Members of the Class of 2014 inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

Last weekend, 14 members of the Class of 2014 were welcomed into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society. An induction ceremony was held Saturday, the day before their Commencement.

The newly inducted members are:

John Grundy ’14
Glenna Gray ’14
Kavya Pradhan ’14
Katherine Bickley ’14
Emma Bartholomew ’14
Tsubasa Watanabe ’14
Brittney Via ’14
Hin Doan ’14
May Nwe Soe ’14
Jim Kwon ’14
Emily Rist ’14
Julia Kim ’14
Angelina Carilli ’14
Amy Jacobs ’14

Randolph College is one of only about 280 colleges in the nation with a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1916, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College received the first Phi Beta Kappa charter granted to an independent woman’s college in the South, and the Delta Chapter of Virginia was officially installed the following year. Membership in Phi Beta Kappa recognizes a student’s high achievements in scholarship and maintenance of a balanced program of study in the liberal arts.

Honor societies hold 2014 induction ceremony

Several academic honor societies at Randolph College inducted new students to their ranks in a ceremony this week. Here is a list of students inducted in Wednesday’s ceremonies.

You can browse photos from the ceremony on the Randolph College Facebook page.

Psi Chi
Psychology
Jensen Hoover ’15
Lauren Mason ’16
Sandeep Poudyal ’16
Faith Stoneking ’16

Iota Sigma Pi
Women in Chemistry
Meron Demeke ’15
Alyssa Everett ’15

Alpha Kappa Delta
Sociology
Jensen Hoover ’15
Amy Jacobs ’14
Danielle Lewis ’15
Margaret (Maggie) Murray ’14
Abigail Smith ’15
Rachel A. Storey ’14
Robert Villaneuva ’14
Coulton Watson ’15
Brandi Witt ’14

Pi Delta Phi
French
Melissa Halka ’14
Huong Ngoc (Hin) Doan ’14
Diep Thi Linh (Penny) Trieu ’15

TriBeta
Biology
Auzeen Abbassi ’15
Kelia Cutkelvin ’16
Meron Demeke ’15
Seth Dorman ’15
Allison Druffel ’15
Cameron Garrison ’14
Lytease Industrious ’16
Cassandra Joe-Louis ’16
Marissa McClinton ’16
Averie Morgan ’15
Dara Niketic ’15
Riya Patel ’16
Olivia M. Reed ’16
Renee Russell ’16
Eun Joo Seo ’15
Blair George Steele ’15
Kyra Tucker ’15
Coulton Watson ’15
Haleigh Wilson ’15

Theta Alpha Kappa
Religious Studdies
Olivia I. Groff ’14

Pi Sigma Alpha
Political Science
Conner W. Dye ’15
Glenna M. Gray ’14
Katherine R.D. Lesnak ’15
Abigail J.N. Smith ’15
Sarah Terlizzi ’15
Tamara M. Trombetta ’14

Omicron Delta Epsilon
Economics
Mai Hoang Dam ’15
Connor W. Dye ’15
Hoa Hong Nguyen ’15
Huong Viet Nguyen ’15
Tu Anh Nguyen ’15
May Nwe Soe ’14
Ha Thanh Tong ’15
Stephany D. West ’15
Emma Williams ’16

Chi Alpha Sigma
Scholar Athletes
Emilee Dunton ’14
Connor Dye ’15
Alyssa Everett ’15
Katherine Lesnak ’15
Ryan Mahon ’15
Michael Ramsey ’15
Stephany West ’15
Colton Wood ’14

Sigma Pi Sigma
Physics
Alex Kwakye ’15
Pujan Shrestha ’15
Tung (Alex) Tran ’15
Colton Wood ’14

Phi Alpha Theta 
History
Auzeen J. Abbassi ’15
Igor D. Bayder ’14
Tierney C. Dickinson ’14
Megan K. Einhorn ’15
Maximilian N. Niketic ’14
Rachel A. Storey ’14
Katherine E. Vance ’14
Monica A. Varner ’14
Stephany D. West ’15
Emma A. Williams ’16

Sigma Xi
Research
Stephanie Barron ’14
Mimansha Joshi ’14
Kristina Marinak ’14
Kavya Pradhan ’14

Sigma Tau Delta
English
Mandy Boucher ’15
Savannah Edwards ’15
Grace Gardiner ’15
Ellen Meadows ’15
Nik Oliver ’15
Erin Vasta ’15
Christina Crouch ’15
Megan Einhorn ’15
Olivia Groff ’14
Ashley Peisher ’15

Lambda Pi Eta
Communication Studies
Phuong Tran ’15