Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Kappa Phi is the all-university honor society at University of the Pacific. It is the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society. Memberships are by invitation only to the juniors who rank in the top 7.5% of their class, as well as seniors and graduate students who rank in the top 10% of their class.
We were honored to celebrate the following students who are inducted into the honor society in 2024.
College of the Pacific
Felicity Andrews
Aparna Balaji
Austin R. Hoffman
Ella E. Leroy
Jacob R. Pimentel
Jenna Williamson
Haoyun Xu
Breena Choy
Jimmy Andrew Guzman
Donghwi Kim
Danielle Kitaoka
Amanda Lee
Rosabella M. Lopez
Jenna Makarem
Haakon Michael Mathiesen
Sevak L. Manucharyan
Sonia Mathur
Aneri Mehta
Mariel Montes
Bryan J. Park
Sunali Patel
Wasil A. Rasuli
Myra Z. Retana
Dianne Roberts
Rosemary J. Schweizer
Ananya Srivatsan
Christine T. Tran
Christopher L.Uchizono
Ashley Wen
Darren Zhan
Stephanie C. Bowar
Derek Chan
Zoe B. Cuyler
Michael W. Erdman
Lorenzo Spaccarelli
Avery T. Whipple
Haoyun (Youyou) Xu
Benerd College
Faviola S. Alvarez
Natalie Z. Bautista
Vivian Bui
Elisa Espinosa
Escobar
Rosabella M. Lopez
Courtney A. Murphy
Lucy Norvall
Jeremy D. Greene
Conservatory of Music
Sophia Rechel
Kylie M. Ward
Ainsley R. Berryhill
Xiaoyu Lyu
Shahwaiz Hirani
Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy
Guneet Gill
Cynthia Lai
Angela Ton
Asarra N. Govind
Allison Mac
Stephen L. Nguyen
Isabel Shiang
Heusny Sou
Brittney Wong
Silvia M. Arakelyan
Lucas J. Davison
Heekyung Ko
Alice M. Nguyen
Trang Nguyen
Lena A. Tieu
School of Engineering and Computer Science
Dipti Dilip Prabhavale
Christopher Spezzano
Tianfeng Chen
Tien Tuong Phan
School of Health Sciences
Kayleigh Guyon
Andy Yciano
Hannah N. Davis
Alexandria Herman
Zohair Hussain
Alexis M. Maciel
Alexandra Martin
Kate A. Takahashi
Jacimil D. Varquez
Brooke L. Waller
Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
Alini Agnes
Sejin Ahn
Rongchen Ding
Sucharu Ghosh
Amelia Hanney
Meghan L. Hansen
Rachel M. Healy
Fotima T. Jaludi
John M. Killam
Kim Lam
Becky D. Lippman
Mirna Merhi-Boghossian
Rachel K. Min
Shiv Patel
Peter Joseph Perez
Tyler R. Starley
Celine L. Tran
Harrison Truman
Erik Wurster
Fariba Yaghoobi
Pacific Athletics
Pacific Athletics is proud of the following seniors recognized at the 12th annual Tommy Awards on May 1, 2024.
Play of the Year
LeSown Hallums Jr., Men’s Basketball — Game Winning Buzzer Beater vs. Le Moyne
Alice Hirata Tiger Spirit Award
Josephine Millard, Women’s Basketball
Rosie Schweizer, Women’s Basketball
Iron Tiger Athletic Performance Award
Alex Barclay, Golf
Ella Leroy, Track & Field
Amos Alonzo Stagg Senior Scholar Award
Maakon Mathiensen, Golf
Director of Athletics All Tiger
Peter Alam, Men’s Tennis
Rosie Schweizer, Women’s Basketball
Megan Nishamura, Women’s Volleyball
Pacific Tiger Leadership Award
Ran Amar, Men’s Tennis
Alexa Edwards, Women’s Volleyball
College of the Pacific
College of the Pacific was elated to celebrate the following outstanding seniors within each major at the 2024 All-university Commencement.
Graphic Design
Felicity Andrews
Media X
Asher Bloom
Trey Cotner
Biochemistry
Michael Erdman
Benjamin Ruvalcaba
Biological Sciences
Ananya Srivatsan
Sonia Mathur
Clarice Yoon
Sophie Pazzo
Chemistry
Bridget Sprecher
Communication
Jesus Cervantes
Nemawae Hines
Criminal Justice
Ella LeRoy
Economics
Shahwaiz Hirani
English
Jenna M. Williamson
Ethnic Studies
Namorrah Ward
Gender Studies
Xander Beck
Geological and Environmental Sciences
Jackson Morgan
Health and Exercise Sciences
Ethan Rosario
History
Lorenzo Spaccarelli
International Studies
Jimmy A. Guzman
Mathematics
Christopher Uchizono
Shomario Richard
Modern Language & Literature (Spanish)
Rosabella M. Lopez
Modern Language & Literature (French Studies)
Ella LeRoy
Philosophy
Zoe C. Clydesdale
Physics
Mohit Bhangu
Political Science
Rosemary J. Schweizer
Sandor A. Bartok
Psychology
Danielle Kitaoka
Social Sciences
Akssa Nazakat
Sociology
Victoria Martinez
The following are seniors who received awards from College of the Pacific.
