Ten Seniors Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa

The members of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Maine, have nominated 10 seniors for membership in ΦΒΚ.

The nominations are in recognition of the students’ outstanding academic records at Bowdoin and any other college or university where they may have studied through the first semester of their senior years.

Kathryn M. Broderick
Meredith M. Christian
Michael J. Colbert
Emily E. Cormier
Nicole E. Faber
Michaela D. Helble
Chuying Luo
Raleigh E. McElvery
August J. Miller
Sue I. Sim

These students join the following eleven members of the class of 2016 who were nominated for membership in ΦΒΚ in October 2015 on the basis of their academic records through their junior years:

Talia M. Cowen
William B. Danforth
Megan M. Freiberger
David M. Levine
Erin E. McKissick
Haley S. Miller
Benjamin A. Pallant
Caroline I. Pierce
Harry D. Rube
Charlotte W. Rutty
Giap H. Vu

These students will be officially elected and initiated into Phi Beta Kappa at a ceremony to be held Friday, May 27, 2016, the day before Commencement.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the national honorary fraternity for the recognition and promotion of scholarship, was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776. The Bowdoin chapter (Alpha of Maine), the sixth in order of establishment, was founded in 1825.

Election is based primarily on scholarly achievement, and consideration is given to the student’s entire college record. The total number of students selected each year does not normally exceed ten percent of the number graduating in May.

Students elected to Phi Beta Kappa are expected to be persons of integrity and good moral character, and must have completed at least 24 semester courses of college work (including 16 courses at Bowdoin).