Each year, 10 percent of the Columbia College graduating class is elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Two percent (Junior Phi Beta Kappa) is elected in the fall and the remaining eight percent is elected in the spring.
Phi Beta Kappa was founded in 1776 for the pursuit of “friendship, morality, and literature.” It was the first student group to adopt Greek letters, standing for the Greek words Philosophia Biou Kybernētēs, or “love of knowledge is the guide of life.” Today, the honor society celebrates and promotes excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. To be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa is one of the highest academic honors for undergraduate students and recognizes their intellectual promise, character, and achievement inside and outside of the classroom.
Class of 2022 Spring Phi Beta Kappa Initiates
- Grace Adee
- Henry Adeson
- Gabriel Agostini
- Christine Anagnos
- Sean Asahara Thio
- Francesca Barasch
- Avery Beard
- Vinay Bijoor
- Tony Bodulovic
- Joseph Brew
- Chloe Brown
- Adam Burns
- Joseph Campbell
- Lilly Cao
- Tiffany Chen
- Rishi Chhapolia
- Bilal Choudhry
- Breanna Comunale
- Anna Connell
- Maya Delgado
- Alan Du
- Miguel Duarte
- Alexandra Fischer
- Jacob Fisher
- Rachel Forest
- Samuel Freilich
- Gurtej Gill
- Francesca Gnuva
- Henry Golub
- Benjamin Guggenheim
- Eleanor Hansen
- Kimia Heydari
- Elin Hu
- David Jones
- Jordan Kalai
- Helen Kamwendo
- JiHoon Ko
- Molly Kraus
- Nikhil Lahiri
- Stephanie Lai
- Cecilia Lee
- Eilam Lehrman
- Debbie Leung
- Ioana Teodora Lia
- Chiu Fan Bowen Lo
- Ilina Logani
- Olutunshore Longe
- Haley Lucas
- Orianne Luo
- Asif Mallik
- Emese Marka
- Maya Merchant
- Shelly Michael
- Veronica Montanez
- Autumn Moore
- Hari Nanthakumar
- Matthew Nola
- Owen Park
- Gregory Pershing
- Anousha Peters
- Isabelle Pride
- Grace Prochilo
- Zayba Qamar
- Avigail Romo
- Alyssa Romo
- Abigail Rooney
- Dylan Roston
- Samantha Sacks
- Rachel Samouha
- Juan Sandoval Valencia
- Catherine Serianni
- Mitali Sharma
- Sabrina Shih
- Hikari Shumsky
- Matthew Sidler
- Julia Simmons
- Charles Smith
- Leontios Staphos
- Averi Suk
- Andrew Sullivan
- Nicholas Teitler
- Dylan Temel
- Gareth Thorlakson
- Yun-Shan Tsai
- Aditya Udupa
- Molly Wagschal
- Emily Wang
- He Wang
- Carolyn Wang
- Yiqi Wang
- Kaylee Wang
- Maya Weed
- Jacob Weinstein
- Lauren Wilkins
- Briana Wood
- Eric Wu
- Jiashi Yang
- William Yee
- Steven Zeldin
- Harrison Zhang