Honor and Recognition Societies

• • All Academic Fields Honor Society
  • Founded at University of Maine, 1897
  • Active Chapters: 275
  • Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1977

  Purpose

  To recognize and encourage superior scholarship and good character in all academic disciplines of the University, to honor those who have achieved such excellence, and to stimulate others to strive for it.

  Eligibility

  Seniors in the top 10 percent of the class may be elected; most chapters elect fewer than this. Students in the top 7.5 percent of the class may be elected in their junior year.

  Officers

  Fall 2023 Officers

  • President: Colleen Munro-Leighton
  • Secretary: Bridget O’Rourke
  • Tresurer: Gina Patten
  • Scholarships & Fellowships: Mary Kay Mulvaney
  • Student Representative: Ambrozia Itellari

  Past officers

  • President: Ayanna F. Brown
  • Treasurer: Nick Behm
  • Public Relations Officer: Scott Matheney

  Faculty and Staff Initiates

  • Dean Pribbenow, Ph.D.
  • Phil Riordan, Ph.D.
  • Bruce King
  • Amy Lyn McDonald
  • Michelle Frankie DeLuca
  • Tyler Fagan, Ph.D.

  New Inductees

  • Kayla Anderson
  • Henry Avila
  • Daniel Barstow
  • Inessa Bellini
  • Kristen Bennett
  • Kaseyleen Bernardo
  • Zackary Browne
  • Beatriz Bustamante
  • Heather Callan
  • Danielle Corliss
  • Gabriela Cuadrado
  • Joseph De Luca
  • Stephanie Dorsey
  • Jane Duffy
  • Luke Fernandez
  • Mia Fiore
  • Kristin Gemkow
  • Sara Golebiowska
  • Jessica Gutierrez
  • Gillian Husack
  • Sakina Khan
  • Peyton Kotowski
  • Alison Kruger
  • Kathryn Kunetka-Bartlett
  • Jocelyn Leick
  • Ashley Liljeberg
  • Alexi Littmann
  • Brady Lucas
  • Abigail Mathew
  • Volonda McDowell-Wilson
  • Laura McGuire
  • Christina Mooshil
  • Bushra Naseer
  • Wesley Nay
  • Francesca Orlando
  • Valeria Perez
  • Vianca Perez
  • Yolanda Rivera
  • Charlie Rossi
  • Kathleen Ryndak
  • Abigail Salamanca
  • Alexandria Scheidecker
  • Payton Schmidt
  • Alexandria Schweikle
  • Jessica Seiglie-Quinones
  • Alejandra Seminario Polo
  • Sheila Marie Sestoso
  • Eric Smolen
  • Maegan Steinbrenner
  • Jessica Steingard
  • Mohteshim Ahmed Syed
  • Alexa Thompson
  • Grace Valentine
  • Noelle Veome
  • Roger Williams
  • Karolina Zelazko

  Phi Kappa Phi National Fellowship Nominee

  • Julia Zickus, 2023
  • Afaaf Amatullah, 2021
  • Courtney Green, 2020
  • Abigail Banas, 2019
  • Violet Luzcak, 2018
  • Hannah Stewart, 2017, Award Winner

  Phi Kappa Phi Elmhurst University Chapter 195 Scholarship Recipients

  • Not awarded in 2022.

• Marketing Honor Society
• Founded in Chicago, Illinois, Spring 1981
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1988

Purpose

To acknowledge outstanding scholastic achievement on a highly competitive basis.

Eligibility

American Marketing Association with a 3.5 or higher GPA, Marketing Majors with Senior Status.

Advisor

• Sherry Smoak

New Inductees

• Angelica Canong
• Carissa Cavicchioni
• Chelsea Manzano
• Rachel Maslovitz
• Anne McGrath
• Kaleigh Nguyen
• Alyssa Pfotenhauer
• Michela Sardinas
• Emilio Suarez
• Yocelyne Garcia
• Marvin Malone, MBA Prog.

