KU students initiated into Phi Kappa Phi
Editor's note: This story was updated in May 2021 to reflect a member’s name change.
LAWRENCE — More than a hundred University of Kansas students were initiated into the KU chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the end of the fall 2019 semester. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective honor society for students from all academic disciplines. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and the top 7.5 percent of juniors.
“Congratulations are in order for our newest Phi Kappa Phi initiates,” said School of Education Associate Dean Lisa Wolf-Wendel, president of the KU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. “Membership is a measure of their commitment to scholarship and their passion for learning. It is our hope that the academic experience that has shaped their achievements at KU continues to positively influence their workplace and communities after they earn their degrees.”
Since Phi Kappa Phi’s founding in 1897, more than 1.5 million members have been initiated and more than 100,000 members maintain their active status in the society. Phi Kappa Phi offers them numerous benefits as dues-paying members, including access to nearly $1 million in awards and grants each year, including funds to support study abroad. At KU, graduating seniors are eligible to apply for the chapter’s James Blackiston Memorial Graduate Fellowship, a $1,500 award to help them in their first year of graduate study. Recipients of the Blackiston Fellowship are automatically nominated for additional national fellowship opportunities through Phi Kappa Phi.
New KU initiates into Phi Kappa Phi:
School of Architecture and Design
Ashley Jenna Farrow
Mary Wiberg
School of Business
Antonio Angulo
Douglas Bonebrake
Julia Doyle
Mallory Fredricks
Mackenzie Freeman
Howard Mahan
Alexander Murray
Kurtis Rood
Katherine Schartz
Sam St. John
Kyle Stutzman
Calon Tharet
School of Education
Olivia Beck
Kara Black
Paige Buffington
Sydney Campbell
Kara Clough
Zachary Hopp
Kyle Matthew Kobe
Jaden Silva
School of Engineering
Hayder Al-Salih
Abraham Atte
Luke Bridwell
Taylor Casady
Abigail Davidow
Hannah Duncan
Mathew Jaeschke
Jace Kline
Matthew David Legg
Tristan Myers
Emilia Paz Ojeda
Vo Thien Tri Pham
Sowmya Ragothaman
Elly Richardson
Jacob Wagner
Trevor Spraetz
Elizabeth Wyss
Lansten Yew
School of Health Professions
Alana Manson
Hannah Weise
Taylor Wolken
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Emma Bascom
Elena Grace Closen
Sheyenne Denton
Aubrey Goscha
Molly Landolt
John Watson
Angela Wright
School of Law
Howard Mahan
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of the Arts
Dhanushki Abeykoon
Kasra Alizadeh
Tyler Allen
Rachel Anderson
Anton Barybin
Raegan Billinger
William Bodenhamer
Vanessa Boyd
Isaac Brown
Casey Butler
Joy Chang
Mayte Diaz Marquez
Abigail Dieter
Jackson Dinsmore
Joshua Eisenhauer
Claire Elliott
Brendon Elliott
Erika Fiscus
Ross Fitzpatrick
Jetta Greene
Kate Haefele
Andrew Hartnett
Joseph Hartung
Kylie Hulse-Nelson
Julia Iris Isbell
Nicolas Parker James
Shelby Johnson
Aisha Khan
Jordyn Leon
Kristi Lin
Eleanor Matheis
Alicen Meysing
Tucker Morris
Abigail Neal
Margaret Queen
Elizabeth “Bea” Reiter
Kelsey Rolofson
Michaela Russ
Hadrian Salento
Kiera Schneider
Sydney Schranz
Catherine Serwatka
Ria Singh
Reagan Smith
Leah Spreckelmeyer
Jacob Stanley
Niccolly Viscardi Gallo Ramalho
Megan Wallis
Anneliese Wilmsen
Evelyn Wilson
Joseph Wimmergren
Leeann Youn
Jonathan Zhang
School of Music
Ching Wen Chang
Tanya Honerman
Katrina Jacobsen
Wolfgang Johanning
Daniel Joseph Loganbill
Emily Rossin
Tianna Smith
Collin Watgen
Margaret Werth
School of Pharmacy
Izumi Asano
Jillian Mack
Kendall Schlesener
School of Social Welfare
Valarie Merriman
Samantha Mitra
Lilah Michele Wilder.