{"id":42096,"date":"2026-04-24T09:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/?p=42096"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:31:55","slug":"phi-beta-kappa-welcomes-new-inductees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/phi-beta-kappa-welcomes-new-inductees\/","title":{"rendered":"Phi Beta Kappa welcomes new inductees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new class of Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society was inducted on April 21. The ceremony for the 61 initiates was held in the Watkins Room of the Trone Center and was followed by a reception and an inspiring toast by Faculty Council Chair and Phi Beta Kappa member Brandon Inabinet.<\/p>\n<p>A highly selective honor society for students receiving a liberal arts education, there are approximately 290 chapters at undergraduate institutions nationwide and only five chapters in South Carolina. Furman University\u2019s Gamma chapter was founded in 1973 and initiated its first members in the spring of 1974; today, our chapter includes more than 60 faculty and staff members, including president Nathan Brown, vice president Eunice Kim, treasurer Glen Halva-Neubauer, secretary Tim Helwig, and historian Liz Bouzarth.<\/p>\n<p>Students are considered for election based on their scholarly achievements in the liberal arts and sciences, broad cultural interests, and good character. Students exemplifying the qualities and intellectual pursuits of Phi Beta Kappa are invited to join the society during the spring of their senior year, but a small number of members of the junior class may also be invited. This year\u2019s outstanding inductees are listed below.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Graduating Class of 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Laura Banahan<\/p>\n<p>Harris Barth<\/p>\n<p>Katie Bengough<\/p>\n<p>Tayler Benton<\/p>\n<p>Neha Bhatnagar<\/p>\n<p>Mark Botrous<\/p>\n<p>Holly Bragdon<\/p>\n<p>Isabelle Brown<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Browne<\/p>\n<p>Anna Wallace Cheek<\/p>\n<p>Cian Colgan<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Cory<\/p>\n<p>George Davis<\/p>\n<p>Ella Drye<\/p>\n<p>Audrey Enghauser<\/p>\n<p>Leah Forrest<\/p>\n<p>Kobby Frempong<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Gamblin<\/p>\n<p>Daniela Garcia<\/p>\n<p>Hayley Glenn<\/p>\n<p>Greyson Henry<\/p>\n<p>Elija Hicks<\/p>\n<p>Karissa Horn<\/p>\n<p>Alyssa Iacobacci<\/p>\n<p>Michael Jaber<\/p>\n<p>William Jepson<\/p>\n<p>Erin Johnson<\/p>\n<p>Will Jordan<\/p>\n<p>Riley Kopchinski<\/p>\n<p>Finesa Kumnova<\/p>\n<p>Mary Kathryn Lancaster<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Larson<\/p>\n<p>Jason Levitt<\/p>\n<p>Clara Long<\/p>\n<p>Kathryn McDaniel<\/p>\n<p>Stephen McLean<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Morgan<\/p>\n<p>Madeline Moye<\/p>\n<p>Jenna Mulhern<\/p>\n<p>Sierra Obenaus<\/p>\n<p>Campbell Pearce<\/p>\n<p>Lilian Robins<\/p>\n<p>Katie Rudins<\/p>\n<p>Aru Sakhariyanova<\/p>\n<p>Walker Smith<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Smith<\/p>\n<p>Maximilian Spies<\/p>\n<p>Catherine Tuxworth<\/p>\n<p>Micheala Valentine<\/p>\n<p>Benjmain Vander Wal<\/p>\n<p>Samantha Walter<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Williams<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Graduating Class of 2027<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Walker Allen<\/p>\n<p>Amelia Cowart<\/p>\n<p>Ava Cresto<\/p>\n<p>Aubin Dzossa Bontse<\/p>\n<p>Maya Glover<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth McDermott<\/p>\n<p>Rathna Reddy<\/p>\n<p>Anastasiia Savchenko<\/p>\n<p>Sam Schaich<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Sfeir Underwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new class of Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society was inducted on April 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":389,"featured_media":42099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3269,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-honors-and-awards","category-student-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42096"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42180,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42096\/revisions\/42180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}