• Foreign Language Honor Society
• Founded at Los Angeles City College in 1931
• Active Chapters: 316
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1978

Purpose

To recognize achievement in the field of foreign language study; to stimulate a desire for linguistic attainment; to encourage a continuing interest in the study of foreign languages, literature, civilizations; and to foster sympathetic understanding of other peoples.

Eligibility

Students must offer at least two grades of A in college-level courses in a specific foreign language and have a B average overall.

Advisor

• Dr. Beatriz Gómez Acuña

New Inductees

• Yesid Benitez
• Madison Breck
• Sofia Castro
• Sarah Cuevas
• Cassandra Diaz
• Norah Fitzpatrick
• Lizbeth Fraire
• Alejandra Galvan
• Mateo Gomez Bedoya
• Hessey Gonzalez
• Leah Haft
• Sarah Hansen
• Marisol Hernandez
• Tyler Keane
• Sarah Kindler
• Ana Mena
• Hilary Perez
• Steven Pokorny
• Giselle Robles
• Daniela Ruelas
• Paul Sebedyn
• Kaithlyn Servin
• Milena Trojan
• Ana Zaragoza

• Continuing Education Honor Society
• Founded at Northwestern University, December 1945
• Active Chapters: 300
• Elmhurst University Chapter (part of the Mu Lambda Chapter) Established in September 2003

Purpose

Dedicated to the advancement of scholarship and recognition of high scholastic achievement in an adult student’s career. By doing so, this Society encourages students to continue toward and to earn associate and baccalaureate degrees. Through leadership born of effort, both scholastically and fraternally, it inspires its candidates to give of their strengths to their fellow students and communities through their academic achievements. To the newcomer in higher education, it stands as an inspiration to scholastic growth and an invitation to associate with similarly motivated students.

Eligibility

Members must be matriculated and have a minimum of twenty-four graded semester hours or the equivalent and shall be matriculated students in an undergraduate degree program. These college credits must not include transfer credits. At least twelve of the student’s total credit should be earned in the Liberal Arts/Sciences. Transfer credits may be used to meet this requirement.

Members should be selected for the highest twenty percent of the class who has twenty-four graded credits and are matriculated in an undergraduate degree program. Students must have a minimum grade-point average of 3.2 on 4.0 scale or its equivalent.

Advisor

• Kimberly Lawler-Sagarin

New Inductees

• Melissa Bartels
• Molly Blechl
• Nain Chia Marie
• Kala Collum
• Christofer Cooney
• Jamila Dodson
• Ann Fields
• Prithivirajan Govindarajan
• Caren Gramajo
• Katherine Lacey
• Maxims Laurea
• Alejandro Lopez
• David McCarty
• Ian Morser
• Ifeanyi Nzegbuna
• Faith Okuneye
• Jonathan Olson
• Kyle Panasewicz
• Sendrea Mae Penaflor
• Jamie Pencek
• Maiblia Pha
• Natalie Rajch
• Diana Grace Satimbre
• Adrian Serrano
• Shannon Siar
• Beata Skrzeczyna
• Holden Syndergaard
• Deborah Taylor
• Tyler Warren
• Michelle Yanez

• Biology Honor Society
• Founded at Oklahoma City University, 1922
• Active Chapters: 256
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1965

Purpose

To promote interest in and further the objectives of the biological sciences by reserving membership for college students who have met certain scholastic standards and completed a required amount of work in biology.

Eligibility

Open to students who are biology majors and have completed at least three courses in biology with an average GPA of 3.0.

Officers

• President: Julia Zickus
• Vice President: Rebecca Minutillo
• Secretary: Julia Frances Jiminez
• Treasurer: Marina Orrico

Advisor

• Patrick Mineo

New Inductees

• No new inductees for 2021, 2022 or 2023.

• Geography Honor Society
• Founded at Illinois State Normal University, 1931 (founded locally in 1928, nationally in 1931)
• Active Chapters: 207
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1964

Purpose

To further professional interest, to strengthen student and professional training, to advance the status of geography as a cultural and practical discipline, to encourage student research, and to create and administer funds for furthering graduate study and/or research.

Eligibility

Students must meet ACHS standards and must have completed a minimum of three courses in geography, with a B average in geography, must rank in the upper 35 percent of their class, and shall have completed at least three semesters of college courses.

