04/26/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 04/26/2024 12:22
Inductees applaud during the Phi Beta Kappa ceremony. Photo by: Taylor Wolfram
Phi Beta Kappa inductees talk before the presentation. Photo by: Taylor Wolfram
At right, Allison Prasch, associate professor of Communication Arts, received the chapter's 2024 Excellence in Teaching Award. She's shown with inductee and senior Sarah Nehls, one of her students. Photo by: Taylor Wolfram
Inductees practice the Phi Beta Kappa secret handshake. Photo by: Taylor Wolfram
Jinwan Park, a Phi Beta Kappa member who graduated in December with a degree in political science, addresses the inductees.
Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin, left, and proessor Allison Prasch, right, were both honored at the Phi Beta Kappa reception. Photo by: Taylor Wolfram
On Saturday, April 13, 168 University of Wisconsin-Madison Letters & Science undergraduates were inducted to the Phi Beta Kappa (ΦΒΚ) academic society, in a ceremony at Varsity Hall in Union South with 350 attending.
UW-Madison's ΦΒΚ chapter, founded in 1899, seeks to honor students who rigorously explore the sciences, arts and humanities.
L&S Dean Eric M. Wilcots led the opening procession and welcome. Chapter President, David W. Johnson, Economics, hosted the celebration 125th year of the founding of the UW-Madison chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Special guest and president of the national Phi Beta Kappa Society, Peter Quimby PhD'99 presented the history of ΦΒΚ. ΦΒΚ stands for philosophia biou kubernetes, which translates to "the love of wisdom is the helmsman of life."
In addition to the induction of new undergraduate members, the ceremony also honored four individuals for their contributions to UW-Madison:
Inductees excel in all areas of study, ranging from physics to anthropology, and they must have a cumulative GPA of 3.80 or above and meet strenuous math, language, and breadth requirements.
A committee of faculty and staff review the student record for nomination into the chapter. Inductees have a love for learning in multiple areas of study at the intermediate and advanced levels, exploring far beyond their major area of study at UW-Madison.
The winners are:
Lindsey Adams, Greenfield, WI
Ellie Asher, Washington, DC
Jacky Bai, Nanchang, CHN
Sofia Benson, New Rochelle, NY
Grace Berglin, Hartland, WI
Laura Bettenhausen, Madison, WI
Cole Bielby, Madison, WI
Ian Bohachek, Cross Plains, WI
Axell Boomer, South Beloit, IL
Benjamin Braiman, Windsor, CO
Caelan Brown, Madison, WI
Colby Brown, Southampton, PA
Jonathan Bryan, Appleton, WI
Leah Bulbula, Madison, WI
Danielle Bullock, Baraboo, WI
Yee Cao, Shaoxing, CHN
Taylor Cataldi, Corona, CA
Dominic Catherino, Washington, DC
Will Cerne, Sun Prairie, WI
Vicky Chan, Elizabethtown, PA
Scott Chang, Hartland, WI
Maddie Crist, Darlington, WI
Ellie DeCleene, Menomonee Falls, WI
Elliot Delfosse, Middleton, WI
Mya Delgado, Mauston, WI
Nettie Dellheim, Williams Bay, WI
Alec Easton, New York, NY
Katie Ellman, Carol Stream, IL
Charlotte Erenberg, Trumbull, CT
Charlie Fahey, does not want hometown listed, WI
Ryan Feiertag, Cedarburg, WI
Audrey Feuerer, Hudson, WI
Patrick Frey, Natick, MA
Brenna Fricke, Minocqua, WI
Emma Gallian, Chicago, IL
Ezra Ge, Ningbo, CHN
Caitlynn Gehl, Kimberly, WI
Bradyn Gentile, Neenah, WI
Sarah Gesner, Racine, WI
Zachary Golden, Cherry Hill, NJ
Kaitlyn Goldstein, Chesterfield, MO
William Griffin, South Bend, IN
Isaiah Grove, Eagle, WI
Haakon Gulbrandsen, Minong, WI
