On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman, Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard ’20 stepped up to the podium to deliver the reading during the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden. |
Scholarship Awards presented at the Key Room, May 3, 2026
In fulfillment of its mission to encourage scholarship and research, the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association is honoring the following outstanding Phi Beta Kappa graduate students with $10,000 scholarship awards to assist them in completing their educational objectives.
Back row: Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton, Sylvie Thode, Hannah Kortbawi, Jacob Steenis, Alexis Wood
Front row: Moreen Akomea-Ampeh, Flannery McIntyre, Sylvana Finn, Alejandra Rosselli-Calderon
Melanie Kirkpatrick was not able to attend the Awards Luncheon
Moreen Akomea-Ampeh, (UC Davis) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry
Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton, (UC Berkeley) Energy & Resources Group;
Sylvana Finn, (UC Davis), Ecology
Melanie Kirkpatrick, (UC Santa Cruz),Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Hannah Kortbawi, (UCSF) -- Reed Award, M.D./Ph.D
Flannery McIntyre, (UC Berkeley) -- Hardardt award Musicology
Alejandra Rosselli-Calderon, (UC Santa Cruz) Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jacob Steenis, (UC Davis) -- Hendess Award, Physics
Sylvie Thode, (UC Berkeley), English
Alexis Wood, (UC Berkeley) -- Norall Award, Geography
The Scholarship Committee: Joanne Sandstrom (Chair), Jeff Fenton, Lynne Fovinci, Rona Giffard, Jean James
Robert J. Podesva, PhD, Stanford, Linguistics; Gil-li Vardi, PhD, Stanford, History; Joshua Landy, PhD, Stanford, French; Andrew W. Reddie, PhD, UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy
Teaching Excellence Committee: Melisa Lasell (Chair), Andrea Braga, Leilani Miller, Melissa Stevens
Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society
The Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association is one of the
largest and most active PBK alumni associations in the country
We support Phi Beta Kappa scholars pursuing advanced degrees in northern California and connect Phi Beta Kappa members at all stages of life through social and educational events throughout northern California.
