Phi Beta Kappa Inducts 50 Students
The Middlebury chapter of Phi Beta Kappa welcomed 50 new members in a ceremony at Wilson Hall over Commencement Weekend. Don Wyatt, president of the Middlebury chapter and John M. McCardell, Jr. Distinguished Professor of History, welcomed the inductees and their audience of friends and family. Seniors Celia Barabanov and Maggie Wagner, both of whom were inducted into the Middlebury chapter last fall, gave the Phi Beta Kappa address. Vice president of the chapter James Calvin Davis, George Adams Ellis Professor of Liberal Arts and professor of religion, introduced the newest members.
The Phi Beta Kappa Prize, which is awarded annually to the graduating senior(s) “whose scholarly or artistic accomplishment and breadth, and contribution to the intellectual life of the community, best exemplify the society’s regard for intellectual excellence,” was presented to Celia Barabanov and Gavin Randolph.
The newest inductees are:
Caroline Adair Adams
Celeste Alden
Maya Judith Alexander
Brooke M. Allison
Robert Edward-Jacob Santos Ambat
Curran Catherine Amster
Schuyler Susanne Awtrey
Sarah Kathryn Case
Evan G. K. Cooper
Nila Ann Dudley
Claire Ellerbrook
Mary Shore Elliot
Charlie Cyril Fisch
Lauren Y. Giuriceo
Alex Kyle Goldberg
Riley Hale
Celia Michiko Kadoi
Kian Kardestuncer
Anne Kleinerman
Xabier Laquidain
Anna Joffre Leclerc
Morgan D. Lee
Elliott Paul Lepinard
Bojun Liu
Oliver John Loeser
Jonathan Michael Mount
Gavin Elliott Randolph
Maddy Solomon Russell
Maggie Louise Wagner
Kathryn Grace Wilmot
Olivia J. Maloney
Peter Keltgen Mans
John Nicholas McShea
Claire Elizabeth Miller
Vyas Nageswaran
Yuehe Pan
Theodora J. Parkinson
Noemi Ponce
Kingsley Chun Kin Poon
Juan Diego Riascos Ortega
Charlotte Nelson Roberts
Maisie Frances Rochat
Emily Josephine Rubio
Ian Tyler Kim Sava
Simon Malik Schmieder
Sebastian Baker Segre
Owen Andrew Snyder-Smith
Nathan Paul Stellmach
Thomas James Sullivan III
Zeyi Tong
Ryan Michael Ulen
Lukka Alexander Mackay Wolff
Yifan Yin
Emilia Grace Zenker
Alexis Shen Zhao
Eleven seniors were elected to Phi Beta Kappa in October 2025 on the basis of work completed through their junior year.
The first chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was established at the College of William and Mary in 1776. The Middlebury College chapter, the Beta chapter of Vermont, was established in 1868. Middlebury’s is the 13th-oldest Phi Beta Kappa chapter in existence and was one of the founding members of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa in 1883.
Each year, the Middlebury chapter elects up to 10 percent of the senior class to membership in Phi Beta Kappa: 2 percent of the class is elected in August, on the basis of six semesters’ work, and up to an additional 8 percent is elected in May, on the basis of work completed over eight semesters.