Welcome to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Chapter 312 of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi website!
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest, most selective, and most prestigious all-discipline honor society.
Standards for election to Phi Kappa Phi are extremely high. Membership is by invitation only to UMES’s top 7.5 percent of second-semester juniors and top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students.
Chapter 312 of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi was chartered in 2010.
Now in its 12th year, Chapter 312 has 428 members as of 6/6/2020. Click here for a list of members. This year's invitees are in the process of joining! See their names below.
2020-2021 Executive Board
President: Dr. Gabriela Vlahovici-Jones
President-Elect: Dr. Michael Lane
Historian & Webmaster: Dr. Terry Kundell
Secretary: Dr. Donna Long
Treasurer: Dr. Katherine Quinn
Student Vice President: Zoe Jackson
Scholarship/Awards Coordinators: Dr. Nicole Hollywood, Ms. Tselate Talley
Members-at-Large: Dr. Amy Hagenrater-Gooding, Ms. Melissa Green
2021 New Members as of 4-5-2021
In spite of having no actual induction ceremony for Spring 2021, we have invited 118 UMES students, who are listed below. Each week, I will update the list of those who have actually joined and are, officially, new members of UMES' Ch. 312 of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi! The 12 invitees who have joined are immediately below:
Juniors: Must be a second-semester junior in the top 7.5% of the class
Katelyn Alexander, Indiyah Harmon-Parker
Seniors: Must be in the top 10% of the class
Elwaleed Abu Eldahab, Kelsey Martinson, Paiton Moloy, Marichu Ortega, James Pinkney
Graduate Students: Must be in the top 10% of the class
Naisha Dorsey, Angela Lowe, Mfon Nwabuoku, Niyah Pack
Administrators/Staff/Faculty
Dr. Jocelyn Briddell
2021 Invitees
Juniors
Morgan Cooper, Abdirahman Diria, Nabidou Dongo, Aaliyah Douglas, Rachel Gingrich, Zoe Gobourne, Joshua Goslee, Yashoda Gurung,
Hannah Haught, Payton Hoskins, Gabriel Purnell, Mikayla Smith, Ruth Tadesse, Daniel Voelker, Nicholas Waugh
Seniors
Anu Akil, Ahvanah Ali, Noah Beauchamp, Mohammed Berki, Jenyfer Boyer, Gaibrielle Bressler, Jennifer Brooks, Ebone Bynum, Amanda Carney, Lauri Carver, Dominique Cheatham, Sierra Correa, DaQuan Davis, Shanice Dunnam, Brianna Edwards, Semaj Fielding, Nia' Fisher, Brandon Gardner, Nasya Goodman, Aniyah Hall, Tiffany Hastings, Catherine Hickman, Isabel Hughes, Anica Jestratijevic, Jordan Kelly, Erica Lewis, Ryan Lightbourn, Sergio Mendez, Alexia Murcia, Scott Myer, Evan Nibblett, Briana Palmore, Darryl Parsons, Marina Pereira Cruz, Sherman Pitts, Anthony Puhl, Zachary Seiler, Kijjiketchme Southern-Fox, Ilina Spasova, Amir Talton, Tatjana Trifkovic, Ian Walker, Dakota Ward, Ciani Wells, Bryan Widdowson, Tyshera Wilbon, Collin Zook
Graduate Students
Laura Acevedo, Zachary Bartemy, Annelise Brumbley, Kelly Bryant, Luke Bwangole, Myrtle Davis, Donnita Davis, Arjun Dixit, Sandra Edmonds, Ava Ellett, Babikir Elshaikh, Hannah Ennis, Amy Gallagher, Ipsita Ghosh, Cassidy Hamborsky, Abdelraham Hamed Ahmed, Emily Hawkins, Raymond Hilligoss, Nina Jacks, Rebecca Johnson, Juanasha Jones-Lipscomb, Kayleigh Kinnelly, Julie Lewis, Renard Lewis, Marian Marrero, Nicole Morgan, Darrel Morris, Diane Morris, Eguono Omagamre, Ronak Patel, Anna Prado, Kaitlyn Prekrel, Brittney Ranti, Jenifer Rayne, Kate Rebman, John Reichenberg, Amit Sharma, Preeti Sharma, Ashley Silver, Jasmine Smalls, Tracey Smith, Stephanie Valentine, Ayhab Yahia, Jesse Zeger
Link to National Website
www.phikappaphi.org
Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship 2015 Nominee & 2016 Nominee both won national fellowship of $5,000!
Liz Ranger, 2016 Ch. 312 fellowship nominee, and Noman Choudhry, 2015 Ch. 312 fellowship nominee, both won prestigious $5,000 national fellowships. Both graduated from professional schools in May 2019. Liz is now a lawyer, and Noman is now a physician.
We are very proud of these two fellowship nominees!
Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Grants: 2014-2015 & 2016-2017
Twice, we have been the proud winners of Phi Kappa Phi literacy grants. You can see the details at the following URL:
http://www.phikappaphi.org/grants-awards/literacy#.VSFM0vnF8Rp
Paulina Erices and Veronique Diriker
Pennsylvania State University & University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Literacy Supplies for Children in Nicaraguan Impoverished Schools (2016-2017)
Working with La Merced, a volunteer-based nonprofit organization in the U.S., members from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Pennsylvania State University chapters have teamed up for a truly collaborative literacy effort. In its first phase,
the project will evaluate and assess the needs of teachers and administration at a K-12 school in Managua, Nicaragua. After assessment, project leaders will acquire the necessary materials to provide teachers with equipment and support to meet the
children’s needs. Communication with school administrators and on-site visits will take place over 24+ months to assess impact and effectiveness of intervention for continued support.
Terry Smith
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Just One Book (2014-2015)
The Just One Book project will complement a 2014-2015 initiative at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to encourage all students to read at least one book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
The book brings relevant scientific, historical, cultural, and current events to students at the Historically Black College and University (HBCU). Student members of the Phi Kappa Phi chapter will provide free copies of the book and sponsor an essay
contest with the winners presenting their essays during a symposium. The goal of the Just One Book project is to encourage students, through the exploration and enjoyment of just one book, to embrace literacy.
Literacy Grant Free Books
Literacy Grant Essay Contest
Last updated 10/15/2020 by Terry Kundell:
tlkundell@umes.edu