Advisor

• Carmi Neiger

New Inductees

• No new inductees for 2021-2022

• Business Administration Honor Society
• Founded at New York University, November 13, 1913
• Active Chapters: 150
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1963

Purpose

To promote higher scholarship in training for business and to recognize and reward scholastic attainment in business subjects.

Eligibility

Student membership must be selected from the top 20 percent of their total class in cumulative grades. Membership is restricted to business or commerce students of good character, day or evening division, who are candidates for the baccalaureate degree, who have completed at least one half of the work required, and who have achieved an average cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better out of 4.0.

Officers

• President: Alyssa Pfotenhauer
• Vice President: Colton Kraus
• Treasurer: Doodly Garcia
• Secretary: Adam Bojovic

Advisor

• Eric Sanders

New Inductees

• Henry Avila
• Yesid Benítez
• Emily R Bernardo
• Brian Robert Breslin
• Carissa Cavicchioni
• Gino E Cerrone
• Abraham J. Confer
• Ericka G. Creek
• Emma Renee Crowe
• Evelyn Diaz
• Ashley A Fuentes
• Lucia Gaviria
• Daizja J Hollman
• Morgan L Keller
• James Lyden
• Carly Charlotte Denali Matthews
• Mihaela Mihai
• Hung Vinh Nguyen
• Kaleigh Anh-Huong Nguyen
• Cierra J. Nisar-Weller
• Jonathan K O’Brien
• Diana Perez
• Klaudia Piechocka
• Barbrianna Russo
• Casey L. Santana
• Michela Isabel Sardinas
• Payton Delaney Schmidt
• Juan Manuel Silva
• Patrick Soto
• Jessica Lynn Steingard
• Juan Diego Trinidad
• Emiko Jean Yabuki
• Michelle J. Yanez

• Criminal Justice Honor Society
• Founded in Washington State in 1942
• Chapters: More than 500 nationwide

Purpose

To honor and promote academic excellence, community service, educational leadership, and unity.

Eligibility

A 3.2 GPA overall and in criminal justice courses for students who have completed four courses.

Advisor

• Andrea Krieg

New Inductees

• Kaylee Bautista
• Mary Clare Brown
• Joanna Cervantes
• Grace Marie Savio

• Religious Studies and Theology Honor Society
• Founded at Elmhurst University as a local chapter (Alpha Delta Zeta) in 1998

Purpose

To recognize, maintain and nourish excellence in theological and religious studies within baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate degree programs, and within the academic profession of these studies. The Society promotes such excellence by encouraging theological research, teaching, publications and exchange of learning among scholars. It seeks to bring students, teachers, and other theological scholars together intellectually and socially.

Eligibility

Open to both students and professors. Students must have completed a minimum of two semesters at Elmhurst University; completed a minimum of twelve credit hours in the Department of Religious Studies; have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 for all college courses; and a GPA of at least 3.5 for religious studies courses.

Advisor

• Dr. Andrew Das

New Inductees

• No new inductees for 2021-2022

• National Theatre Honor Society
• Founded in 1919 at the National Association of the Teachers of Speech in Chicago
• Active Chapters: 38
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1967

Purpose

To increase interest, stimulate creativeness, and foster artistic achievement in all of the allied arts and crafts of the theatre.

Eligibility

Students must successfully meet a prescribed minimum of experience in design, technical work, stage management, directing and/or performance in plays, and a GPA of 2.75.

Officers

• President: Linnea Grooms
• Vice President: Rebecca Munoz

Advisors

• Professor Janice Pohl
• Professor Alan Weiger

New Inductees

Spring 2022

• Emma Byrne
• Claire Christie
• Jenna Melville
• Kevin Patrick

Fall 2021

• Amber Bretana
• Alexis Colatorti
• Bridget Delaney
• Matt Dumz
• Angelina Hermiz
• Ashley Liljeberg

• International Education Honor Society
• Founded at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, March 8, 1911
• Active Chapters: 418
• Elmhurst Tau Nu Chapter Established May 7, 1993

Purpose

To recognize sound scholarship, commendable personal qualities, worthy educational ideals, and outstanding contributions to education.

