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Editors: Note students from Allen, Butler, Dickinson, Douglas, Ellis, Geary, Harvey, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Lyon, Reno, Riley, Rush, Sedgwick, Shawnee and Thomas counties.
Contact: Harry Swartz, University Honors Program, 785-864-6003, [email protected]
KU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa announces new initiates
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society has initiated 91 new members
Jennifer Harrison, president of KU’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter and director of the Business Leadership Program and Jack Dicus Business Honors Program, presided at the May 15 ceremony. Initiates were individually recognized, presented with a certificate of membership, and invited to sign their names in the chapter register — a tradition that dates to 1912.
Mary Klayder, associate director of undergraduate studies in the Department of English and University Honors Program lecturer, was inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa. She spoke to the grit and resiliency initiates have shown since the start of the pandemic in her address titled, “After all this…”
Leah Stein, a graduating senior in sociology who was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in 2021, gave the student response address.
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 seniors with a minimum grade-point average of 3.65 on a 4.0 scale or juniors with a minimum 3.9. Anonymous transcripts of candidates are reviewed holistically by a committee of Phi Beta Kappa faculty and staff members.
Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest national academic honorary society, was founded Dec. 5, 1776, at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. KU’s Alpha chapter, founded in 1890, was the first chapter west of the Mississippi and is one of 286 Phi Beta Kappa chapters nationwide. About 10% of institutions of higher learning in the United States have Phi Beta Kappa chapters. The chapter’s vice president is Dietrich Earnhart, professor of economics and director of the Center for Environmental Policy. Sarah Crawford-Parker, director of the University Honors Program, serves as the chapter’s historian. The secretary-treasurer is Harry Swartz, assistant director of admissions for the University Honors Program.
Elected members from Kansas are listed below by county, and a complete list of initiates is available online.
Allen County
1. Hesston Murrow, senior, Iola
Butler County
2. Sadie Williams, senior, Augusta
Dickinson County
3. Lainey Monnington, senior, Herington
Douglas County
4. Yasmine Adrian, senior, Lawrence
5. Grace Cooper, senior, Lawrence
6. Jennifer Hudson, senior, Lawrence
7. Erin Liston, senior, Lawrence
8. Ana Cristina Potoret, senior, Lawrence
9. Lacey Windholz, senior, Lawrence
Ellis County
10. Dawson Rooney, senior, Hays
Geary County
11. Anne Kim, senior, Junction City
Harvey County
12. Brett Knepper, senior, Newton
Jefferson County
13. Nicolas Pottorf, senior, Oskaloosa
Johnson County
14. Emily Hughes, senior, Leawood
15. Melissa Koppers, junior, Leawood
16. Christopher Kywe, senior, Leawood
17. Emma Renwick, senior, Leawood
18. Hunter Woosley, senior, Leawood.
19. Ryan Henn, senior, Lenexa
20. Amy Qiang, senior, Lenexa
21. Noah Schnieders, senior, Lenexa
22. Levi Brabec, junior, Olathe
23. Honorah Maggio, senior, Olathe
24. Sadie Putnam, senior, Olathe
25. Mani Sandhu, senior, Olathe
26. Leena Abdelmoity, senior, Overland Park
27. Anna Avery, senior, Overland Park
28. Joe Ayres, senior, Overland Park
29. Ben Brown, senior, Overland Park
30. Elena Cox, senior, Overland Park
31. Stephen Fanous, senior, Overland Park
32. Sayan Grover, senior, Overland Park
33. Humza Khan, senior, Overland Park
34. Anna Levine, senior, Overland Park
35. Sarah Strong, senior, Overland Park
36. Brooke Thomas, junior, Overland Park
37. Mary Claire Witwer, senior, Overland Park
38. Tara Wolff, senior, Overland Park
39. Ross Acree, senior, Shawnee
40. Megan Heeney, senior, Shawnee
41. Peter Walsh, senior, Shawnee
Leavenworth County
42. Mary Beth Dlugopolski, senior, Lansing
Lyon County
43. Finneas Nesbitt-Daly, senior, Emporia
Reno County
44. Lydia Johnson, senior, Hutchinson
Riley County
45. Hana Tamura, senior, Manhattan
Rush County
46. Carlos Schwindt, senior, La Crosse
Sedgwick County
47. Sura Jaradat, senior, Wichita
48. Lily Nguyen, senior, Wichita
49. Liana Tauke, senior, Wichita
50. Kamryn Villa, senior, Wichita
Shawnee County
51. Megan Spurgeon, senior, Topeka
52. Alex Taylor, senior, Topeka
53. Mia Willingham, senior, Topeka
54. Elizabeth Winkelman, senior, Topeka
Thomas County
55. Sandy Kroeker, senior, Colby.
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