Thirty-six Washburn University students will be inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi national honor society at a banquet on May 9.

Press Release

Those elected to membership include juniors in the top 7.5 percent of their class and seniors in the top 10 percent of their class, along with outstanding graduate students, faculty, professional staff and alumni.

Phi Kappa Phi, founded in 1897, is the nation’s oldest all-discipline honor society. The mission of the organization is to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.

Inductees will be:

Alma: Rosemary Henderson

Asuncion, Paraguay: Marta Harding

Buhler:Stephanie Madden

Council Grove: Taylor Bremer

Derby: Courtney Slagle

Emporia: Julie Weakley

Fredonia: Mali Farwell

Hiawatha: Brittany Rygaard

Hutchinson: Adam Teel

Lancaster: Hannah Boos

Liberty, Mo.: Zoe Brown

Louisburg: Zachary Hill

Meriden: Amber Petefish

Nortonville: Lincoln Kingman

Olathe: Colleen Beasley

Osage City: Megan McFarland

St. Marys: Maria Haag

Salina: Jessica Martens

Shanghai, China: Hai Ping Sun

Topeka:Evan Arnold, Brett Harding, Garrett Mazachek, Taylor McDonald, Jaclyn Meakins, Shaun Moore, Nils Nordgren, Rebecca Poe, Cynthia Rodman, Alicia Schwindt, Caraley Vega, Valeria Vega, Sandra West, Eric Zelkovitz

Valley Center: William Paulson

Williamsburg: Deanna Goracke