Eligibility

Undergraduate members are students preparing to be certified to teach with at least sophomore standing and a GPA of 3.25 or higher.

Officers

• President: Hannah Foster
• Vice President: Rachel Wallace
• Secretary: Katrina Haines
• Membership Chair: William Mitchinson
• Historian: Kattya Esparza
• SGA Legislator: Katherine Pettinger

Advisor

• Lisa Burke
• Linda Dauksas

Fall 2022 Initiates

• Lila Alouani 
• Evelyn Argomaniz 
• Amanda Burke
• Vanessa Campos 
• Nicolette Capetillo 
• Jude Dakak 
• Madison Darcy 
• Cassandra Diaz 
• Olivia Feldkamp 
• Itzel Franco 
• Joslyn Galeaz 
• Alessia Guglielmi 
• Chloe Hansen 
• Chloe Hlustik 
• Jenna Jacoby
• Hannah Kolbusz
• Katherine Lacey
• Jessica Lopez
• Katelyn Matrise
• Samantha Pack
• Alexandra Platek
• Aliyah Reyes
• Daniela Ruelas
• Grace Valentine
• Sofia Vallone
• Aubrey Witt
• Maggie Wojtowicz
• Mia Young

• Communications Studies Honor Society
• Founded at the University of Arkansas in 1985 (became a part of the National Communication Association in 1988 and the association’s official honor society in July 1995)
• Active chapters: More than 400 at four-year colleges and universities worldwide
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 2003

Purpose

Lambda Pi Eta represents what Aristotle described in his book Rhetoric, as the three ingredients of persuasion: Logos (Lambda) meaning logic, Pathos (Pi) relating to emotion, and Ethos (Eta) defined as character credibility and ethics.

The Six Goals of Lambda Pi Eta

1. Recognize, foster, and reward outstanding scholastic achievement in communication studies
2. Stimulate interest in the field of communication
3. Promote and encourage professional development among communication majors
4. Provide an opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas in the field of communication
5. Establish and maintain closer relationships between faculty and students
6. Explore options for graduate education in communication studies

Eligibility

Membership privileges are extended to those students who have completed at least 15 course credits, three course credits in communication, and who have maintained a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 overall and 3.25 in communication courses.

Officers

• President: Minh Dinh
• Vice President: Carissa Cavicchioni
• Secretary: Jamie Pencek

Advisor

• Tom Salek

New Members

• Zamin Ahmed
• Mia Bernasol
• Adriana Briscoe
• Helen Curtin
• Evelyn Dinh
• Ana Selena Gastelum
• Sabina Kwiatkowska
• Ashley Liljeberg
• Raymond Paul McCormack
• Duong Nguyen
• Olivia Schmidt

• Music Recognition Society
• Founded at Elmhurst University as a local music recognition society on October 29, 1981

Purpose

It shall be the purpose of the organization to be recognized as a music recognition society; to promote a high level of academic achievement in music courses; to encourage participation and attendance at Elmhurst University music events; to recognize outstanding academic achievement and excellence in music performance at Elmhurst University; and to make available to members the opportunity for professional development.

Eligibility

Members shall be music majors or minors with 10 hours in music courses (2.5 courses), have completed 2 semesters at Elmhurst University (1 semester for transfer students), maintain a minimum 3.50 grade point average in music and a 3.25 grade point average overall, be in good standing with the music department, and shall have accepted an invitation for membership.

Officers

• President: Matthew Smith
• Vice President: Kristopher Kusnierz
• Secretary: Tori Kornatowski
• Treasurer: Ashley Silerio

Advisor

• David DeVasto

New Inductees

• Noah Christiansen
• Steven Fudacz
• Vincent Guido
• Nina Hoek
• Michan O’Brien
• Annabel Punzel
• Claudia Rejowski
• Charlie Rossi
• Grace Valentine

• Founded at Southwestern College in Kansas in 1924
• Active Chapters: 150
• Illinois XI Chapter established in 1962

Purpose

To encourage and promote excellence in the social sciences and to uphold the ideals of scholarship and service.

