In March, over 70 CLASS students were inducted into the prestigious honor society, Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society.
Each year, only one college senior in a hundred, nationwide, is invited to join the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Only about 10 percent of the nation's institutions of higher learning have Phi Beta Kappa chapters, and only about 10 percent of the arts and sciences graduates at these distinguished institutions are invited to join.
Each inductee received an engraved gold key, the symbol of the society. By joining Phi Beta Kappa, the new inductees are added to an impressive list of society members including Theodore Roosevelt, W.E.B. Du Bois and Sonia Sotomayor.
The CLASS inductees were:
Mary Ahagbuje, English
Hayder Ali, History
Bita Aminian, Psychology
Kelley Archibald, English-Creative Writing
Valerie Ban, Chinese Studies
Theresa Bathory, Art
Amanda Beasley, Spanish
Tarik Belhouchet, Liberal Studies
Alexandra Castro, Human Nutrition & Food Science
Mijin Choi, Psychology
Kelley Cloud, Political Science
Brett Connors, English-Creative Writing
Jeremiah Cotton, Liberal Studies
Samantha Curfman, Spanish
Stephanie Dillehay, English
Anna Dodds, English
Bennett Dodson, Liberal Studies
Rachel Duran, Kinesiology-Exercise Science
Annum Faisal, Spanish
Joshua Freed, Economics
Rybecca Gilbert, Art
Ryan Graham, Political Science
Arash Hamvatan, Philosophy
Michael Headberg, History
Christian Hernandez, English
Jennie Ho, Psychology
Brigitta Hohl, Kinesiology-Exercise Science
Willa Hong, Biology
Joshua Hundl, English-Creative Writing
Paul Jann, History
Margaret Jernigan, Liberal Studies
Emily Johnson, History
Aries Caboteja Jones, English
Elizabeth Jones, Art
Emily Joslin, Political Science
Travis Kane, English
Amna Khan, Spanish
Sarah Kim, Political Science
Caroline Lees, English-Creative Writing
Victoria Li, Art
Taelor Marquetti-Gadison, English
Lillian Martchenke, English-Creative Writing
Camille Marvin, Spanish
Angela Medvedeva, Psychology
William Merrill Junior, Art
Kelsey Miller, Spanish
Ottmar Montes, Liberal Studies
Isaac Morey, English-Creative Writing
Shannon O'Quinn, English
Clinton Orsak, Art
Ariana Peruzzi, Philosophy
Chelsea Phillips, Art
Ellen Prescott, English-Creative Writing
Brian Roan, Philosophy
Yosely Ruiz, Communications
Sahar Sadoughi, Political Science
Saneea Sakhyani, History
Brandon Schmalfeldt, Liberal Studies
Elicia Shotland, French
Brooke Tolle, Liberal Studies
Jason Varghese, Religious Studies
Kryztal Vazquez, Dance
Jacob Wagner, English
Katlin Wian, English
Lauren Young, English-Creative Writing
Noah Young, Political Science