The Phi Beta Kappa chapter of Oklahoma State University, Gamma of Oklahoma, initiated 18 new students members and its first ever alumni member on May 9, 2014. It was the second annual induction ceremony, as OSU’s chapter was established in 2013. 

Professor Blaine Greteman of the University of Iowa became the first alumni member of the OSU chapter. He was OSU’s first and only recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship. In addition to his induction, Greteman delivered an address entitled “The American Scholar 2.0.”

Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society, founded in 1776. It recognizes excellence on the part of students with a first or second major in a liberal arts discipline. 

The new student members are:

Chelsea Lauren Artussee – History & Animal Science (Henryetta, OK)

Amanda Judith Berry – Mathematics (Stillwater, OK)

Baylee Brianna Butler – Psychology & Political Science (Ringling, OK)

Michelle Louise Danser – Communication Sciences and Disorders (Edmond, OK)

Lauren Foley – Zoology (Jenks, OK)

Martha Louise Gipson – Statistics & Mathematics (Stillwater, OK)

Anna Grace Gunther – Mathematics & Economics (Wichita, KS)

Dylan Walker Hames – Architecture & Spanish (Tulsa, OK)

Walter Harrison Jackson III – History (Enid, OK)

Shelby Elizabeth James – Accounting & Spanish (Marian, OK)

Shelby Lynn Landes – Communication Sciences and Disorders & Spanish (Edmond, OK)

Ian Thomas Maloney – Microbiology/Cell and Molecular Biology (Enid, OK)

Kathryn Matilda Shrader – English & German (Stillwater, OK)

Mackenzie Lee Smith – History (Oklahoma City, OK)

Clara Leigh Telford – Physiology (Euless, TX)

Calvin Harrison Warner – Philosophy & Spanish (Edmond, OK)

Alex Charles Watkins – Economics (Okarche, OK)

Paige Kathryn Wikle -  Psychology (Stillwater, OK)