Niagara County Residents Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at UB

By Sue Wuetcher

Release Date: June 15, 2007 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Niagara County residents attending the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ recently were inducted into the Omicron Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honorary society.

Students selected to be members must be seniors graduating in a liberal arts degree program or one of a small number of juniors. They must have a grade-point average of 3.75 or higher with 85 credit hours completed, or 3.50 or higher with 100 credit hours completed.

The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ is a premier research-intensive public university, the largest and most comprehensive campus in the State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of New York. UB's more than 27,000 students pursue their academic interests through more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. Founded in 1846, the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ is a member of the Association of American Universities.

The students who were inducted, their areas of study and their hometowns are:

LEWISTON: Ashley Mason, communicative disorders and sciences.

LOCKPORT: Ryan Grimmer, history; Joel Grundy, social sciences interdisciplinary; and Theresa McNutt, linguistics.

MIDDLEPORT: Nicole Coleman, English.

NIAGARA FALLS: Christopher Bagneschi, anthropology; Anthony Dakwar, medicine and biomedical sciences; Megan Dimond, mathematics; and Ruby Parihar, psychology.

NORTH TONAWANDA: Melanie Carey, history; Nicole Huard, social sciences interdisciplinary; Rachel Nadbrzuch, biomedical sciences; Jeffrey Novak, political science; Ian Phillips, romance languages and literatures; Ryan Prendergast, physics; Danielle Smith, psychology; and Denise Stacks, political science.

WHEATFIELD: Amanda Allen, English.

WILSON: Megan Palame, social sciences interdisciplinary.

YOUNGSTOWN: Gregory Sherman, biological sciences.