Thirteen Gillings School undergraduates inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
November 17, 2016
Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most honored college honorary society, has inducted as new members 137 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students, 13 of whom study at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.
 Mattie Blue |
 Monal Depani |
 Amy Guo |
 Alexandra Willcox |
The undergraduate students are Martha Elizabeth Blue, a senior with an environmental health science major and chemistry and biology minors; Monal Dinesh Depani, a senior with an environmental health sciences major and chemistry and biology minors; Amy Zhang Guo, a senior with an environmental health sciences major and a music minor; and Alexandra Claiborne Willcox, a senior with environmental health sciences and French majors, all in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering;
 Tamar Chukrun |
 Steven Doerstling |
 Sanjay Gadi |
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 Amina Garba |
 Maria Yao |
 Alice Ling Yu |
Tamar Chukrun, a senior with a nutrition major and a chemistry minor; Steven Scott Doerstling, a senior with a nutrition major and chemistry and Spanish for the professions minors; Sanjay Raaj Venkata Gadi, a junior with a nutrition major and studio art and chemistry minors; Amina Lawal Garba, a senior with a nutrition major and Arabic and chemistry minors; Maria Yao, a senior with a nutrition major and music and Spanish for the medical professions minors; Alice Yunzi Ling Yu, a senior with a nutrition major and chemistry and music minors; and Ottavia Zattra, a senior with a nutrition major and a chemistry minor, all in the Department of Nutrition; and
 Ottavia Zattra |
 Ranjitha Ananthan |
 Holly Ozgun |
Ranjitha Ananthan, a senior with a health policy and management major and a chemistry minor, and Holly Elizabeth Ozgun, a junior with a health policy and management major and chemistry and Spanish for the professions minors, both in the Department of Health Policy and Management.
The recent induction ceremony featured remarks by UNC Chancellor Carol L. Folt and a keynote address by Kevin M. Guskiewicz, PhD, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Kenan Distinguished Professor of exercise and sport science. New members received certificates and Phi Beta Kappa keys, the organization’s symbol.
Phi Beta Kappa membership is open to undergraduates in the college and professional degree programs who meet stringent eligibility requirements.
A student who has completed 75 hours of course work in the liberal arts and sciences with a GPA of 3.85 or better (on a 4-point scale) is eligible for membership. Also eligible is any student who has completed 105 hours of course work in the liberal arts and sciences with a 3.75 GPA. Fewer than 1 percent of all college students qualify.
Past and present Phi Beta Kappa members include 17 American presidents and numerous artistic, intellectual and political leaders. Seven current U.S. Supreme Court justices are members.
Phi Beta Kappa has 286 chapters nationwide. Carolina’s chapter, Alpha of North Carolina, was founded in 1904 and is the oldest of seven chapters in the state. Each year, Phi Beta Kappa chapters and alumni associations across the country raise and distribute more than $1 million in awards, scholarships and prizes benefiting high school and college students.
Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: David Pesci, director of communications, (919) 962-2600 or dpesci@unc.edu
