Randolph announces 2023 Phi Beta Kappa inductees

During a special ceremony on Saturday, 10 members of the Class of 2023 were inducted into the Randolph College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society.

The inductees were:

Cristina Berenguer Llongueras

Joshua George Bowes

Hanan Davis

Dagim Demeke Desta

Kylie Paige Edington

Natalia Hernandez Berrios

Tomi Lauren McGinnis

Talia Santiago

Lillian Mary Tacke

Mengna Zhao

In 1916, the College, then named Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, received the first Phi Beta Kappa charter granted to an independent woman’s college in the South, and the Delta Chapter of Virginia was officially installed the following year.

Founded on December 5, 1776, The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society. It has chapters at 286 colleges and universities in the United States, 50 alumni associations, and more than half a million members worldwide. Noteworthy members include 17 U.S. presidents, 39 justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and more than 130 Nobel Laureates. The mission of The Phi Beta Kappa Society is to champion education in the liberal arts and sciences, foster freedom of thought, and recognize academic excellence.