Inductees

At the initiation ceremony, new members learn about Phi Beta Kappa history and symbols, sign the Drake roll book, and receive an embossed membership certificate. Fellow Society members include 17 U.S. Presidents, 42 Supreme Court Justices, and more than 150 Nobel Laureates.

Raleigh Tavern, c. 1917, Phi Beta Kappa's 1776 birthplace.
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2025 Inductees

Cayden Anderson, International Relations; Law, Politics & Society

Kenji Sazawa Bachmann, Biology & Studio Drawing

Carmon Anne Baker, Multimedia Journalism; Spanish

Rylee Beardsworth, Environmental Science & Sustainability; Biochemistry, Cell, & Molecular Biology

Hannah Clark, English

Ruth Conlin, Biochemistry, Cell, & Molecular Biology

Sydney Dvorak, Biochemistry, Cell, & Molecular Biology; Law, Politics & Society

Summer Rae Fields, English; Law, Politics & Society; Rhetoric, Media & Social Change; Sociology

Ella Pearl Gittemeier, Drawing; Mathematics

Natalie Hamacher, Law, Politics & Society; Spanish

Jackson Hill, Economics; International Business

Libby Johnson, American Politics; English

Leif Stefan Klarqvist, Environmental Science; Spanish

Anna Knueve, American Politics; Law, Politics & Society; Spanish

Ella Kocina, Biochemistry, Cell, & Molecular Biology; Spanish

Lauren Low, Mathematics; Public Relations

Nathan Luu, Kinesiology

Breckyn Lyons, American Politics

Sydney Aasta Marchand, Linguistics; Psychology

Zachary D. Melahoures, Biochemistry, Cell, & Molecular Biology

Nmesoma C. Ndubueze, Biology

Lillian Ruiter, American Politics; Law, Politics & Society

Olivia Thompson, Psychology

Mackenzie Rose Voelcker, Writing