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National Honor Society

Five students at the College of William and Mary founded Phi Beta Kappa in 1776, during the American Revolution. For over two and a quarter centuries, the Society has embraced the principles of freedom of inquiry and liberty of thought and expression. Laptops have replaced quill pens, but these ideas, symbolized on Phi Beta Kappa's distinctive gold key, still lay the foundations of personal freedom, scientific inquiry, liberty of conscience and creative endeavor.

Phi Beta Kappa celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities. The Society sponsors activities to advance these studies - the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences - in higher education and in society at large.

from Phi Beta Kappa Web site

Spring 2013 Inductees

Zachary Alter Business Economics
Christina Andretta Speech Hearing Sciences; Drama
Matthew Cacciatore Psychology; Philosophy
Allison Carmody Political Science; Spanish
Amanda Cox Biology
Katarina Edwards Speech Communication and Rhetorical Studies; Early Childhood Education
Courtney Henley Film Studies and Production
Maxwell Henry Mathematics
Jody Kass Classics, Comparative Literature and Languages
Diana Kesselman Italian; Secondary Education
Stephen Leccese History
Hannah Lindner Film Studies and Production
Paige Lock History; Women's studies
Zoe Mendal Biology; Science Education
Krystal Mieschberger Mathematics; Mathematics Secondary Education
Jennifer Miller Biology
Kristopher Montello Film Studies and Production
Bari Morchower Speech Communication and Rhetorical Studies
Lauren Mrachko English Literature; Elementary Education
Jenna Notarfrancesco English
Anna Okoniewski Public Relations, Global Studies
Ronald Oleary Political Science
Joshua Plante Computer Science
Ian Paul Poulos Labor Studies
Jacqueline Rastu Spanish
Brianne Richards Film Studies and Production
Kayla Rivara Political Science; Global Studies
Amie Roberts Psychology
Candice Sands Mathematics; Mathematics Education
Polydoros Sassos History
Daniel Schneider Video/Television
Julie Seal Dance
Hannah Skahill Global Studies; Geography
Katherine Smith Political Science
Kristin Sprague Fine Arts (Design)
Benjamin Suazo English; Global Studies
Patrick Tierney Political Science; Philosophy
Chelsea Tirrell English; Journalism
Joseph Tonelli Anthropology; Public Relations
Elizabeth Walsh Spanish; English
Elizabeth Weeden Global Studies; Public Relations
Brooke Weinberg Psychology
Corey Williams Classics
Elena Yi Political Science; Russian
Miles Zinni Film Studies and Production; Linguistics

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