Bow native, NWU grad receives top honor
CARMEL, IND. - Theta Chi Fraternity is proud to announce Hunter N. Smith of Gamma Phi Chapter at Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU) as the recipient of the 2021 Reginald E.F. Colley Award, Theta Chi’s most prestigious collegiate honor.
Smith has been highly involved in his fraternity’s chapter. He has held chapter offices, including president, and has led fundraising efforts for causes for the USO, American Cancer Society, Junior Achievement and the Nebraska Strong Initiative. He has worked with the NWU dining center to deliver food to local food pantries and has also worked with Meals on Wheels and the Local United way to expand meal delivery.
Smith has also been involved on campus participating with NWU’s Student Affairs Senate, NWU’s Board of Governors, NWU’s Academic Affairs Strategic Planning Committee, the baseball team, NWU’s Ambassador Team, NWU College Democrats and the Student Education Association of Nebraska.
He worked as an Admissions Department Intern all four years at NWU and spent many summers working as an electrical apprentice in his hometown of Broken Bow.
In 2019, Smith received the Summer Fulbright Scholarship to study education at Queen’s University Belfast in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Smith graduated from Broken Bow High School in 2017. He graduated from NWU in the Spring of 2021 with a 3.95 grade point average with a major in history and minor in political science. He is currently teaching history and serving as an assistant football coach at Waverly High School. He plans begin work on his master’s degree in either Educational Leadership/Administration or in Public Policy with an education emphasis.
Founded in 1856, Theta Chi Fraternity is a men’s collegiate fraternity with more than 196,000 members and 244 chapters. Theta Chi’s mission is to develop college-age men into successful students, good citizens, and resolute leaders.