On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman, Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard ’20 stepped up to the podium to deliver the reading during the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden. |
Scholarship Awards presented at the Key Room, May 4, 2025
In fulfillment of its mission to encourage scholarship and research, the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association is honoring the following outstanding Phi Beta Kappa graduate students with $10,000 scholarship awards to assist them in completing their educational objectives.
Rear row: Robert (Robbie) Shepherd, Katarina (Katie) Michel, Susanna Faas-Bush
Front row: Keya Jonnalagadda, Brittany Peterson, Charlotte Wang
Susanna Faas-Bush, UC Berkeley, Classical Archaeology (Hardardt award)
Keya Jonnalagadda , UC Santa Cruz, Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Margaret (Maggie) Kenney , UC Berkeley, Political Science
Katarina (Katie) Michel, UC Davis, Geography
Cody Mowery , UC San Francisco, MD/Ph.D. Immunology ( Norall award)
Brittany Peterson , UC San Francisco, Epidemiology
Robert (Robbie) Shepherd , UC Santa Cruz, Chemistry (Hendess award)
Sophia Simon, UC Davis, Ecology
Charlotte Wang, UC San Francisco, Biomedical Sciences (Reed award)
Victor Wu, Stanford, JD/Ph.D. Political Science
The Scholarship Committee: Joanne Sandstrom (Chair) ,Jeff Fenton, Lynne Fovinci, Rona Giffard, Jean James
Nathan Atkinson, UC Berkeley. Rhetoric
Jonathan Gienapp, Stanford, History/Law
Nicol Hammond, UC Santa Cruz, Cultural Musicology
Timothy McNeil , UC Davis, Design
Joseph Nation, Stanford, Public Policy
Teaching Excellence Committee: Melisa Lasell (Chair), Andrea Braga, Leilani Miller, Melissa Stevens
Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society
The Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association is one of the
largest and most active PBK alumni associations in the country
We support Phi Beta Kappa scholars pursuing advanced degrees in northern California and connect Phi Beta Kappa members at all stages of life through social and educational events throughout northern California.
