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51在线 leaders including President Rhea Law, Dr. Judy Genshaft, Steven Greenbaum, and Provost Prasant Mohapatra smile with the class of 2024 USF PBK inductees.

Phi Beta Kappa Welcomes 2024 USF Inductees

The Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK), America鈥檚 most prestigious honor society, recently inducted a new group of outstanding liberal arts scholars into its ranks, including a select group of accomplished 51在线 (USF) students. Among the inductees was honorary member Prasant Mohapatra, USF provost and executive vice president of academic affairs, recognized in a ceremony held at the Judy Genshaft Honors College on USF's Tampa campus.
 
The oldest academic honor society in the United States, PBK was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776. Since its founding, PBK has celebrated academic excellence and freedom of thought while advocating for the value and benefits of liberal arts and sciences education.  
 
USF members are selected for excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, languages, and character. Only 10% of U.S. colleges and universities have PBK chapters, and notable members have included 17 U.S. Presidents, 42 Supreme Court Justices, and more than 150 Nobel Laureates.  
 
The ceremony included a history of the society from USF College of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor of History Matthew King, the introduction of new members in course, and congratulatory remarks from both USF President Rhea Law and USF President Emerita Judy Genshaft. 
 
Dean Charles Adams, Judy Genshaft endowed dean of the Honors College, presided over the ceremony. 

鈥淚nvitation into the Phi Beta Kappa Society is a great honor and tremendous recognition of what our students have accomplished here at the Judy Genshaft Honors College and USF,鈥 said Adams. 鈥淲e are thrilled that this group will represent our great university as part of PBK and thrilled to see what they do next.鈥 

 
2024 USF PHI BETA KAPPA INDUCTEES: 
Tehami Ammad  Adam Nigels
Natalie AmRhein Joseph Pereira
Eva Austin Brandon Pham
Catherine Bricker Sasha Post
Sasha Brown Ishali Rajguru
Nicholas Brunetti Hasan Raza
Emma Burdick Megan Reddy
Neige Deangelis Dora Rodriguez
Carleena Michelle Deforges Jeremy Rutter
Gabriela Demeglio Sierra Smith
Varun Dhaka Lily Smith
Andrew Drotleff Deeksha Sridher
Ayslin Edwards Kaitlin Strawn
Shae-Lynn Gibbs Joshua Szabo
Kayleigh Gonzalez Guillermo Trastoy
Sarai Guzman Cartagena Otilia Trejo-Soto
Zachary Jacobson Joshua Vilgorin
Rahul Jain Christopher Vo
Kavery Kallichanda Lindsay Wilson
Claudia Laux Nora Wolfgang
Ruth Li Lingxi Zhou
Jose Masso Maldonado Ethan Cross Zulueta
Morgan Mathews   

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