HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — A total of 54 of Hope College’s graduating seniors and recent graduates have been initiated into the college’s Zeta of Michigan chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest scholastic honorary society.
Hope is one of only 290 colleges and universities in the country to have a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, whose mission is to champion education in the liberal arts and sciences, foster freedom of thought and recognize academic excellence. Since the society’s founding in 1776, 17 U.S. Presidents, 41 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and more than 140 Nobel Laureates have been inducted as members, along with countless authors, diplomats, athletes, researchers, actors and business leaders.
The newly inducted members at Hope are:
Mitchell P. BaronRebecca Gracen BarthIsadora M. BaughmanChristopher A. BelicaZachary Randall BezileBrandon Michael BonillaAlicia Marie BostwickMarcus Allen BrinksSchuylar BruninkHannah Elizabeth BuggTeresa R. CameonMegan R. ClarkBradley James DixonRebecca Michelle DuranLauren N. EvertBrandon Jackson FullerVictoria Anne GardnerJori E. GelbaughJager W. HaanKeri Lynne HaddrillEthan Michael HeyboerVictoria Ann HomannKathryn Anne JoachimScott Dennis JoffreJoel David KarstenSydney Marie LesEmily LindbloomAnna Elizabeth LunderbergRebeca Masis CuberoSamantha M. MattinglyJacob R. Mazur-BatistoniNina Therese Marie McAlveyCassidy Francine MertenElizabeth Elaine NewmanPaula Anne NolteAine Elizabeth O’ConnorMadelyn Rose OrndorffMorgan A. OverwegCole F. PerschEleda Victoria PlouchMercedes RedeBianca K. Reyes AlvarengaEmily Caroline SandstedtCaroline N. SerkaianDaniel Jeffrey SettecerriRebecca Lynn StantonSkylar Paige SundquistBethany M. Van HoutenSophia R. Vander KooyAlyssa Joy VanZantenAngela Nicole VitoNoah A. WeigleRodrigo Zavala-CintoraMadeleine Claire Zimmerman
