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Editors: Note Kansas initiates from Barber, Butler, Cherokee, Crawford, Douglas, Ford, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Lyon, Miami, Riley, Saline, Sedgwick and Shawnee counties.
Contact: Harry Swartz, University Honors Program, [email protected]
KU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa initiates 82 new members
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society has initiated 82 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 14 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.
Charlie Bankart, KU’s senior internationalization officer, was inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa and delivered remarks on the value of the liberal arts and sciences. 2021 Phi Beta Kappa inductee Aylar Atadurdyyeva, graduating senior in political science, microbiology, global & international studies and Slavic studies, gave the student response.
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 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.
Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest national academic honorary society, was founded Dec. 5, 1776, at the College of William & 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. The secretary-treasurer is Harry Swartz, assistant director of admissions for the University Honors Program. Sarah Crawford-Parker, director of the University Honors Program, serves as the chapter’s historian.
Elected members from Kansas are listed below, while the complete list of initiates is available online.
Barber County
1. Carson Cargill, Isabel
Butler County
2. Camden Baxter, Andover
Cherokee County
3. Shayla Sturgis, Columbus
Crawford County
4. Amber Dial, Pittsburg
5. Ximena Ibarra, Pittsburg
Douglas County
6. Katherine Ahern, Lawrence
7. Anika Goel, Lawrence
8. Thomas Guier, Lawrence
9. Sophia Hady, Lawrence
10. Tim Lewis, Lawrence
11. Aalana Samuels, Lawrence
12. Landon Sloan, Lawrence
13. Ezra Steinshouer, Baldwin City
14. Bhavini Uppalapu, Lawrence
Ford County
15. Natalie Garcia Rojas, Dodge City
Franklin County
16. Lauren Dandreo, Ottawa
Jefferson County
17. Savannah Warren, Oskaloosa
Johnson County
18. August Chowning, Lenexa
19. Rebecca Bachmuth, Overland Park
20. Johnny Dinh Phan, Overland Park
21. Sydney Ebner, Shawnee
22. Audrey Grabmeier, Shawnee
23. Henry Haw, Mission Hills
24. Nicolas James, Overland Park
25. Molly Kaemmer, Overland Park
26. George Kircher, Overland Park
27. James McFarlin, Overland Park
28. Josh Mcghee, Olathe
29. Joe Mirakian, Olathe
30. Umar Nasim, Overland Park
31. Albert Park, Overland Park
32. Meaghan Peters, Overland Park
33. Audrey Rips-Goodwin, Overland Park
34. Dylan Robertson, Lenexa
35. Karryn Robinson, Overland Park
36. Gabriela Ruiz, Overland Park
37. Rachel Stander, Olathe
38. Caroline Steele, Olathe
39. Katie Vanbeber, Overland Park
Leavenworth County
40. Lane Barrette, Basehor
Lyon County
41. Angela Davis, Olpe
42. Tonielle Miller, Emporia
Miami County
43. Claire Cox, Paola
Riley County
44. Rachell Orce, Manhattan
45. Salem Sanfilippo Solin, Manhattan
46. Tanya Singh, Manhattan
Saline County
47. Madeline Blake, Assaria
48. Gabby Fischer, Salina
49. Lauren Tubal, Salina
Sedgwick County
50. Samuel Harder, Wichita
51. Sarah Reichart, Andale
Shawnee County
52. Claire Bowman, Berryton
53. Irene Caracioni, Topeka
54. Daniel Cluff, Topeka
55. Haley Kucera, Topeka
56. Meredith Loehr, Topeka.
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