Niagara County Residents Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at UB

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Niagara County residents attending the University at Buffalo recently were inducted into the Omicron Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honorary society.

Students selected to be members must be seniors graduating in a liberal arts degree program or one of a small number of juniors. They must have a grade-point average of 3.75 or higher with 85 credit hours completed, or 3.50 or higher with 100 credit hours completed.

The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, the largest and most comprehensive campus in the State University of New York. UB's more than 27,000 students pursue their academic interests through more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. Founded in 1846, the University at Buffalo is a member of the Association of American Universities.

The students who were inducted, their areas of study and their hometowns are:

LEWISTON: Ashley Mason, communicative disorders and sciences.

LOCKPORT: Ryan Grimmer, history; Joel Grundy, social sciences interdisciplinary; and Theresa McNutt, linguistics.

MIDDLEPORT: Nicole Coleman, English.

NIAGARA FALLS: Christopher Bagneschi, anthropology; Anthony Dakwar, medicine and biomedical sciences; Megan Dimond, mathematics; and Ruby Parihar, psychology.

NORTH TONAWANDA: Melanie Carey, history; Nicole Huard, social sciences interdisciplinary; Rachel Nadbrzuch, biomedical sciences; Jeffrey Novak, political science; Ian Phillips, romance languages and literatures; Ryan Prendergast, physics; Danielle Smith, psychology; and Denise Stacks, political science.

WHEATFIELD: Amanda Allen, English.

WILSON: Megan Palame, social sciences interdisciplinary.

YOUNGSTOWN: Gregory Sherman, biological sciences.