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. |
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Eight Scholars And Four Teachers Honored, May 2020
Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association is honoring the following outstanding Phi Beta Kappa graduate students with $7,500 scholarship awards |
| Sarah Gaffney--UC Davis; ecology |
| Nathan Gamarra--UC San Francisco; biochemistry and biophysics--Hendess award |
| Dominick Lawton--UC Berkeley; Slavic languages and literature--Gilliland award |
| Matthew Libassi--UC Berkeley; environmental science, policy, and management |
| Jacob Moe-Lange--Stanford; biology |
| Anna Nisi--UC Santa Cruz; environmental studies--Reed award |
| Mark-Phillip Pebworth--UC San Francisco; biomedical sciences--Hardardt award |
| Sabrina Shirazi--UC Santa Cruz; ecology and evolutionary biology--Norall award |
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Scholarship Committee members: Jean James, Jeff Fenton, Lynne Fovinci, Judy Hardardt, Joanne Sandstrom (Chair). From 1982 through 2020, the Association awarded 345 scholarships totaling $1,467,214 to outstanding Phi Beta Kappa graduates. |
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The Teaching Excellence Committee has selected the following persons to receive Teaching Excellence Awards: R. Lanier Anderson - Stanford University, Philosophy Teaching Excellence Committee members: Kimberly Aguilar, Neil McElroy, Frank Farris, Melissa Stevens, and Narcinda Lerner (Chair) |