Arlen J. Hansen Writing Contest
Sophia McRae
Fred and Marguerite Early Undergraduate Research Award (Biology)
John Yoo
Fred and Marguerite Early Undergraduate Research Award (Chemistry)
Tristan T. Allen
Abigial C. Van De Water
Holly Jiang
Harold S. Jacoby Citizen Leadership Award
Zak Baker
Jan Good Award
Elizabeth Celestino
M. Jack Mason Award
Jazmine Rocha
Galilea Gonzalez
Seamus Heaney Prize
Jose Flores-Jimenez
Phi Beta Kappa
College of the Pacific is among the just 10% of colleges and universities in the United States to host a chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation's oldest and most well-known academic honor society. In 2024, Pacific’s Chi Chapter of California inducted the following liberal arts students into the distinguished society.
Victoria Gorelik
Manbir Kaur
Nguyen Vo
Liliana López
Kari Tanji
Finley Shields
Areesh Ilyas
Sylvia Wang
Paula Alejandra Páez Cardenas
Lynn Sasaki
Ryan Kiya Zarrabian
Aneri Mehta
Keldon Chase
Rosabella M. Lopez
Lorraine S. Lee
The Raven Elise McGurll
Dianne Roberts
Oscar Hugo Avalos
Nora Bakken
Aparna Balaj
Beatriz Diaz
Jimmy Andrew Guzman
Juan Haro
Eric Lin
Haakon Michael Mathiesen
Paloma Ruby Morales
Katlyn Ong
Myra Z. Retana
Lucas Sun
Haoyun (Youyou) Xu
Conservatory of Music
The Conservatory of Music is proud to be affiliated with Phi Kappa Lambda, founded in 1918. Pi Kappa Lambda is a national music honor society and recognizes high achievement in the musical arts.
Congrats to our students below for being inducted into the society in 2024!
Ainsley Berryhill
Gabriella Campitelli
Robin Bisho
Mary Denney
Mia Janosik
Seth Neves
Elaine Hanley
Bailey LaBrie
Jordan Wier
Molly Bolewski
Kylie Ward
Sophia Rechel
Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy
Check out our 2024 PharmD awarded students here.
School of Engineering and Computer Science
The School of Engineering and Computer Science was grateful to celebrate the following students for their accomplishments in 2024.
Valedictorians
Christian Francis Garcia
Vy Dang Phuong Nguyen
Outstanding School of Engineering and Computer Science Graduates
Matthew Hunter Kimrey
Josephine Marie Millard
Academic Excellence
Karla Alejandra Rodriguez Pequeno, Bioengineering
Maximilian August Ninomiya, Civil Engineering
Emily Shang-Yi Yeh, Computer Engineering
Vy Dang Phuong Nguyen, Computer Science
Manuel Romero, Electrical Engineering
Andrew I Urista, Engineering Management
Christian Francis Garcia, Mechanical Engineering
Outstanding Graduates
June Tokunbo Akpata, Bioengineering
Josephine Marie Millard, Civil Engineering
Salma Sakhizada, Computer Engineering
Nicolas Duri Ahn, Computer Science
Alexandra Marie Hum, Computer Science
Eric Dean Lopus, Electrical Engineering
Camden Sean Riley, Engineering Management
Matthew Hunter Kimrey, Mechanical Engineering
Christopher M. Spezzano, Mechanical Engineering
Outstanding CO-OP Student
Tahane El Kheidi
Scholar-Athlete Laureate
Megan Rene Acosta
Josephine Marie Millard
Caitlin Tan
Tau Beta Pi
Tau Beta Pi is the only engineering honor society representing all fields of the engineering profession and is the second oldest honor society in the nation. It recognizes outstanding scholarship, character and attainment in the profession. The following graduating students from School of Engineering and Computer Science are a part of the society.
Katelynn Marie Cramer
Celine Jane Rafanan Diaz
Dulcelly Guerrero
Mika Jaimi Mar
Karla Rodriguez Alejandra Pequeno
Christopher M Spezzano
Emily Shang-Yi Yeh
Eberhardt School of Business
The Eberhardt School of Business is proud to be affiliated with Beta Gamma Sigma, founded in 1913. Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor society serving business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Membership requirements include that a student must be in the top 10% of a bachelor’s degree business program or the top 20% of a master’s business program at an AACSB-accredited business school. Shout out to our graduating students who became part of this society in 2024!
Ananya Srivatsan
Emily Greene
Tejvir Shergill
Audrey Fuchs
Sumandeep Atwal
Lucas Sun
Megan Nishimura
Shahwaiz Hirani
Asher Bloom
Lukas Aeberli
Alexia Ferguson
Kaelyn Norwood
Ran Amar
Thi Thuy Khue Nguyen
Mansha Gupta
Pichsinee Kalklod
Yu-Ting Kuang
Xiaoyu Lyu
Dylan Parente
Coby McCaig
Cecilia Holmberg
Yi-Hsien Tseng
Khalid Khalaf
Brandon Chan
Minhua He
Samuel Villalta Huesa
Nhu Ngoc My Nguyen
Ying Cao
Anh Phuong Ta
Pranath Manoj Aacha
