Luther College’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa inducts 22 students

Based on their broad academic interests, scholarly achievement and good character, 22 students were selected to be inducted into Luther College’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter on May 24, 2025. Three students (L’Engle Charis-Carlson, Christina Rolf and Elliott Stuenkel) are not pictured in the group photo taken at the ceremony.

Luther College’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter welcomed 22 students into membership at the annual induction ceremony, held on Saturday, May 24. Luther alum Craig Cornelius, class of 1974, gave the Ruth A. Davis Memorial Address and was inducted as an alumni member into Phi Beta Kappa as well.

Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most respected undergraduate honors organization in the United States. The society has fostered and recognized excellence in the liberal arts and sciences since 1776, and the society’s distinctive emblem, a golden key, is widely recognized as a symbol of academic achievement.

Luther College is one of a select group of private liberal arts colleges in the United States with a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. The Eta of Iowa Chapter at Luther College was established in 1983. Members are selected on the basis of broad academic interests, scholarly achievement and good character. The 2025 inductees include:

Seniors

• Allie Anderson of New Ulm, Minnesota
• Mary Brady of Eldora, Iowa
• Michelle Bui of Nam Định, Vietnam
• Ellie Gardner of Edina, Minnesota
• Susmita Giri of Sindhupalchok, Nepal
• Ryan Holt of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
• Grace McIlrath of Grinnell, Iowa
• Megan Miller of Urbandale, Iowa
• Emma Pichelmann of Jacksonville Beach, Florida
• Gracia Powell of Bellingham, Washington
• Christina Rolf of River Falls, Wisconsin
• Sarah Schmidt of Bettendorf, Iowa
• Mark Severtson of Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Khanh Linh Tran of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Nicholas Viveros of Whittier, California
• Elijah Wallace of Roseville, Minnesota
• Julia Weiner of Iowa City, Iowa
• Jacob Wenger of Manchester, Iowa
• Avery Wrage of Waverly, Iowa

Juniors

• L’Engle Charis-Carlson of Iowa City, Iowa
• Iris Roddy of Kansas City, Missouri
• Elliott Stuenkel of Waterloo, Iowa