The State University of New York at Geneseo has invited more than 100 students into the college’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa this spring, prompted by their recent election by faculty members of the college’s chapter. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest and most widely known academic honor society. Students from both the junior and senior classes are selected each spring for membership into the organization.
About 10 percent of the nation’s institutions of higher learning have a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Geneseo is currently the only comprehensive undergraduate SUNY college with a chapter, which was established in 2004.
"Geneseo’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter is thrilled to offer so many students membership this year," says Doug Baldwin, past president of Geneseo's Phi Beta Kappa chapter and professor of mathematics. "Through their passion for learning, these students have enriched their own lives and those of the people around them in innumerable ways; they truly demonstrate the power of a liberal education. Recognizing them with membership celebrates their excellence, and that of the entire College and its community."
Congratulations to the invited inductees:
SENIORS
Mallaigh Ashton
Jada Atwood
Ezekiah Bacchus
Riley Backus
Kira Baran
Ariana Barone
Emma Barrett
Tessa Beiter
Kaitlyn Bertleff
Alexandra Bloss
Alayna Bordone
Daniel Borg
Emma Brune
Jessica Buffamonti
Alexandra Butler
Erin Butler
Nicole Callahan
Margaux Carmel
Karen Caswell
Usman Chaudhry
Katelyn Church
Kiersten Colvin
Emily Cook
Margaret Deahn
Josh DeBell
Madelyn Dewey
Madeline Dunn
Robert Economou
Bryce Embling
Austin Feasley
Fleurian Filkins
Tarryn Franciosa
Sydney Freeman
Melisha Gatlin
Sabrina Gencarelli
Sakura Hamazaki
Kaylee Hausrath
Isabella Higgins
Olivia Hilt
Keith Hurley
Christina Interlichia
Wady Jacoby
Kiley Kinney
Emily Lemen
Guoxing Lin
Aaron Mackay
Lara Mangino
Leslie Mast
Colleen McMullen
Luz Melo
Allison Menendez
Ben Michalak
Rachel Mihlstin
Johanna Mohrs
Thomas Mossey
Annika Mounts
Drew O'Neil
Fumitsugu Ogura
Jessica Palmeri
Marguerite Parfitt
Sophia Piazza
Jessica Pisano
Emily Polizzi
Sarah Popp
Adrienne Porter
Alexandra Ranaudo
Elizabeth Reynolds
Aaron Roddy
Claire Rogers
Bridget Rynne
Haley Saunders
Raina Schoen Thomas
Olivia Schoenfeld
Samantha Seeger
Zenja Seitzinger
Awab Shawkat
Matthew Signor
Katie Singleton
Laura Skrzypczyk
Olivia Smith
William Snyder
Noelle Staso
Catherine Steele
Alea Tiberi
Jillian Todd
Hannah Ueshiro
Brian Vargas
Olivia Whitmarsh
Laura Williams
Rebecca Williamson
JUNIORS
Gillian Berardi
Sarah Fadlaoui
Riley Grossman
Margaret Hewitt
Kaitlin Miron
Holly Moore
Terra Peter