Phi Beta Kappa initiates honored at May ceremony
Author: Stacey Maifeld
During a May 1 ceremony, 112 Iowa State students with a major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) were initiated into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. Founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, Phi Beta Kappa recognizes students for outstanding academic achievement in a broad curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences. This year’s ceremony marked 50 years of Phi Beta Kappa initiation at Iowa State University.
Five LAS students also received special individual awards:
- Daniel Buser, senior in physics, recipient of the Ruth and Clayton Swenson Award in the Sciences
- Jessie Bustin, senior in data science, recipient of the Jean Day Lassila Award in the Liberal Arts for best undergraduate academic program
- Feben Ruscitti, senior in anthropology, recipient of the Jerry Shakeshaft Phi Beta Kappa Award for Humanities and Social Sciences
- Ashlan Simpson, senior in statistics, recipient of the Edward Allen Award in the Mathematical Disciplines
- Emily Timmerman, senior in history, recipient of the Barbara Mack Award for Excellence in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Students initiated into Phi Beta Kappa during the ceremony included:
- Kiernan Adair
- Annika Baker
- Madison Baxter
- Jacob Beattie
- Jazlyn Beeck
- Paula Bekkerus
- Emily Bettey
- Faith Boyde
- Evan Bracewell
- Amanda Brown
- Brandon Buscher
- Daniel Buser
- Jessie Bustin
- Olivia Butt
- Hannah Cahill
- Megan Carty
- Tyler Cascalho Cox
- Scott Caso
- Daniel Cassidy
- Sam Clement
- Jamie Cook
- Haley Copenhaver
- Haley Dostalik
- Melissa Eckert
- Alexander Enos
- Sean Etherington
- Joy Faidley-Leitner
- Ana Fall
- Caitlyn Fank
- Callie Fay
- Gabrielle Finberg
- Kathleen Fitzsimmons
- McKenna Flood
- Gage Fuller
- Emily Gehling
- Ben Gillette
- McKenna Goffinet
- Jacob Gorton
- Jamie Hefley
- Nethmi Hewage
- Evan Hilton
- Maggie Hinrichs
- Cole Huedepohl
- Ada Hulseberg
- Alexander Huynh
- Jennah Johnson
- Juliana Johnson
- Olivia Johnson
- Grace Jones
- Abigail Keiser
- Linsey Kitt
- Mikayla Klein
- Gracia Koele
- Erin Kokemiller
- Victoria Kyveryga
- Ngoc Le
- Haley Majeres
- Reese Manternach
- Abbigail Markus
- Ellie Masten
- Beatrice Maule
- Kay McClelland
- Steven McCormick
- Zoey McEvoy
- Jordan McWilliams
- Abigail Meehan
- Emma Miller
- Rebekah Muta
- Erika Nelson
- Megan Nicoski
- Alexandria Nigg
- Jessen O’Fallon
- Lauren Osterberg
- Rachel Overla
- Ana Palacios Martin
- Megan Pezley
- Cooper Pierce
- Caleb Rhoads
- Natalia Ríos Martínez
- Brandon Rouse
- Jack Roush
- Feben Ruscitti
- Sydney Sales
- Lydia Samuelson
- Sydney Schilling
- Ashley Schmidt
- Grant Schnoebelen
- Madalyn Sebastian
- Polina Semenova
- Megan Severson
- Matthew Shafer
- Ashlan Simpson
- Sura Smadi
- Ashley Tibbs
- Andrea Tigges
- Emily Timmerman
- Cherry Tran
- Miranda Tze
- Meghan Ulmer
- Makenzie Van Maanen
- Savanah Van Scoy
- Robert Walling
- Stephanie Warnstadt
- Jeremy Wessels
- Cole Willis
- Amber Wittrock
- Morgan Wohlgemuth
- Zizheng Yang
- Mason Zastrow
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University was granted its Phi Beta Kappa chapter charter in 1973.