Sociology students visit Otsego High School to recruit future students

Olga Bonfiglio
College of Arts and Sciences staff writer 

Members of the Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society reached out to Otsego High School students and introduced them to the discipline of sociology last month.

AKD Co-presidents Amber Emmons and Cody Akers spoke to two classes of social studies students. 

“We’d like to thank one of our doctoral students, Christine Strayer, who helped us make the connection with the school,” said Dr. Chien-Juh Gu, sociology. “She’s an English language arts teacher there.”

Alpha Kappa Delta is an international sociology honor society that recognizes the academic excellence of undergraduate and graduate sociology students. 

AKD is also trying to promote sociology as a major to WMU first year students since a fair number of them take SOC 2000 as a general education class. Many of them don't fully understand what sociology is and what types of jobs are available to graduates.