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Phi Beta Kappa inductees celebrate admittance to prestigious honors society

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May 06, 2025
Meghan O'Toole

Eligible students were inducted into the Lake Forest College Phi Beta Kappa Chapter (Theta of Illinois), during a ceremony in Brown Hall's Tarble Room on April 28, 2025.

Phi Beta Kappa is an academic honor society founded in 1776 to honor and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.

The Theta of Illinois Chapter at Lake Forest College, chartered in 1962, invites into membership individuals who share Phi Beta Kappa’s commitment to academic excellence, pursuit of liberal arts and sciences, and love of learning.

View a photo album of the ceremony.

This year’s Lake Forest College inductees

Juniors Honored with Early Election in 2025

  • Lorenzo Anagnost
  • Megan Dodrill
  • DeJanae Harges
  • Anna Hoffman
  • Holly Kiernan
  • Aaron Oster
  • Samantha Sosani
  • Sergei Vorobev

Seniors Elected in 2025

  • Bilaal Ansari
  • Lily Avila
  • Samuel Banuelos Barrios
  • Maria Cuadros Carrion
  • Zofia Czarnik
  • Stefanie Dejneka
  • Avis Elfman
  • Anela Elze
  • Matthew Galindo
  • Fatima Galvan-Alva
  • Alexandra Gascoigne
  • Cara Goldstone
  • Andrea Goreta
  • Hope Hoffman
  • Angelica Hryb
  • Rebekkah McGrath
  • Madeline Michelotti
  • Helen Murphy
  • Katelyn O'Callaghan
  • Maite Olivera Caballero
  • Michelle Paddon-Jones
  • Jasmine Rivera-Roman
  • Connor Sullivan
  • Muykong Taing
  • Colette Therieau
  • Amy Tram
  • Elena Vaux
  • Natalie Williams

Seniors Honored with Early Election as Juniors in 2024

  • Chirag Aggarwal
  • Em Allen
  • Arianne Jasmine Collins
  • Kathryn Genevieve Kiameh
  • Kyle Lassen
  • Ricardo Esteban Salazar Ordoñez
  • Sylvie Paddon-Jones
  • Daniel Tulchinskiy