Dartmouth Inducts 21 Students Into Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Chapter

The Alpha of New Hampshire chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the United States, inducted 21 students from the Class of 2027 into its ranks on November 4. The ceremony, held at Collis Common Ground, maintains a Dartmouth tradition that stretches back to 1787.

Election to the society serves as a marker of academic achievement and character. During the meeting, Chapter President Andrew Samwick, who serves as the Sandra L. and Arthur L. Irving ’72a P’10 Professor of Economics, addressed the new members. “Your election is in recognition of your outstanding attainments in scholarly activities, and good moral character, quintessential qualifications for membership in a society emphasizing academic excellence and the pursuit of truth,” Samwick said.

Honorary and Alumni Inductions

The ceremony also recognized three individuals for their contributions beyond the undergraduate cohort. Deborah Hogan, the Thomas S. Kosasa Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Geisel School of Medicine, and Steve Rooks, a contemporary dancer, choreographer, and educator, were both elected as honorary members. Additionally, Roger Ulrich, an emeritus professor of classics, was inducted as an alumni member.

The video is from a Kappa Alpha Order party (banner shows the KA skull-and-cowboy-hat design with the Alpha Beta chapter markings). Exact filming date is not documented in any public news or archival sources I can locate. Style and phone quality point to sometime in the 2010s.

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Class of 2027 Inductees

The following students from the Class of 2027 were officially inducted into the Alpha of New Hampshire chapter:

Jack Richard Beecher
Michael Henry Bueker
Michael Ogden Chen
Catherine Yurim Cho
Owen Anthony Craig
Madeline Claire Fisher
Roger Bradley Friedlander II
Dayaja Miriam George
Ellison Justine Huang
Yicheng Liu
Chengrui Ma
Luke Salvatore Emil Montalbano
Miles Montgomery Phillips
Anna Grace Raymond
Adeline Rose Reid
Rachel Vivian Senn
Angela Shang
Ben Stevenson
Manoela Teleginski Ferraz
Mingyue Zha
Connor B. Zhang

Sophomore Prize Recipients

While the induction ceremony focused on the Class of 2027, the chapter also recognized 48 members of the Class of 2028 with the Phi Beta Kappa Sophomore Prize. This award is granted to students who have achieved the highest grade-point average after completing five terms of study. While these students are not yet members of the society, they are currently on track for potential membership during their senior year.

The recipients from the Class of 2028 are: Laila Marie Al Rashid, Sayan Bhattacharya, Bora Bozdogan, Kya N. Bruckner, Noah Dupont Canada, Olivia Madeleine Cao, Attilio L. Ciccozzi, Sasha Jay Garrett Coley, Francesca Louisa Drope, Chimee Nnedinma Ejiogu, Lila Rosemary Gillon, Alec S. Goldstein, Saturn Guo, Katharyn Withington Hammerness, Lia Sophie Hansen, Cooper Rhee Hindshaw, Benjamin Bill Hsieh, Lun Xing Jiang, Zoltan Erik Kotrebai, Lauren Grace Kutz, Bo MacNaughton, Neva Bennett Mermagen, Oliver Ross Mitchell, Angie Huynh Nguyen, Pamir Oral, Amelia Maisels Oscherwitz, Zachary Pavlinov Pavlov, Arses Prasai, Margaret Mary Raffo, Jack Reichert, Eloisa Ethel Secchi Roach, Uma Sylvia Samnotra, Isaac Yeh Saxonov, Rachel Abigail Schneider, Vir Narayan Shrestha, Aaron John Sikora, Dylan Elizabeth Smith, Jagger David Stachtiaris, Justin Alexander Stone, Robert Szostakiewicz, Addison Kendall Verrill, Shane Ian Wattenmaker, Wyatt Joseph Wercinski, Harry Wu, Elif Sude Yanik, Francesca Adriana Zarbin, Max Samuel Zukerman, and Samuel Gabriel Zukin.