Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Initiates Nearly 100 New Members
The Florida Tech chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi welcomed 98 new members with an initiation ceremony April 19 at Gleason Performing Arts Center.
The new initiates included College of Engineering and Science dean John Harris and College of Aviation dean John Deaton as well as several additional faculty members. The bulk of the initiates were students.
“It is my pleasure to congratulate each and every one of our initiates,” Interim President Robert King said from the stage. “You are joining a remarkable and proud tradition. This is the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society.”
PKP acceptance is based on superior scholarship and sound character, professor Michael Splitt, president of the Florida Tech PKP chapter, said in opening remarks.
“Today we celebrate excellence. We are pleased and proud that each person has chosen to become a part of a century-old community of scholars and professionals that includes individuals who have distinguished themselves in positions of leadership in careers that have been characterized by achievement,” he said.
PKP members have served the White House and Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, Splitt said. They have won Nobel Prizes and Pulitzer Prizes. Florida Tech chapter members have made their own marks around the world, with members in every state but Wyoming and dozens of countries, including Australia, Japan, Ireland, Norway, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.
The Florida Tech chapter was chartered in 2009 with 14 members. It has grown to include more than 2,770 now, not including 2023’s initiates.
Here they are:
Florida Tech PKP faculty and professional staff initiates
John Deaton
John Harris
Nasri Nesnas
Suzanne Odom
Don Platt
Florida Tech PKP student member initiates
Lucas Adent
Anas Alddarwish
Maria Alshehari
Fernando Amador
Jay Arcemont
Robbin Awn
Christina Banbury
Giacomo Bandini
Carl Bennett
Lucia Bernal
Christopher Bieszk
Michelle Boutron
Stephen Cardone
Kelly Carmer
Ian Carrero
James Caudle
Zara Chaudary
Jiangduo Chen
Nicholas Cintas
Alexandra Cleveland
Evan Clise
Marcus Cote
Adam Ctverak
Emma Dascensio
Tim Deck
Lucy Devin McCaig
Angela Dominici
Josseanne Duarte
Delphine Dubois
Brendan Dunford
Sara Durm
Paulina Fiebig
Jacqueline Figueredo
Alexis Fontana
Julia Fritz
Diana Garcia Bustamante
Pietro Giacalone
April Hamlin
Yanna Harzold
Becky Hawkins
Ramone Hemphill
Eunseo Heo
Matthew Hodge
Madison Holdredge
Julie James
Kelsey Kaht
Katherine Kalucki
Bhaskardeep Khaund
Liesl King
Kiara Kodikara
Marissa Krause
Rachel Lange
Gemma Lee
Aaron Lesseski
Kelsey Malek
Allee Mello
LeighAnn Milinich
Claudene Milner
Memphis Moye
Chris Nazri
Leah Nepo
Amanda Rose Newton
Alexa Nickens
Maria Orozco
Giorgia Palmieri
Alissa Pfennig
Jonathan Pollison
Rina Ponton
Rebecca Racz
Susan Rada
Michael Radzicki
Abhro Rahman
Brittany Rhodes
Illycia Rhule
Carolyn Rivera
Ramon Rodriguez
Angela Salonen
Timothy Schuler
Christina Sheppard
Hilary Smith
Christopher Stratis
Amanda Taylor
McKenna Taylor
Makenzie Wells
Amber Wengert
Madisyn Williams
Jason Willis
Jennifer Wright
Scott Zajac
