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Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Inducts 2019 Class

A group photo of 2019's Phi Kappa Phi inductees

The Phi Kappa Phi class of 2019

On Monday, April 8, a new class of inductees to the Phi Kappa Phi honor society were welcomed into the University of Nebraska at Omaha's (UNO) Corinthian Chapter of the 112-year old national honor society.

The event, which welcomed new UNO student, faculty, staff and alumni members, took place at the Thompson Alumni Center and featured a guest keynote by UNO alumnus and Phi Kappa Phi inductee Buey Ray Tut. Tut, a 2008 UNO graduate, is the co founder and executive director of Aqua-Africa, a non-profit dedicated to transforming the way aid is administered to underdeveloped nations and to provide access to clean water in East Africa.

Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 and is the nation's oldest, largest and most selective honor society that crosses multiple academic disciplines. Members are selected for their academic excellence with junior inductees needing to rank in the top 7.5 percent of their class and seniors ranking in the top 10 percent of their class. Faculty, staff and community members who are not already members can also be so nominated for their academic contributions.

UNO's Corinthian Chapter was founded in 1966, making the class of 2019 the chapter's 53rd class.

Students making up the class of 2019 include:

  • Mohammed Alfarra
  • Scott Ashby
  • Jessica Bailey
  • Sarah Barmettler
  • Elizabeth Bauman
  • Kyle Bavitz
  • Brooke Beckius
  • Kylee Beyea
  • Anna Blaschko
  • Neil Bock
  • Lidia Boghean
  • Scott Bovick
  • Roland Buchta
  • Adam Byers
  • Jessica Daugherty
  • Powers Dicus
  • Nguyen Do
  • Derek Duin
  • Sarah Earnest
  • Luke Edson
  • Anya Edwards
  • Paige Faber
  • Jacob Franzen
  • Kimberly Gau
  • Megan Gerteisen
  • Anthony Gonzales
  • Antony Habib
  • Anna Hansen
  • Bernadette Harnisch
  • Jenna Harrison
  • Kassaundra Hartley
  • Trisha Herndon
  • Kenneth Hites
  • Bailey Honold
  • Dominika Jedinak
  • Kira Johnson
  • Kendra Jones
  • Mackenzie Jung
  • Joel Komla-Ebri
  • Jamie Kramer
  • Camille Larson
  • Jacob Lee
  • Dylan Loerts
  • Claudia Manca
  • Joe Manning
  • John Manzo
  • Kain Martin
  • Yumeka Matsushita
  • Christina Mayer
  • Dalton Meister
  • Jennifer Messerly
  • Lucian Murphree
  • Lauren Neal
  • Jonathan Nguyen
  • Allyson Olsen
  • Gabriel Perez
  • Kiley Phelps
  • Charlotte Reilly
  • Shelby Rice
  • Mackenzie Schley
  • Matthew Schollars
  • Ellie Sjogren
  • Adam Smith
  • Courtney Smith
  • Kelsey Stithem
  • Rylee Tucker
  • John Williams
  • Elias Witte
  • Cade Wolcott
  • Kayla Zebrowski

Also inducted were:
  • Christine Cutucache, Associate Professor of Biology
  • Julie Dierberger, Director, Service Learning Academy
  • Lindsey Ekwerekwu, Senior Associate Athletic Director
  • Jay Irwin, Associate Professor of Sociology
  • Buey Ray Tut, Executive Director, Aqua Africa
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