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Phi Beta Kappa Inducts 36 Students

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 22, 2015) — The University of Kentucky chapter of Phi Beta Kappa held its annual induction ceremony last week, inducting 36 students into the nation's oldest and most widely known academic honor society.

F. Douglas Scutchfield, the Peter P. Bosomworth Professor of Health Services Research and Policy at the UK College of Public Health, delivered a keynote address.

The 2015 inductees are:

  • Noora Aljabi, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rahul Annabathula, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Connor Appelman, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Clara Bone, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Liza Bustle, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Andrew Cech, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Steven Chapman, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Abigail Craig, College of Fine Arts
  • Jonathan Elliott, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Michael Fassio, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Christopher Garr, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Tristan Griner, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Colby Hall, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Casey  Hibbard, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Akesha Kirkpatrick, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Vanessa Koenigsmark, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Erica Mattingly, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Trevor McNary, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kaitlin Moore, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Elizabeth Morehead, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sanjana Pampati, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Abigail Phillips, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jonathan Pickett, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sibi Rajendran, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Keith Rodgers, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marcel Roman, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Morgan Saint James, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Charles Shelton, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Josephine Suchecki, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Grace Trimble, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Emily Vanmeter, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Samantha Warford, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Austin  Way, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Samuel Wicke, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Christina Zeidan, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Shelley Zhou, College of Arts & Sciences

Phi Beta Kappa elects more than 15,000 new members a year from 270 chapters across the United States. There are also more than 50 associations that foster friendship and learning in their members' communities and provide a means for members to continue their active affiliation with the society after graduation.The society celebrates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.

UK's Phi Beta Kappa chapter is supported by the Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence, which is part of the Academy of Undergraduate Excellence within the Division of Undergraduate Education at UK.