Phi Beta Kappa / Truman State University

Truman is the fourth campus in the state to have received a charter, and 30 years had elapsed since a chapter had been granted to a Missouri institution. Truman is only the second public Missouri university so honored and joins Phi Beta Kappa ranks with the University of Missouri-Columbia, Washington University in St. Louis and Saint Louis University.

Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest undergraduate academic honor society in the liberal arts and sciences. It was founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA and now has a total of 270 chapters.

Delta of Missouri held its Members in Course Initiation, Sunday, April 17, 2011 in the SUB Activities Room. Fifty-two students were inducted into the society:

Daniel Richard Behr, Lena Geolat Benoit, Amanda Whitney Brown, Jennifer Marie Brown, Frankie Jane Bruning, Rebecca Lynn Coffman, Jared Matthew Daugherty, Holly Elizabeth Fling, Lauren Rachel Greenspan, Jill Louise Hampton, Ryan Dallas Harker, Rachel Joy Hinrichs, John Denton Hitson, Michaela Marie Hoffma, Lauren Elizabeth Jensen, Christian Addison Johns, Pernita Dawn Kapila, Melissa Worley Kapitan, Hazar Hashim Khidir, Jessica Lee Kneib, Kelly Anne Kohlhagen, Stephanie Anne Koltookian, Michelle Marie Kreter, Veronica Marie LaCombe, Madison Christine March, Lindsey Mary Marolt, Nicole Renee Merritt, Shannon Layne Miller, Christina Diane Milne, Amanda Kelsey Nehrkorn, Kjersti Nes, Angela Nicole Page, Beatriz Elizabeth Parks, Jennifer Grace Pearlstein, Katherine Elizabeth Ramlose, Adam James Reynolds, Stephen Joseph Riesenberg, Kevin Allen Robb, Allison Susan Rohde, Ann Nicole Rosentreter, Kevin Patrick Sack, Raeanna Kaylee Skinner, Tanya Leann Sylvester, Dylan Christine Terry, Constance Andrea Tubbs, Katherine Marie Valli, Aimee Lynne Vander Wal, Mary Evelyn Viets, Kevyn Henry Wiskirchen, Yajie Yu, Syed Muhammad Mehdi Zaidi, and Matthew William Ziegler

Members in Course Election Meeting, Tuesday, March 2, 2011 5:00-6:00 pm, MC 212.

Truman’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa hosted Visiting Scholar Betty Smocovitis from the University of Florida. Smocovitis, of both the zoology and history departments at Florida, addressed several Truman classes in biology, anthropology, and the history of science. She also met informally with Truman students. The culmination of her visit was a public lecture, a memorable review of the legacy of Charles Darwin in our times titled “Singing his Praises: Darwin and His Theory in Song, and Musical Production.” More...

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