OSU Phi Beta Kappa chapter inducts 29 new members

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Danny Wells, Executive Officer, Division of Education for the Chickasaw Nation, signs his name as an alumni member of the OSU Phi Beta Kappa chapter.

The Oklahoma State University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa inducted 28 students and one graduate at its 2016 ceremony.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society was founded in 1776 by five students at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. It recognizes excellence on the part of students with a first or second major in a liberal arts discipline. OSU’s chapter was established in 2013.

“Having a chapter of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society on campus shows our faculty’s commitment to high standards in the teaching of the core arts and sciences, and also rewards the achievement of brilliant young people who are committed to a broad and rigorous course of study at OSU” Perry Gethner, Regents Professor of Foreign Languages and President of OSU’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter, said.

Danny Wells, Executive Officer, Division of Education for the Chickasaw Nation, was inducted as an alumni member and delivered an address, emphasizing the importance and value of a liberal arts degree.

2016 Members in Course

Oklahoma

Bartlesville

Kelsea Mykalia Hull (Mathematics)

Bethany

Whitney Nicole Walbeck (Psychology)

Broken Arrow

Gabriel Marcus Crow (Biological Science)

Edmond

Jennifer Jenee Harry (Sociology)

Carson Andrew James (Mathematics and Spanish)

Matthew James Stapleton (Mathematics)

Austin Jay Warner (Mathematics)

Mustang

Connor Colby Reece (Psychology)

Oklahoma City

Derek Christian Wietelman (Political Science and Statistics)

Owasso

Kameron Todd McCombs (Mathematics)

Stillwater

Robinson James Clower (Secondary Education, German, and Mathematics)

Tulsa

Amanda Nicole Brown (Computer Science)

Morgan Lee Medders (Political Science)

Yukon

Scott Alan Woodbury (Political Science)

Texas

Amarillo

Lawrence D. Schaeffer (Biological Science and Spanish)

Coppell

Kristen Valenski (English)

Dallas

Brooke Lindley Bastie (English and Spanish)

Grand Prairie

Wesley T. Prater (Geology and Spanish)

Houston

Sarajane Koehler (Zoology)

Hurst

Samantha Jean Mori (Multimedia Journalism and Spanish)

Lubbock

Allen Scott Braddock (Psychology)

Kansas

Derby

David Alan Thompson (Psychology)

Leawood

Lucy Jeannette Lehoczky (Chemistry)

Wichita

Emily Katherine Doyel (Economics and Mathematics)

Mitchell Dean Meyer (Mathematics)

Nebraska

Lincoln

Katherine Elizabeth Janike (Nutritional Sciences and Spanish)

Omaha

Clara Susan Nichols (History)

Minnesota

Howard Lake

Ashley Jean Simenson (Microbiology/Cell and Molecular Biology)

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