HONOR Societies

HONOR Societies

ALPHA DELTA SIGMA
Communication

Alpha Delta Sigma is the national scholastic honor society for graduating seniors majoring in advertising. Students must be members of the university chapter of the American Advertising Federation. Membership selection is based on high academic achievement (3.25/4.00) and active participation in the student advertising club. The American Advertising Federation has represented the advertising profession nationally for more than a century. There are more than 200 student advertising clubs on college campuses. Graduates: James Brigham, Molly Dempsey, Alyssa Huneke, Emily Johnson, Emily Kinskey, Catelin Murphy, Tessa Rehkop, Jason Roche, Kelsey Rodenbiker.

ALPHA EPSILON DELTA
Preprofessional Health

Alpha Epsilon Delta is the national premedical honor society, founded in 1926. One of the main functions of AED is to encourage and publicly recognize outstanding scholastic achievement among premedical and predental students. Membership is based on scholarship, character, general ability and personality. AED seeks members who possess those qualities, which are considered necessary for a physician. Arts and Sciences Graduates: Justin Adams, Matthew Alexander, Sumaya Ased, Mary Bernardin, Tracey Bertram, Catherine Brownell, Amanda Cartee, Lauren Christman, Philip Clerc, Jennifer Cottral, Nicholas Crews, Caroline Dowers, Theresa Drallmeier, Joseph Eckelkamp Jr., Christopher Forsbach, Adam Fritz, John Garlich, Kellie Gates, Sarika Gupta, Laura Hamilton, Jeremy Hartman, Nimah Jamaluddin, Ann Janowski, Sushma Jonna, Charity Kaiser, Neil Kalsi, Joseph Kohne, Thomas Mazuranic, Tian Mi, Yasmin Mohabbat, Astha Mor, Shravan Nadella, Meghna Nagabhushan, Amy Nuismer, Teresa Ogrinc, Andrew Oster, Glenn Paetow, Akshar Patel, Neena Patel, Niketa Patel, Niral Patel, Vanichpat Prathuangsuk, Andrew Putnam, Amith Reddy, Kavya Reddy, Michael Reddy, Rae Rohlfsen, Mark Sankoorikal, Kristen Schroeder, Garrett Searcy, Paul Selvadurai, Anjali Shah, Urvi Shah, Shahed Shams, Samir Sharma, Justin Sheehy, Xiaoming Shi, Jillian Smith, Katherine Smith, Kyle Spradling, Nicholas Summa, Manasa Tripuraneni, Kanika Turner, David Uhls, Joban Vaishnav, Christopher Wedell, Madeline Werner, Jamie Wicks, Sreeya Yalamanchali, Abigail Young, Amber Zdanovec, Sharon Zhou.

ALPHA KAPPA DELTA Sociology

Alpha Kappa Delta is the international sociology honor society. The society’s goals are to study humankind for the purpose of service, to promote human welfare and to develop scientific knowledge that may be applied to the solution of social problems. To be inducted in AKD, students must have exemplary academic records and exhibit leadership and service commitments. Graduates: Leslie Goodenough, Adam Hayes, Peri Herman, Andrea Lebb, Christopher Martin.

ALPHA PHI SIGMA Criminal Justice

Alpha Phi Sigma is a national criminal justice honor society for students majoring in the criminal justice sciences. The society recognizes academic excellence by undergraduates as well as graduate students. There are more than 200 chapters of Alpha Phi Sigma. Students must be recommended by a faculty member and are evaluated on academic performance in all their courses as well as their major area of study. Graduates: Leslie Dunlap, Melissa Hill, Caleb Johnston.

ALPHA PSI OMEGA
Fine and Performing Arts

Alpha Psi Omega is the national theatre honor society. Founded in 1925, the society acknowledges those demonstrating a high standard of accomplishment in theatre. Members of Alpha Psi Omega enhance their knowledge of theatre and prepare for professional work through a variety of theatrical activities. To be initiated, students must maintain a level of academic excellence and participate in University Theatre productions in multiple areas of theatre. Graduates: Kathleen Grim, Danny Maly, Shannon Terrace, Lindsey Trout.

