Ten undergraduate economics majors were awarded Phi Beta Kappa honors on May 1 in the Sun Room at the Memorial Union. Those awardees include juniors Samuel Bird and Ziran Li, and seniors Andrew Krog, Michael Lee, Lanting Li, Matthew Ong, Samuel Pudenz, Brittney Shaull, Joseph Stinn, Michael Vosseller.

Matthew Ong, a double major in economics and political science, received the 2011 Jerry Shakeshaft Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship for excellence in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Provost Elizabeth Hoffman, a Department of Economics faculty member, was inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most prestigious honorary society in the United States with a history dating back to its founding at the College of William and Mary in 1776. Phi Beta Kappa honorees must be in the top 2% of their class, and also show strength and breadth in their academic program.

Pictured in the photo from left to right is Provost Elizabeth Hoffman, Andrew Krog, Associate Dean Arne Hallam, Michael Lee, Peter Orazem, Ziran Li, Brittney Schaull, Matthew Ong.