Abigail Guthrie, Caledonia, IL
Thomas Hadcock, Mequon, WI
Cade Heinberg, Marengo, IL
Michael Hepfinger, Cottage Grove, WI
Madeline Herndon, Madison, WI
Ellen Herrald, Thornton, CO
Haley Hodek, Neenah, WI
Paige Hooper, North Freedom, WI
Lynda Huang, Green Bay, WI
Mia Hughes, Madison, WI
Harris Jacobs, Atlanta, GA
Zoe Jaeger, Burbank, CA
Sania Jain, Mumbai, India
Trisha James, Madison, WI
Kristen Jenkins, Menomonee Falls, WI
Zeke Jeske, Madison, WI
Xinlin Jiang, Chengdu Sichuan, CHN
Kendall Johnson, Ellendale, MN
Maggie Kahn, La Grange, IL
Arianna Kaplan, Los Angeles, CA
Mariana Kapp, New York, NY
Nicholas Kowalski, Waukesha, WI
Kierstyn Krauss, Madison, WI
Pranav Krishnan, Madison, WI
Caitlin Kulperger, Belvedere Tiburon, CA
Steven Lai, Bellevue, WA
Kerry Lannon, Hellertown, PA
Zoe Larson, Albuquerque, NM
Kelsey Last, Madison, WI
Yuval Lerman, Saint Paul, MN
Claudia Liverseed, Madison, WI
Rachel Lopez, Oconomowoc, WI
Claire Lorman, Middleton, WI
Garrett Lublin, Sherman Oaks, CA
Thatcher Maconga, Wellesley, MA
Abby Maechling, Chicago, IL
Avery Markowski, Waukee, IA
Matthew Masonius, Shrewsbury, NJ
Olivia Masterson, Iowa City, IA
Kellan McCann, Brooklyn, NY
Matt Mello, Fitchburg, WI
Anna Melnyk, Minneapolis, MN
Alex Michie, Zionsville, IN
Olivia Miller, Ocean Grove, NJ
Regan Mitchell, Menomonee Falls, WI
Maddie Moher, Burnsville, MN
Trisha Nandakumar, Brookfield, WI
Sameer Narendran, Warren, NJ
Sarah Nehls, Fredonia, WI
Sofia Notch, Inver Grove Heights, MN
Molly O'Connor, Bethesda, MD
Jack Olson, Milwaukee, WI
Lexi Orjuela, Batavia, IL
Jinwan Park, Busan, KOR
Zachary Paronto, Madison, WI
Kamika Patel, Madison, WI
Autumn Payette, Oconto Falls, WI
Haley Polzin, Whitefish Bay, WI
Samuel Pomerantz, Ambler, PA
Ali Pope, Waterford, WI
Sonny Powers, Middleton, WI
Sunshine Prost, West Bend, WI
Annie Pulley, Stoughton, WI
Holly Puza, Rhinelander, WI
Lucy Pyne, Milwaukee, WI
Olivia Rich, Chicago, IL
Anna Rifkin, Buffalo, NY
Hannah Rifkin, Cos Cob, CT
Tom Rosen, Chesterfield, MO
Max Rountree, Fairfax, VA
Eleanor Sand, Minneapolis, MN
Preethi Saravanan, Chesterfield, MO
Zoe Sattar, Madison, WI
Eden Schachter, Dallas, TX
Odin Schaepkens, Brookfield, WI
Oliver Schlesinger, New York, NY
Marni Schneider, Deerfield, IL
Jess Schnoll, Chicago, IL
Murphy Schoenecker, Minneapolis, MN
Aspen Schrupp, Excelsior, MN
Abigail Schuman, Denver, CO
Mac Seiler, Onalaska, WI
Evie Sellers, Franklin, WI
Amitabha Shatdal, Madison, WI
Julia Sikowitz Lee, Brooklyn, NY
Carly Silver, Woodbridge, CT
Mira Singh, Oak Creek, WI
Isabella Smith, Northfield, MN
Gracen Spritka, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Alexandra Stamatakos, Chicago, IL
Sara Stanislawski, Wauwatosa, WI
Sophie Stein, Saint Paul, MN
Noah Strube, Mount Horeb, WI
Unsa Syed, Waunakee, WI
Yuxin Tang, Xilinguole League, CHN
Ben Tietjen, Minneapolis, MN
Annika Utoft, Edina, MN
Jamie Vacca, Weston, CT
Benjamin VerHagen, Kenosha, WI
Amina Waheed, Verona, WI
Charles Walter, West Bend, WI
Leo Wang, Beijing, CHN
Dylan Warnecke, Wausau, WI
Madison Weiner, Minneapolis, MN
Holly West, Carlisle, MA
Alexandra White, Onalaska, WI
Brooke Wiley, Scottsdale, AZ
Kamryn Witkowiak, Muskego, WI
Natalie Wolff, Marietta, GA
Kelly Wu, Madison, WI
Estelle Xiao, Urumqi, CHN
Yingying Xie, Beijing, CHN
Gracie Zeller, Oshkosh, WI
William Zeng, Westford, MA
Lianxin Zhang, Zhengzhou, CHN
Amy Zhao, Madison, WI
Tian Zhao, Zhuji, CHN
Natalia Zvereva, Madison, WI
Tyler Katzenberger, Marshfield, WI
El Muratoglu, Lake Forest, IL
Tim Sands, La Grange Park, IL
Aaron Zhang, Prairie du Sac, WI