ALPHA SIGMA NU

Founded in 1915, the honor society of Jesuit colleges and universities recognizes students who have distinguished themselves in scholarship, loyalty and service. It is the only honor society that initiates students from all colleges and schools of the University. Nationally, Alpha Sigma Nu has active chapters in all 28 Jesuit colleges and universities, and at Songang University in Seoul, Korea. Graduates: Gabriel Andrus, Ashlee Beck, Molly Berendt, Christopher Braud, Emily Brennan, Joseph Burke, Amanda Cartee, Christopher Clow, Jennifer Cottral, Caroline Dowers, Joseph Eckelkamp, Kathrine Galligan, Laura Hamilton, Ava Lovato, Michael Malone, Nicole Mers, Noah Messel, Amanda Meyer, Andrew Nash, Ana Maria Paer, Akshar Patel, Kristen Percich, Stephanie Perkins, Erin Reddy, Megan Russell, Garrett Searcy, Casey Smith, Katherine Smith, Courtney Torres, Kanika Turner, Anthony Zupancic.

AWARD FOR ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE Communication

This award is presented to graduating seniors in communication who achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for all their course work at Saint Louis University. This year’s award winners are: Jennifer Awe, Melissa Bernard, Luwani Cayetano, Kristen Deets, Molly Dempsey, Emily Kinskey, Matthew Lehner, Kyle Lewis, Priscilla Lichty, Noah Messel, Kelly Mischke, Keith Mokris, Janelle Moritz, Catelin Murphy, Lauren Olson, Blake Paxton, Jason Roche, Kelsey Rodenbiker, Charles Salembier, Matthew Smyser, Lauren Stapel, Kerilyn Stawicki, Kelly Sweeney, Adam Tamburin,
Courtney Torres, Laura Westerheide.

BETA BETA BETA Biology

Tri Beta Biological Science Society seeks to encourage scholarly achievement in this field of learning by reserving its membership for those undergraduates who have superior academic records and have a special aptitude and interest in the life sciences. Graduates: Sumaya Ased, Kathleen Azueta, Tracey Bertram, Anthony Besse, Muhammad Dalal,
Miles DeCoster, Caroline Dowers, Julia Higby-Naquin, Nimah Jamaluddin, Sushma Jonna, John Kelly, Tian Mi, Astha Mor, Shravan Nadella, Niketa Patel, Niral Patel, Carolyn Pike, Kavya Reddy, Jacinta Robenstine, Ram Rohatgi, Leila Thampy, Manasa Tripuraneni, Joban Vaishnav, Lindsey Wynn, Abigail Young, Sharon Zhou.

DELTA PHI ALPHA German

The national German honor society, Delta Phi Alpha, seeks to recognize excellence in the study of German. The society aims to promote the study of German language, literature and civilization, and endeavors to emphasize those aspects of German life and culture, which are of universal value and contribute to humanity’s eternal search for peace and truth. Graduates: Sarah Hale, Paul Hanley, John Kornfeld, Katherine Madges.

GOLDEN KEY NATIONAL
HONOR SOCIETY

Founded in 1977 at Georgia State University, the Golden Key is a national interdisciplinary academic honors organization established to recognize academic excellence among undergraduate students. The Saint Louis University chapter was chartered in 1993. Graduates: Matthew Alexander, Ashlee Beck, Tracey Bertram, Anne Braeckelmann, Emily Brennan, Megan Brown, Luwani Cayetano, Lauren Christman, Jennifer Cottral, Leslie Dunlap, Kathrine Galligan, Adam Hayes, Charity Kaiser, Andrew Kinghorn, Emily Kinskey, John Kornfeld, Priscilla Lichty, Ava Lovato, Nichole McKinney, Nicole Mers, Noah Messel, Akshar Patel, Stephanie Perkins, Justin Sheehy, Gwennyth Stair, Kaitlyn Strycker, Courtney Torres, Christopher Wedell, Jaime Wicks, Cassandra Yost, Brandon Youngs, Anthony Zupancic.

JAMES D. COLLINS AWARD
FOR EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

The College of Arts and Sciences annually presents the James D. Collins Awards for Excellence in Student Academic Achievement to recognize scholarship and creative achievements among undergraduate students. One student is chosen by faculty in each department of the college. This year’s recipients are: Carol Anderson (History); Travis Andrews (Mathematics and Computer Science); Joseph Eggleston (English); Kathrine Galligan (Psychology); Stephanie Goodwin (Fine and Performing Arts/Art History); Sarah Hale (American Studies); Spencer Kellum (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences); Lauren Khouri (Sociology
and Criminal Justice); Jennifer Lay (Theological Studies); Theresa Lisch (Communication Sciences and Disorders); Jennifer Mertens (Political Science); Lauren Olson (Communication); Sarah Richardson (Philosophy); Justin Sheehy (Chemistry); Ashlyn Wedding (Modern and Classical Languages); Donald Williams (Physics); Abigail Young
(Biology).

