-2026 Officers:

• Leah Wilson, a senior criminal justice major from Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, president
• Lia Whitman, a senior mathematics major from Henderson, Nevada, vice president

Fall 2025 Inductees:

• Chloe Branning, a junior English major from Acworth, Georgia
• Ellie Buckner, a junior integrated education major from Mars Hill, North Carolina
• Chrystal Carrillo Garcia, a junior social work major from Spruce Pine, North Carolina
• Levi Hill, a junior zoology major from Saint Cloud, Florida
• Grace Kanarr, a graduate student in criminal justice from Mars Hill, North Carolina
• Alyssa Kornegay, a junior visual arts major from New Smyrna Beach, Florida
• Natalee Powers, a senior chemistry major from Bedford, Virginia
• Stefan Schmal, a junior health and human performance major from Marion, North Carolina
• Eli Taylor, a junior biomedical sciences major from Lebanon, Virginia