Phi Beta Kappa Inducts Dietrich College Students From Class of 2025

好色先生TV鈥檚 chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) inducted 61 members of the Class of 2025 on May 8. Of those recent graduates, 15 are affiliated with the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

PBK was founded in 1776 with the primary goal of emphasizing the intrinsic value of liberal arts and science education, along with championing the notion of freedom of thought.

鈥淔ounded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest and most distinguished undergraduate academic honorary society,鈥� said Joseph E. Devine, CMU PBK chapter secretary and Dietrich College鈥檚 associate dean for undergraduate studies. 鈥淥nly 10% of U.S. colleges and universities have Phi Beta Kappa chapters. Members are elected by the chapters from among candidates in the liberal arts and sciences, usually from the top 10% of the graduating class, making Phi Beta Kappa membership one of the most highly regarded academic distinctions an individual can receive.鈥�

Listed below are this spring鈥檚 Dietrich College PBK inductees, along with their fields of study:
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Creighton Arrington: International Relations and Political Science; Chinese Studies
Paige Brady: Bachelor of Humanities and Arts (Psychology; Music Performance)
Zoe Brown: Bachelor of Humanities and Arts (Film and Visual Media; Music Performance)
Mimi Chuang: Bachelor of Humanities and Arts (Information Systems; Art)
Riley Green: International Relations and Political Science; French and Francophone Studies
Shui Hu: Bachelor of Humanities and Arts (Film and Visual Media; Art)
Kyle Hynes: International Relations and Political Science; Statistics and Machine Learning
Joyce Lee: International Relations and Political Science
Colleen Moosman: International Relations and Political Science; Creative Writing
Kevin Ren: Statistics and Machine Learning
Zoe Schneider: Ethics, History and Public Policy; Literature and Culture
Aanika Schueler: Statistics
Lucia Shen: International Relations and Political Science; Literature and Culture
Suzy Switzer: Literature and Culture; Psychology
Silas Wang: Statistics

In addition to spring 2025 inductees, six Dietrich College seniors were among early PBK initiates recognized in December 2024.

A bagpiper leads a procession of students and professors in regalia — A bagpiper leads faculty and Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) inductees into the Cohon University Center.

Jay Devine speaks at the PBK initiation ceremony — Joseph E. Devine, CMU PBK chapter secretary and Dietrich College鈥檚 associate dean for undergraduate studies, welcomes students, faculty, family and friends to the induction ceremony.

Audrey Kurth Cronin delivers the PBK keynote — Audrey Kurth Cronin, director of the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST) and Trustees Professor of Security and Technology, delivered the ceremony鈥檚 keynote address.