Officers

• President: Emily Navarro
• Secretary: Constance Mixon

New Inductees

• Christian Nazaret Aparicio
• Kaylee Bautista
• Kyasi Kayla Elise Bayani
• Tashanti A Blanton
• Joanna Cervantes
• Maryam Hilal Chida
• Madison Ann Decman
• Ariana Daisy Franco
• Kaleb Evan Goodlow
• Emily J. Leonard
• Jacqueline P Lopez-Medina
• Erin M Mack
• Hafsa Syeda Maghrebi
• Marina Malku
• Itzel A. Mancilla
• Raymond McCormack
• Sophia Micos
• Samantha Marie Pagani
• Emily Grace Penning
• Kali Anabel Phillips
• Natalie Rajch
• Olivia Rose Reamer
• Yascara Y Romero Palominos
• Samuel Russell Shulman

• Mathematics Honorary Society
• Founded at Syracuse University in 1914
• Active Chapters: 330
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1986

Purpose

To promote scholarship and mathematics.

Eligibility

Students must have at least one year of college mathematics beyond calculus, have a B average in mathematics, and rank in the top one-third of the class.

Officers

• President: Troy E. Mock Jr.

Advisor

• Dr. Catherine Crawford

New Inductees

• Leah E. Haft
• Troy E. Mock Jr.
• Anna Tracz
• Alfredo Mojica-Juarez

• National Political Science Honorary Society
• Founded at the University of Texas in 1920
• Active Chapters: 621
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 2006

Purpose

To stimulate scholarship and intellectual interest in political science and promote worthwhile curricular and extracurricular activities related to political science.

Eligibility

Students must be juniors who have completed 10 semester hours in political science including one upper level course with no grade lower than B and have a cumulative GPA in the upper one-third of their class.

Advisor

• Dr. Mary Walsh

New Inductees

• Emily Leonard
• Lilli Sisler

• Nursing Honor Society
• Founded at Indiana University in 1922
• Active Chapters: 221
• Elmhurst Chapter Established in 1982

Purpose

To recognize superior achievement and leadership qualities, to foster high professional standards, to encourage scholarly work and research, and to strengthen individual commitment to the ideals and purposes of the profession.

Eligibility

Junior and senior nursing students who have demonstrated superior scholastic achievement and evidence of professional leadership potential. Also eligible are full-time faculty members and nurses in the community who have received a baccalaureate or higher degree and have shown achievement in the nursing field.

UNDERGRADUATE CRITERIA: Each undergraduate candidate for membership is required to meet the criteria for the undergraduate category of membership. Undergraduate students are required to have completed half of the nursing curriculum, have at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 grading scale, rank in the upper 35% of the graduating class, and meet the expectation of academic integrity.

GRADUATE CRITERIA: Each graduate (master’s or doctoral) candidate for membership is required to meet the criteria for the graduate category of membership. Graduate students are required to have completed one-quarter of the required graduate curriculum, have at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 grading scale or its equivalent, and meet the expectation of academic integrity.

NURSE LEADER CRITERIA: A nurse leader is eligible for membership if the leader is a registered nurse, legally recognized to practice in his/her country with a minimum of a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent in any field, and has demonstrated achievement in nursing.

Officers

• President: Laury Westbury
• Vice President: Molly Taylor
• Secretary: Ms. Kimberly Pawlowski
• Treasurer: Dr. Penny Reiss
• Treasurer Elect: Professor Sara Mulka
• Faculty Counselor: Professor Laura Brennan
• Convention Delegate: Dr. Ruth Schumacher

