Nine New Members Elected to Phi Beta Kappa

October 1, 2024

Nine members of the Class of 2025 have been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. The initiation ceremony was held on Thursday, Sept. 26.

Election to Phi Beta Kappa is perhaps the most prized honor a college student can receive. Students who have demonstrated exceptional academic excellence become eligible for election after completing at least six consecutive semesters. Members are elected on the basis of high scholarship, good moral character, and vital interest in the educational progress of the College. The nation's oldest academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa was founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary; the Sewanee Chapter, Beta of Tennessee, was established in 1926.

Sewanee's Newest Members:

• Eleanor Camp, a computer science major from Greenville, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Carolina
• Angela Elise Gier, an environment and sustainability major from Montgomery, Alabama
• William James Hawgood, a mathematics and French and French studies major from Cincinnati, Ohio
• Carlos Joaquin Madrid Nunan, a natural resources and the environment major from Athens, Georgia
• Abdalrahman Yousef Najjar, a neuroscience and biochemistry major from Gaza City, Palestine
• Roshan Poudel, a computer science major from Parbat, Nepal
• Brooke Elizabeth Sigmon, a biology major from Apex, North Carolina
• Sarah Louise Horton Stilwell, an English major from Mill Valley, California
• William Joseph Andrew Sullivan, a computer science major from Alexandria, Virginia

Each year the Sewanee chapter elects a total of approximately 10 percent of the senior class to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Two percent of the class generally is elected at the beginning of the first semester; additional members are elected at the beginning of the second semester and during Commencement Weekend.