SPARTANBURG, S.C. - 41 Wofford College students and recent graduates were initiated as members-in-course during the ceremony that marked the 78th anniversary of Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford.
Students are normally considered for election to Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford after they have earned 100 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.600. Election is not automatic. Resident members of the chapter consider scholarship, character, intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, diversity of academic interests and pursuits, and other factors in the election process The chapter may elect only 10 percent of a graduating class in any year.
Inducted were:
Class of 2018:
Sarah Catherine Clemons, Rockhill, S.C.
Berkley Blair Manchester, Raleigh, N.C.
Isis Angelina Marie Quinla, Lancaster, S.C.
Class of 2019:
David Pierce Aguillard, Baton Rouge, La.
Samuel Bennet Alford, Columbia, S.C.
John Ryan Allen, Kingstree, S.C.
Patricia Brooke Baird, Knoxville, Tenn.
Ava Jean Belew, Mount Juliet, Tenn.
Paige Gabrielle Bolton, Boiling Springs, S.C.
Andrew Carson Brehmer, Irmo, S.C.
Taylor Jane Bunge, Fort Mill, S.C.
Curran Allen Carver, Columbia, S.C.
Margaret Anne Curran, Savannah, Ga.
Helen Grace Davidson, Decatur, Ga.
Emma Kate Fletcher, Omaha, Neb.
Matthew Benjamin Green, Jupiter, Fla.
Rachel Ann Gresko, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Mahnoor J. Haq, Darien, Ill.
Elena Kathleen Helmers-Wegman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Matthew Dylan Hooper, Simpsonville, S.C.
Kathleen Hollins Hughes, Greenwood, S.C.
Brittany Lyn Joyce, Hartsville, S.C.
Dixie Nicole McCollum, Barnwell, S.C.
Katherine Elizabeth McCorkle, Jacksonville, Fla.
Bethany-Leia Takara Moore, Evans, Ga.
Baxter Reid Murray, Boiling Springs, S.C.
Chinyere Victoria Nwankudu, Douglasville, Ga.
Timothy Kirton Phillips, West Columbia, S.C.
Christopher David Pritting, Parlin, N.J.
William Furtick Randall, Simpsonville, S.C.
Adrian Joyce Rentz, Rock Hill, S.C.
Carter Joseph Rief, Montgomery, Ala.
Warren Joseph Roth, Chevy Chase, Md
Claire Elizabeth Scavone, Charlotte, N.C.
Anna Lee Marcella Schneider, Birmingham, Ala.
Helen Susan Seddelmeyer, Dallas, Texas
Jacey Cameron Sohm, Holly Hill, S.C.
Caroline Susanne Traini, Frederick, Md.
Abigail Marie Truitt, Columbia, S.C.
Hunter Ray Wages, Columbia, S.C.
James Reynolds West III, Roebuck, S.C.