Published: Feb. 1, 2000

Editors: Please note students from your local community. Students are listed by hometown.

The University of Colorado at Boulder initiated 62 students in the College of Arts and Sciences into the Phi Beta Kappa honor organization in December.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society elects generally the top 6 percent of graduates receiving degrees in the liberal arts each semester but is allowed to accept as many as the top 10 percent of graduating seniors who meet all requirements. Members must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.65.

CU-Boulder's Phi Beta Kappa Society, formerly known as the Alpha Chapter, was chartered in 1904 as the first Phi Beta Kappa chapter in Colorado. There are only three other chapters in Colorado at the University of Denver, Colorado State University and Colorado College. Phi Beta Kappa was founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., and has 250 chapters nationwide.

Following are the CU-Boulder 1999 fall semester initiates from Colorado:

Aurora: Joshua Nadler, Jennifer O'Brian

Boulder: LouAnn Babicz, Daniel Bergeson, Carla Davey, Gia DiStefano, Samuel Englebardt, Daniel Forsha, Mary France, David Gerard, Nancy Harvey, Jay Jutting, Elina Kazarian, Roger Kube Jr., Sarah Lovering, Laura Martin, Shannon Meadors, Theresa Tomich, Elizabeth Watson, Alicea Wei

Broomfield: Laurie Mickey

Cuchara: Amber Pierotti

Colorado Springs: Amanda Arthur, Travis Parker

Denver: Carlos Gonzalez, Gillian McKean, Taryn Mckenna, Andrew Nelson,

Caitlin O'Connor, Lloyd Slevc

Dillon: Eileen Moran

Edwards: Jennifer Sherowski

Englewood: Scott Geraghty, Jessica Gallegos, Lee Granas

Fort Collins: David Fromm, Eric Thorson

Grand Junction: Veronika Furst

Greeley: Catherine Bakewell

Highlands Ranch: Scott Swanson

Lafayette: Suzanne Greiner, Karen Lesea

Lakewood: Simone Howell

Littleton: Lindsay Arendt, Natalie Carter, Rachel Garrett, Jessica Milano,

Shayla Orton, Lindsay Unruh, Karen Van Pala

Longmont: Naomi Fobes

Nederland: Nghi Dung Nguyen Phuoc

Northglenn: Ahmad Fawad Ghafoori, Ahmad Paiman Ghafoori

Parker: Lara Kroepsch

Superior: Jill Cebula

Westminster: John Strand