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Contact: Anne Wallen, Office of Fellowships, 785-864-4235, [email protected]
KU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa announces 2020, 2021 inductees
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society recently initiated 153 new members in a joint ceremony for 2020 and 2021.
David Slusky, president of KU’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter and associate professor of economics, presided at the virtual ceremony in May. The national secretary and CEO of Phi Beta Kappa, Frederick Lawrence, was a guest speaker. Jennifer Harrison, vice president of the chapter and director of the Business Leadership Program and the Jack Dicus Business Honors Program; Dietrich Earnhart, professor of economics and chapter historian, and Anne Wallen, secretary-treasurer and director of the Office of Fellowships, welcomed and congratulated the new initiates. Students received certificates and signed the register by appointment to allow for social distancing.
Sarah Crawford-Parker, director of the University Honors Program, was inducted as an honorary member of the chapter and gave an address on the value of the liberal arts and sciences.
Sam Steuart, a 2020 graduate and 2019 inductee, and Laura Phillips, a 2021 graduate and 2020 inductee, gave the student responses on the Phi Beta Kappa value of friendship.
Election to Phi Beta Kappa recognizes a student’s high academic achievement while pursuing a broad and substantive liberal arts curriculum. To be eligible for consideration for membership, students must be graduating seniors with a minimum grade-point average of 3.65 on a 4.0 scale, or be juniors with a minimum 3.9. Anonymous transcripts of candidates are reviewed holistically by a committee of Phi Beta Kappa faculty and staff members. For 2020, 47 seniors and 20 juniors were initiated. For 2021, 58 seniors and 28 juniors were initiated.
Elected members from Kansas are listed below. There may be multiple initiates from your coverage area. A complete list of new members is available online.
Seniors 2021:
1. Karla Arana Vasquez, Pittsburg
2. Ilexa Axelrod, Overland Park
3. Taelyr Blehm, Russell
4. Jessica Blom, Lenexa
5. Rebecca Brodine, Overland Park
6. Abigail Byrd, Olathe
7. Nyla Chaudhry, Lawrence
8. Emily Curl, Ulysses
9. Uma Desai, Overland Park
10. Ashley Devore, Ulysses
11. Emily Doffing, Wichita (67209)
12. Arianna Fallahian, Overland Park
13. Zach Fesen, Hutchinson
14. Gabriela Guerrero, Lawrence
15. Grace Hermes, Bucyrus
16. Cheyenne Hillman, Wichita (67209)
17. Faith Hofaker, Logan
18. Noah Johnson, Humboldt
19. Catherine Johnston, Overland Park
20. Daegan Kingery, Overland Park
21. Hayley Koontz, Benton
22. Ye Joo Lee, Halstead
23. Sarra Ann Mahoney, Meriden
24. Laura Malagon-Palacios, Garden City
25. Natalie Martens, Shawnee
26. Naomi Mendoza, Olathe
27. Jen Meysing, Canton
28. Sarah Milgrim, Prairie Village
29. Mary Mylar, Salina
30. Kara Neely, Olathe
31. Amu Nuney, Overland Park
32. Abbie Pfannes, Louisburg
33. Katherine Price, Lawrence
34. Shimon Rosenblum, Lawrence
35. Hunter Schneider, Pittsburg
36. Sierra Sparbanie, Manhattan
37. Wil Ullmann, Wichita (67230)
38. Jaden Wilcoxson, Clay Center
39. Annabelle Wilder, Overland Park
Juniors 2021
1. Diego Acosta, Kansas City
2. Halle Arnold, Leawood
3. Emily Binkley, Overland Park
4. Neelie Browne, Olathe
5. Christina Carrington, Topeka
6. Ava Cormaney, Lawrence
7. Marilyn Curtis, Olathe
8. Emma Fornelli, Emporia
9. Savannah Glaves, Easton
10. Rachel Hall, Lenexa
11. Michaela Harding, Olathe
12. Natalie Lamb, Lenexa
13. Hannah Nuest, Hutchinson
14. Fernanda Reyes, Wichita (67230)
15. Evan Schrader, Overland Park
16. Leah Stein, Dodge City
17. Erin Sturd, Overland Park
18. Chloe VanBecelaere, Pittsburg
Seniors 2020:
1. Azeez Baig, Leawood
2. Saif Bajwa, Overland Park
3. Elsa Bernauer, Leawood
4. Nolan Brey, Fairview
5. Tyler Cargill, Wichita (67220)
6. Grace Claman, Salina
7. Haley Cooper, Wichita (67205)
8. Alix Fisk, Topeka
9. Olivia Hansen, McPherson
10. Odalis Hernandez, Emporia
11. Maria Teresa Herrera, Overland Park
12. Katherine Hughes, McPherson
13. Henry Kircher, Prairie Village
14. Rylie Koester, Hoisington
15. Mackenzie Lawrence, Overland Park
16. Ally Lowden, Wichita (67206)
17. Audrey Meacham, Shawnee
18. Kate O’Keefe, Prairie Village
19. Paola Ramírez Peña, Wichita (67219)
20. Maranda Scheller, Emporia
21. Mikayla Schmitz, Olathe
22. Katherine Schroeder, Larned
23. Gwendolyn Sibley, Garnett
24. Emily Simmons, Spring Hill
25. Shelby Stauch, Lawrence
26. Christa Stenzel, Shawnee
27. Chelsea Stitt, Ottawa
28. Jennifer Straub, Bucyrus
29. Catalina Wedman, Harper
30. Emily Weiss, Baldwin City
31. Max Woodbury, Topeka
Juniors 2020:
1. Raegan Billinger, Hays
2. Saron Demeke, Shawnee
3. Amelia Dunlap, Lawrence
4. Ross Fitzpatrick, Overland Park
5. Alissa Gilmer, Lenexa
6. Arman Hadjian, Overland Park
7. Andrew Hartnett, Fairway
8. Aroog Khaliq, Overland Park
9. Sarah Knisely, Overland Park
10. Liam Magathan, Meriden
11. Eleanor Matheis, Lawrence
12. Laura Phillips, Perry
13. Elaine Pope, Overland Park
14. Molly Reed, Lawrence
15. Ryan Sieben, Overland Park.
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