LAMBDA PI ETA Communication

Lambda Pi Eta, a national honor society for undergraduates in communication, recognizes, fosters and rewards outstanding scholastic achievement. Graduates: Emily Adams, Erin Barr, Melissa Bernard, Molly Blaes, Margaux Bodet, Sharee Brown, Luwani Cayetano, Emily Johnson, Megan Kenny, Emily Kinskey, Kyle Lewis, Priscilla Lichty, Tyler Merkel, Catelin Murphy, Jason Roche, Sarah Rouland, Tracy Skinner, Lauren Stapel, Courtney Torres, Kathleen Wilcox, Kerry Wilson.

OMICRON DELTA EPSILON
Economics

Omicron Delta Epsilon, one of the world’s largest academic honor societies, recognizes scholastic attainment and the honoring of outstanding achievements in economics. The society encourages closer ties between students and faculty in economics within colleges and universities. Graduates: Matthew Alexander, Richard Jarrold, Marty Little.

OUTSTANDING STUDENTS
IN COLLEGE PROGRAMS

Directors of college programs have named the following as Outstanding Students: Kerry Wilson (African-
American Studies); Rachel Allen (Manresa Program); Emily Komos and Jena Hollinshead (Micah Program); Charity Kaiser (Preprofessional Health Program); Gabriel Andrus (Russian and East European Studies Program); Emma Schartner (Women’s Studies Program).

PHI ALPHA DELTA Prelaw

Phi Alpha Delta, the prelaw society, is a professional organization whose purpose is to serve the law student, the law schools, the legal profession and the community. It is the largest legal society in the nation, with more than 164 law school chapters chartered across the nation. The Saint Louis University undergraduate chapter was organized and inducted in 1985. It is the only one of more than 190 undergraduate chapters to win the Chapter of the Year Award twice. Initiations are held each semester, and membership averages some 50 students each academic year. Graduates: Molly Berendt, Nicole Bissel, Madelyn Buckley, Melissa Hall, Andrew Kinghorn, Karen Linn, Michael Malone, Patrick McGinnis, Nicole Mers, Jennifer Mertens, Amanda Meyer, Caitlyn Ozier, Rachel Reagan-Purschke, Michelle Rich, Kim Soucy, Shay Steelman, Ashlyn Wedding, Bill Winfrey, Catherine Wright, Brandon Youngs.

PHI ALPHA THETA History

Phi Alpha Theta, founded in 1921, is an international honor society in history. Its membership is composed of students and faculty elected on the basis of excellence in the study and writing of history. The society seeks to bring students, teachers and writers of history together both intellectually and socially and provides assistance in research and publication. The Mu Alpha Chapter at Saint Louis University, was chartered in 1966. Graduates: Carol Anderson, Joseph Burke, Aaron Chappell, Maya Cheriyan, Ian Darnell, William Dooling, Emily DeCenso, Ron Dreisilker, Bridget Farrell, Anne Jacobs, Caleb Johnston, Brett Judkins, Daniel McGinnis,
Stephanie Perkins, Anthony Zupancic.

PHI BETA KAPPA

Phi Beta Kappa was founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary. It was the first society to have a Greek letter name. The original society had an active life of only four years, ending when the approach of Cornwallis’ army forced the college to close its doors. The faith of these youthful founding scholars in the permanence and future greatness of their society is shown by their preparation of charters for branches in other colleges: Harvard in December 1779 and Yale five years later. Graduates now number more than 360,000. The Saint Louis University chapter was chartered on January 7, 1968. Graduates: Carol Anderson, Travis Andrews,
Michelle Beckman, Molly Berendt, Mary Bernardin, Tracey Bertram, Lauren Brown, Amanda Cartee, Kathrine Galligan, Sarah Hale, Laura Hamilton, Adam Hayes, Meghan Hill, Daniel Huebner, Nimah Jamaluddin, Sushma Jonna, Delia King, Marty Little, Kelly Logue, Noah Messel, Matthew Monahan, Lauren Olson, Stephanie Perkins, Andrew Putnam, Kavya Reddy, Rae Rohlfsen, Susan Ryan, Garrett Searcy, Shahed Shams, Justin Sheehy, Xiaoming Shi, Katherine Smith, Kyle Spradling, Shannon Terrace, Joban Vaishnav, Reena Varade, Subeer Wadia, Diane Whitson, Abigail Young.

