Columbia College has announced the names of 94 seniors who will be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa. The students were chosen by a faculty selection committee of Phi Beta Kappa members based on the breadth, depth and rigor of their academic programs, as well as recommendations from faculty members who have worked closely them.
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 philosophies bios kubernetes, or “love of wisdom, the guide of life.” Today, this 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 exceptional scholarship.
The Class of 2020’s newest Phi Beta Kappa members are:
Mickal Adler
Gustaf Ahdritz
Brianna Alico
Daniella Apodaca
Jacob Austin
Yiru Bao
Meghana Bharadwaj
Nirja Bhatt
Rebecca Cai
Grant Carmain
Aurora Celestin
Daniel Cohen
Aomeng Cui
Quang Dao
Teresa Deely
Sam Denton
David Ehmcke
Edgar Elliott
Omer Elshaigi
Kyelee Fitts
Ben Fullerton
Katie Garcia
Saurabh Goel
Leo Goldman
Cayo Gonzalez
Rowan Gossett
August Gweon
Jake Ha
Luke Haubenstock
Heather Heimbach
Angelo Hernandez-Sias
Brian Ho
Katherine Hu
Alex Humphreys
Gavrielle Jacobovitz
Hayden Kajercline
Alexandra Kapilian
Johanne Karizamimba
Jenna Karp
Katherine Ko
Elizabeth Kokes
Stephen Kuster
Sumin Lee-Jeong
Hollis Lehv
Hoyeon Lew
Angela Luo
Benjamin Makishima
Ariana Mao
Kristen Martucci
Mack Meller
Samuel Merkin
Jessica Monaco
Isabelle Morley
Nitipat Nantavaropas
Fiona Noring
Ye Lim Oh
Matthew Padgett
Rachel Page
Savannah Pearson
Sreya Pinnamaneni
Jane Poss
Kevin Qian
Corinne Rabbin-Birnbaum
Neeraj Ramachandran
Melisande Riefler
Taylor Roberts-Sampson
Patrick Ronan
Susanna Scarlatti
Samuel Schwartz
Sarah Shi
Tarun Srinivasan
William Steere
Jayant Subramanian
Riku Tabata
Maya Talukdar
Alex Tang
Margaret Toner
Sarah Walker
Andrew Wang
Ying Wang
Samuel Wilcox
Yiu Wong
Haoqi Xia
Michelle Yan
Brianna Yang
Eilene Yang
James Yang
Tian Yang
Perry Young
Stacey Yu
Arnold Zahn
Alex Zhang
Han Wen Zhang
Runyang Zhang