Nearly 75 students in the College of Arts and Sciences were inducted into the University of Delaware’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on April 26. The names of the inductees are listed in the ceremony’s digital program.

Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for arts and sciences disciplines. The Alpha of Delaware chapter was founded at UD in 1956.  

Each year the chapter bestows several student awards. Three students were honored at the induction ceremony.

Gabriel Dokus, a sophomore honors student from Denville, New Jersey, received the Clift and DeArmond Award. Dokus is double majoring in applied mathematics and English, and minoring in computer science and history. This award recognizes the second-year undergraduate at the University of Delaware who shows the most outstanding scholarly potential in a Phi Beta Kappa curriculum.

“I am extremely honored to receive the Clift and DeArmond Award,” he said. “This award serves as encouragement to pursue my interest in both STEM and the humanities. Being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in my senior year has now become a personal goal.”

Wyatt Flicker, a junior honors student from Wilmington, Delaware, received the Herbert Ellis Newman Award. Flicker is triple majoring in ancient Greek and Roman studies, history and international relations, and minoring in religious studies. This award recognizes the third-year undergraduate at the University of Delaware who shows the most outstanding scholarly potential in a Phi Beta Kappa curriculum.

Jasmin Bioteau, an honors student double majoring in chemistry and Spanish, won the L. Leon Campbell Phi Beta Kappa Distinguished Senior Award. This award is given to a graduating natural or physical sciences major who has demonstrated outstanding intellectual promise and a commitment to scientific research. 

“Receiving this award meant that others also saw the amount of hard work I’ve put in over the years towards my research and building a community of chemists. The award was very affirming for me,” she said. 

Bioteau worked in the labs of chemistry faculty Jeffrey Mugridge and William Chain during her Blue Hen career. She said they were “pivotal” in her success. She will begin a doctoral program in chemistry at UCLA after graduation.

“UD faculty have been my biggest advocates and pointed me toward resources that I did not even know existed. They valued my input and made me feel like I had a community at UD. I hope to be able to pay it forward and provide others with the phenomenal mentorship I received from faculty at UD,” she said.