PI DELTA PHI French

Pi Delta Phi is the national French honor society founded at the University of California in 1906. The aim of the society is to promote and recognize excellence in French studies. Students initiated into the society must be enrolled in upper division French courses and maintain at least a B average. Graduates: Molly Berendt, Ana Maria Frontera, Meghan Hill, Kayla McCullough, Rae Rohlfsen, Inna Shniter, Chinwe Uwalaka, Ashlyn Wedding, Amanda Weis.

PI MU EPSILON Mathematics

The Missouri Gamma Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon was established at Saint Louis University in 1945. Missouri Gamma superseded a local mathematics honor society, Rho Theta, that was founded in June 1936. Pi Mu Epsilon is a national honor society whose aim is to promote scholarship and high achievement in mathematics. Graduates: Travis Andrews, Michelle Beckman, Christa Cloutier, Patrick Curran, Rebecca Kies, Stephanie Perkins, Donald Williams.

PI SIGMA ALPHA Political Science

Pi Sigma Alpha is the national political science honor society. Its chapters are established in colleges and universities offering political science programs that meet the standards of the society. Membership is determined by the political science faculty solely on the basis of high academic achievement. Graduates: Molly Berendt, Joshua Bickl, Madelyn Buckley, Kaitlyn Burnell, Melanie Dominski, Emily Farinacci, Timothy Granitz, Stefan Hausheer, Daniel Huebner, Katherine Krueger, Matthew Lehner, Kate Maxwell, Daniel McGinnis, Patrick McGinnis, Jennifer Mertens, Katherine Murphy, Andrew Nash, Edward Pinnell, Amanda Regensburger, Amanda Ring-Rissler, Susan Ryan, Emma Schartner, Kathleen Shea, Katherine Sliney, Justine Veit, William Winfrey, Brandon Youngs.

PSI CHI Psychology

Psi Chi is the national honor society in psychology, founded in 1929 for the purpose of encouraging, stimulating and maintaining scholarship in the field of psychology. Psi Chi serves two major goals: to provide academic recognition to students who excel in the field of psychology and to nurture the spark of academic accomplishment by providing congenial and stimulative environment for learning. Graduates: Allison Ambre, Sumaya Ased, Ashlee Beck, AnnaMarie Bergman, Anthony Besse, Katie Bradshaw, Lauren Christman, Edward Chung, Robyn Creasy, Janelle Dawkins, Kenny D’Souza, Adam Fritz, Kathrine Galligan, Stephanie Gerard, Brittany Green, Roerica Green, Jasmina Hadzialic, Rachel Horwood, Arielle Keener, Rebecca Keis, Courtney Laumann, David LeFeve, Peagan Lin, Ava Lovato, Karelee Mantei, Emily May, Alex Michael, Robert Mixa, Sara Mosher, Niketa Patel, Julie Patti, Andrea Pizzolato, Julie Przywara, Erin Reddy, Kavya Reddy, Brian Reilley, Sara Rimmerman, Alexandra Roth, Maria Saracino, Travis Schaller, Kathryn Schiermeyer, Kristen Schroeder, Anjali Shah, Urvi Shah, Inna Shniter, Jessica Shultz, Casey Smith, Katherine Smith, Steve Stackhouse, Caitlin Titzer, Maria Vitale, Alexandrea Ward, Diane Whitson, Benjamin Wilson, Cassandra Yost.

SIGMA DELTA PI Spanish

Sigma Delta Pi is the national Spanish honor society. The purpose of Sigma Delta Pi is to honor students who attain excellence in the study of Spanish language, Hispanic literature and culture. Students initiated into the society must be enrolled in upper-division Spanish courses and maintain a B average. Graduates: Catherine Brownell, Ian Darnell, Richard Jarrold, Lauren Kadow, Andrea Lebb, Julia D’Ann Lopez, Patrick McGinnis, Laura McGrath, Jennifer Mertens, Suzanne Orf, Glenn Paetow, Bartlomiej Posnik, Michael Reddy, Susan Ryan, Urvi Shah, Katherine Stapleton, Kerilyn Stawicki, Mary Frances Snediker, Traci Steger, Ian Thomas.

SIGMA TAU DELTA English

Sigma Tau Delta is the national honorary society for students of English. A select organization open to both undergraduate and graduate students, Sigma Tau Delta recognizes significant scholastic accomplishment and seeks to provide a context in which students can find their interests in and enthusiasm for the study of English nurtured and stimulated. Graduates: Ugo Awa, Maryclare Diller, Alexandra Faulstich, Sarah Gallenberg, Sarah Hale, Megan Kenny, Anthony Zupancic.