New Inductees

• Martyna Balamut
• Molly Blechl
• Kaylee Burke
• Cairene Joy Burks
• Noemi Ashley Castaneda
• Johana Chavez
• Jennifer Cook
• Yahtziri De Los Santos
• Melanni Diaz
• Rachael Aya Dickenson
• Sara Marie Engel
• Jolina Raquel Ferrer
• Joseph Charles Fiedler
• Savannah Giordano
• Maya Megan Gonzales
• Lily Greifenstein
• Kristin Hutchins
• Nicole Jimenez
• Samantha Anne Johnson
• Natalie Kaczowka
• Ilvie Karafili
• Rebeka Krochmal
• Alejandro Daniel Lopez
• Marina Malku
• James Mani
• Karime Hazel Martinez
• David Harris McCarty
• Chia Marie Nain
• Yessenia Nava
• Ifeanyi P. Nzegbuna
• Maiblia Solana Pha
• Melissa Anne Schiro
• Teagan Grace Sloan
• Jessica Michelle Soto
• Jennifer Szutowicz
• Jelena Vasilic
• Victoria Jordan Vinson
• Faith Michelle Walsh

Masters Students Inducted as Undergraduates

• Jessica Leigh Anderson
• Angelique Celcilia Arias
• Sheinile Saulog Barranco
• Jose Beltran
• Jacqueline Patricia Brooks
• Andrea Noelle Burnham
• Nicole Gianna Carlevato
• Danielle Marie Corliss
• Brendan M. Daly
• Valerie Paulina Derrah
• Jane Evelyn Duffy
• Erika Escobedo
• Rita Ferdinardo
• Mia Josephine Fiore
• Neli Flores
• Lindsy Michele Hartsock
• Ashley Marie Johnson
• Robin Ann Kelly
• Jessica Lynn Kennelly
• Stephanie Joy Kinser
• Alison Mabel Kruger
• My Le
• Tara Lee Lienemann
• Volonda McDowell-Wilson
• Laura Lynn McGuire
• Areli Mojica
• Katherine Porter
• Kristen Marie Psujek
• Marianna Sanchez Tomassone
• Jennie Marcelle Smith-Pariola
• Todd R. Stanley
• Breana Lee Sutter
• Emilia Welsh

• English Honor Society
• Founded at Dakota Wesleyan University, 1924
• Active Chapters: More than 450
• Elmhurst University Chapter established in 1973

Purpose

To confer distinction for high achievement in undergraduate, graduate and professional studies in English language and literature; to provide cultural stimulation on college campuses through its local chapters; to furnish community interest within English departments through its local chapters; to impose upon members high citizenship responsibilities; and to encourage creative and critical writing.

Eligibility

Undergraduate students must have either a major, minor, or area of specialization in English; must have completed two English courses beyond their freshman writing requirements; they must maintain at least a 3.2 GPA overall and a 3.5 in English. New students are inducted in the fall term of each year.

Officers

• President: Shla George
• Vice President: Alyssa Parisi
• Secretary-Treasurer: Naimah Arif

Advisor

• Dr. Bridget O’Rourke

New Inductees

• Naimah Arif
• Shla George
• Holly Goodwin
• Brigita Jagelaite
• Lindsay Lorrayne Janicki
• Erika Mikaela Knutson
• Emily Manning
• Alexa Nastasi
• Riley Olson
• Alyssa Parisi
• Kathleen Ryndak
• Tyler Warren

• Psychology Honor Society
• Founded at Yale University, September 4, 1929
• Active Chapters: 588
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1965

Purpose

To advance the science of psychology; and to encourage, stimulate and maintain scholarship of the individual members in all fields.

Eligibility

For active student membership, the student must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and must have completed at least three semesters of college work, and nine semester hours of psychology. He or she must be registered for major or minor standing in psychology. Students must rank in the upper 35 percent of their class in general scholarship and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5. Students must demonstrate superior scholarship in psychology earning a minimum GPA in psychology courses of 3.5.

Advisor

• Dr. Patrick Nebl

New Inductees

• Nicoletta Biok
• Anthony Campolattara
• Ivanna Correa
• Diana D’Astice
• Madison Decman
• Cindy Gutierrez
• Grace Heisen
• Kristina Kesic
• Sabina Kwiatkowska
• Hafsa Maghrebi
• Victoria Medina
• Sophia Micos
• Katherine Nalley
• Isabella Roque
• Jocelyn Rosales
• Elizabeth Schweitzer
• Riley Whittenhall