April 25, 2011
Phi Beta Kappa initiates new members
Phi Beta Kappa inducted 28 new members into the academic society on April 14 in Glen Rowan House. Lake Forest College is one of only 10% of all colleges and universities that are eligible for a Phi Beta Kappa chapter.
Phi Beta Kappa is an academic honor society dedicated to the recognition of superior academic achievement in the liberal arts and sciences. The Lake Forest chapter was founded in 1962 and contains both faculty and student members. Each year, faculty members select student members on the basis of outstanding academic achievement.
Lake Forest College is one of only 280 colleges and universities in the United States meeting the standards of excellence necessary to form a Phi Beta Kappa chapter.
The following students are newly inducted members of the Lake Forest chapter:
Alexandra Andreeva
Stephen Beeaker
Jordan Cutler
Kristina Damisch
Mark Dekhytar
Kathryn Duncan
Xin Fan
Paul Henne
Lubomir Ivanov
Svetlana Klevanskaya
Alina Konnikova
Erin Kummer
Matthew Leonard
Katie McLain
Elizabeth Pahomov
Kelsey Parks
Hannah Perron
Evan Piermont
Sarah Peluse*
Svetlana Pukshansky
Keith Solvang
Brittany Stern
Yuzheng Sun
Kelebogile Tlhokwane
Andrew Van Herik
Elizabeth Wait
Xiaoyu Yin
Weijing Zhu
*Elected in their junior year