97th Commencement: Phi Beta Kappa Society Inductees 2010
Seventy-five students, three more than last year, became members of Phi Beta Kappa, an honor society that recognizes outstanding achievements in the liberal arts and sciences, at the annual induction ceremony Friday in Hamman Hall.
Inductees must be in the top 10 percent of their graduating class and they must have completed at least 90 semester hours in courses that are not focused on the development of particular professional skills. Of these courses, 10 must be from outside the division of the student's major.
History Professor Lisa Balabanlilar spoke to inductees at the ceremony. Balabanlilar is this year's winner of the Sophia M. Farb Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize, which awards the most outstanding non-tenured Rice professor based on faculty review of student instructor evaluations. The selection committee for the prize consisted of Computer Science Department Chair John Greiner, sociology Professor Bridget Gorman and philosophy Professor Mark Kulstad.
-Jocelyn Wright
List of 2010 inductees
| Yosuke Akiyama
Candase Dawn Arnold Bailey Elisse Basile Anish Bavishi Erin R. Beisner John C. Berens Marianne Elizabeth Beynon Scott W. Bock James Clark Bookhout Jessica Lynn Boulavsky Diego Caballero Orduna Rose Cahalan Joseph Chang Philip Chu Jared Giles Cocke Alyssa Marie Cotterman Andrew James Davenport Sara De La Rosa David Nigel John Downing Allison Adriana Elliott Elena Marie Fabiano Christopher Michael Fraser Hunter B. Gilbert Felona Gunawan Brian Scott Henderson Rebecca Lynn Henderson Brittany Nicole Hodgson William Bradley Houston David Jonathan Hrncir Jessie Yanshu Huang Daniel Jong Nicolas Daniel Kamas Jessie Nga Yin Lau Jonathan Patton Lo Julia Ellen Davidson Lukomnik Jennifer Xinrong Luo Jessica Ellie Ma Cort Brendan Malmberg | Heidi Martini-Stoica
Yuan Mei Robert Joseph Meister Joseph Michael Mello Rachel M. Mercer-Smith Yves Benedict Meyer Stephen Charles Morris Arturo Munoz Esei Mace Murakishi Chaya Murali Seth Patrick O'Brien Katelyn Ostendorf David Ouyang Shalin S. Patel Melisa Günsel Pferdehirt Varun P. Rajan Saneal Rajanahally Anna Elise Roberts Joseph Rodd Joseph Andrew Rosenthal Jamie L. Sammis Celine Santiago Kathleen Patricia Schnelle Erin Elizabeth Scott Jordan Shanker Chelsea Cara Smith Alex G. Solomon Lisa Y Sun Catherine Louise Swanson Aaron Joshua Thomas Andrew John Thompson Ashley Corinne Thompson Helen Tsao Apphia Lihan Wang Yu-hsuan Samuel Wang Eric William Wilde Jessy Shengjianzi Yang |
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