Columbia College is pleased to announce the 105 members of the senior class who will be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa on Tuesday, May 14, at Faculty House. 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 by recommendations from faculty members who have worked closely with them.
Each year, 10 percent of the Columbia College graduating class is elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, 2 percent (Junior Phi Beta Kappa) in the fall and the remaining 8 percent 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 undergraduates and recognizes their intellectual promise, character and achievement inside and outside of the classroom.
Class of 2024 Spring Phi Beta Kappa Initiates
- Eli Andrade
- Alisha Arshad
- Daya Benami Narasimhan
- Noah Bergam
- Jake Bernstein
- Sasha Bonkowsky
- Paris Calcagnini
- Adina Cazacu-De Luca
- Annie Cheng
- Kairaluchi Chinwendu Oraedu
- Sahchit Chundur
- Arielle Clarke
- Isabel Coberly
- Gwendolyn Davison
- Gil Dexter
- Ethan Eickmann
- Gabriel Fernandez
- Harrison Fried
- Cindy Gao
- Sarah Garcia
- Leonora Gogos
- Esin Gogus
- Naz Gokcen
- Cameron Grant
- Hugo Hamilton
- David Han
- Sandra Han
- Zoe Harris
- Eben Hess
- Jack Holmgren
- Clara Hu
- Elisa Huang
- Nathaniel Ijams
- Artem Ilyanok
- Isabella Inouye
- Jaime Jacob
- Victor Jandres Rivera
- Anna Jonczyk
- Animesh Joshi
- A K Kiehm
- Stefan Kim
- Aishlinn Kivlighn
- Elijah Knodell
- Tiffany Lau
- Franziska Lee
- Jessica Lee
- Matthew Lemar
- Kevin Li
- Ashley Liang
- Dehou Liu
- Steven Long
- Lorelei Loraine
- Megan Lunny
- Lucas Martins Barreto Alves
- Candy Mateo Gracida
- Nicole Mbibi
- Makennan McBryde
- Margaret Meyerson
- Gopal Nadiga
- Zachary Narimanian
- Theodore Nelson
- Derek Ng
- Benjamin Nicastro
- Paige Nurkin
- Ese Onokpasa
- Sofia Ouyang
- Ashwin Padaki
- James Pan
- Jungwoo Park
- Remedios Patton
- Siddarth Pinnamaneni
- Anoush Pogossian
- Donna Qi
- Ana Reif
- Victoria Reshetnikov
- Julien Roa
- Matthew Ruppert
- Daniel Saedi
- Isabel Schmidt
- Michelle Schmidt
- Anne Schrock
- Claire Shang
- Olivia Sieler
- Corinna Singer
- Eric Sohn
- Ry Spada
- Maria Stuebner
- Munirat Suleiman
- Chiemi Tagami
- Alice Tecotzky
- Abby Thayananthan
- Anushka Thorat
- Amariah Thurston
- Brennan Vacek
- Allegra Walker
- Gunn Wanavejkul
- Katherine Wang
- Kevin Wang
- Kathryn Whitten
- Gizelle Winter
- Evan Wontor
- Jikai Xu
- Elizabeth Yaboni
- Senem Yurdakul
- Tatiana Ziff