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. |
It’s been a while. Have you missed it? Can’t wait for it to happen again?
Registration closes Saturday. April 20
Where: Bancroft Hotel, 2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
When: Sunday, April 28, 2024, noon to 4 p.m.
How much: $70 (includes salad, main course, dessert, wine, tax and tip).
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.
Scholarship and Teaching Excellence Awards - April, 2024
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:
The Scholarship Awards for 2024 were presented to:
M. Taylor Black — Davis, History
Louisa Brandt — Davis, History
Sophie Cushman — Berkeley, Classical Archaeology
Briann Felshere — Berkeley, Jurisprudence and Social Policy
S. Freeman — Berkeley, Geography
Alexia Hernandez — Stanford, Linguistics (Reed award)
Sarah Manney — Stanford Law, Law (Hendess award)
Marilyn Steyert — UCSF, Biomedical Science (Hardardt award)
Yisheng Tang — Berkeley, Japanese Language
Alex Ullman — Berkeley, English
Yutong Zhan — Davis, History (Norall award)
Seth Zupanc — UCSF, Medicine
The Scholarship Committee: Jeff Fenton, Lynne Fovinci, Rona Giffard, Judith Hardardt, Jean James, Joanne Sandstrom (Chair)
The Teaching Excellence Award, given to teachers nominated by their students, consists of a Certificate and a $1000 honorarium
The Teaching Excellence Awards for 2024 were presented to:
Sophia Azeb, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, UC Santa Cruz
Olivia Bailey, Philosophy, UC Berkeley (Hasenkamp Award)
Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg, Legal Studies, UC Berkeley
Erik Ellis, Writing and Rhetoric Studies, Stanford
Peter Minowitz, Political Science, Santa Clara University
Giovanni Peri, Economics, UC Davis
Wendy Salkin, Philosophy, Stanford
Nasser Zakariya, Rhetoric, UC Berkeley
Teaching Excellence Committee: Andrea Braga, Melisa Lasell, Leilani Miller, Melissa Stevens (Chair)
