On April 16 and 24, 2019, 54 juniors and seniors from the School of Science were inducted into two prestigious national honor societies. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society and Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest all-discipline honor society in the United States.
Phi Beta Kappa Inductees
Name | Major |
Wardah Bajwa | Biology |
Shalini Basu | Mathematics |
Laurence Bissett* | Mathematics Secondary Education |
Juliann Burkett | Biology |
Olivia Davis | Biology |
Ian Dominic De Los Reyes | Biology |
Jessica Dominguez | Biology |
Maria Fairfield* | Chemistry |
Madeline Febinger* | Computer Science |
Celia Federico* | Chemistry |
Kyra Herman | Chemistry |
Janmejay Hingu | Chemistry, 7 Year Medical |
Jessica Hwang | Biology and Public Health |
Emily Kazenmayer | Computer Science |
Jessica Kopew | Biology |
Evelyn Kulesza | Biology |
Aaron Lee* | Biology |
Erica Levin | Biology |
Michael Lobue* | Mathematics |
Melanie Loth | Mathematics |
Ahmed Mahmoud | Biology |
Niha Mamillapalli | Biology |
Adriana Mendizabal | Biology |
Celine Mileham | Chemistry Secondary Education |
Devyani Mishra* | Biology |
Hayley O’Rourke | Sociology |
Michael Osei* | Biology |
Lawrence Palfini | Biology and Public Health |
Bhumi Shah* | Biology |
Nikhila Veguru | Biology |
Jacob Veliky | Biology and Philosophy |
Krystle Vera | Biology |
Alyssa Webster | Biology |
Linda Zhang | Biology |
Benjamin Zhou | Biology |
* Junior
Phi Beta Kappa celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. The society sponsors activities to advance these studies — the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences — in higher education and in society at large. Typically, no more than 10 percent of the candidates for degrees in liberal arts and sciences are elected. Each year, about one college senior in a hundred, nationwide, is invited to join Phi Beta Kappa.
Phi Kappa Phi Inductees
Name | Major |
Wardah Bajwa | Biology |
Ryan Bogutz* | Computer Science |
Juliann Brady Burkett* | Biology |
Carmen Carusone* | Physics Secondary Education |
Samantha Collins* | Mathematics |
Danielle Demateis | Mathematics |
Nabarun Ghosh* | Biology |
Alexandra Immerso* | Biology |
Julianna Kamenakis | Biology, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Elementary Education |
Ridwan Khan | Biology |
Aaron Lee* | Biology |
Sondra Lionetti* | Chemistry |
Annie Menninger* | Mathematics Secondary Education |
Nicole Meskin* | Physics Secondary Education |
Celine Mileham | Chemistry Secondary Education |
Melissa Novak* | Mathematics Secondary Education |
Kate O’Connor | Mathematics |
Michael Andrew Osei* | Biology |
Akash R Patel* | Biology |
Shrey Patel | Biology |
Yogesh Rakholia* | Biology |
Nicholas Thomas Tusay* | Physics |
Jacob Veliky | Biology and Philosophy |
Prem Vyas* | Biology |
Allison Zelinski* | Mathematics |
* Junior
To be eligible for membership in a Phi Kappa Phi Chapter a student must be an outstanding student of sound character. Juniors must have completed 72 credit hours and rank in the top 7.5% of their class. Seniors must rank in the top 10% of their class.