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2025 Love of Learning Award Recipients

Congratulations to the 2025 Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning recipients! These awards help fund post-baccalaureate professional development for active Phi Kappa Phi members. One hundred and fifty-five awards, at $1,000 each, are distributed each year.

Name Chapter of Initiation
Grisell Abad Nova Southeastern University
Eleazar Abraham The University of Kansas
Aastha Acharya South Dakota State University
Abiola Adegoke Virginia Tech
Joseph Aderonmu University of Nebraska at Omaha
Queen Adeyemo Texas Tech University
Megan Adler Oklahoma State University
Fariha Afnan Texas Tech University
Adedayo Afolabi Texas Tech University
Jeremiah Akhigbe Clemson University
Frank Amankwah Louisiana State University
Elizabeth Amona Virginia Commonwealth University
Abigail Annis The University of Texas at Austin
Siqiao Ao University of Maryland, College Park
Kreed Averhoff Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lizette Avila The University of Texas at Arlington
Neda Barbazi University of Minnesota
Jacklynn Beck The Ohio State University
Matthew Blount East Carolina University
Ranelle Brew Grand Valley State University
Paige Briggs University of California-Davis
Rhian Bristol University of Southern California
Logan Britton Kansas State University
Halka Brunerova Colorado State University-Pueblo
Alexei Bullara California State University, Los Angeles
Tricia Cao University of Houston
Ariel Carmona University of Houston-Victoria
Max Cartor University of Louisville
Nikole Castleberry University of Georgia
David Cathey Texas Tech University
Ming Ming Cheung Michigan State University
Andre Chiang Louisiana State University
Michael Childers Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Nathan Colvin Old Dominion University
Savannah Cottingham Central Washington University
Jesse Crum University of Nevada, Reno
Nikita Cudjoe East Tennessee State University
Amit Dahal University of Rhode Island
Korotimi Dao Cessouma University of Maryland Global Campus
Tharindu Trishan Dapana Durage Louisiana State University
Fereshteh Dehghani Texas Tech University
Anuradha Dey Mercer University
Kristen Diederichs University of Wisconsin-Madison
Shivaprasad Doddabematti Prakash Kansas State University
Marc Doobay Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Hunter Dunnington United States Military Academy
Satwik Dutta The University of Texas at Dallas
Nelly Elsayed University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Fatemeh Esfandiari The University of Mississippi
Christopher Farmer Northern Arizona University
Jillian Franks University of Missouri-St Louis
Shrikant Fulari Florida State University
Vedavathi Sai Gandodi University of Maryland, Baltimore Campuses
Marie Gemelli-Carroll Marymount University
Carly George North Dakota State University
Guy George Syracuse University
Navdeep Godara Virginia Tech
Rana Gordji The University of Mississippi
Neil Virginia R. Greeley California State University, Los Angeles
Cedric Green North Dakota State University
DeKeitra Griffin Louisiana State University
Emilie Guidez Kansas State University
DeWana Hadder University of Kentucky
Katrina Hall University of North Florida
Mingqiang Han Kansas State University
Ann Harrell Pennsylvania State University
Colleen Harris California State University, San Bernardino
S M Jaglul Hasan University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sunshine Heenen The University of Texas at Dallas
Brooklyn Hemphill The University of Texas at Austin
Emma Hester University of Minnesota
Curtis Hoffmann Brigham Young University
Zsana Hoskins University of Maryland, College Park
Julie Huisken St. Catherine University
Chinenye Ifebirinachi North Carolina A&T State University
Nurana Ismayilova Texas Tech University
Lauren Jackson Missouri State University
Mackenzie Jaimes University of Southern California
Sheetal Jha Louisiana State University
Angela Johns McKendree University
Ginger Johnson University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Elizaveta Kalinina Texas State University
Parth Karwa University of Maryland, College Park
Michelle Keithley University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Nabiza Khan University of North Texas
Jonathan Kittle University of Delaware
Eunheh Koh Augusta University
Connor Krassel Florida State University
Rajaram Kshetri Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Shakia Lambert San Jose State University
Pete Gabriel Ledesma University of the Philippines
Hyunjung Lee Fordham University
Jian-Sin Lee University of Michigan
Hema Venkata Latha Lingireddy Purdue University
Karine Macarez University of New Orleans
Hayley Maio Louisiana State University Shreveport
Elnara Mammadova Purdue University
Kelly Manix Middle Tennessee State University
Marcelo Manrique Berea College
DeVoshia Mason Martin North Carolina State University
Alexander Massa Pennsylvania State University
Rylie McBride Brigham Young University
Idoia Meaza Isusi University of Louisville
Trinity Melton Western Kentucky University
Macey Mills Muskingum University
Prajwal MohanMurthy Mississippi State University
Taylor Moore University of North Texas
Tasha Morman Columbus State University
Elaine Nkwocha Louisiana State University
Emmanuel Nwachukwu Kansas State University
Jessica Nwafor University of Kentucky
Ayokunnumi Ogunsanya University of Maryland, Baltimore Campuses
Stephanie Okeleke East Tennessee State University
Simisola Oloye Purdue University
Sherifdeen Onigbinde Texas Tech University
Tochukwu Onyebum Kansas State University
Faustina Owusu Louisiana State University
Irene Park University of Maryland
Emily Peterson University of Wyoming
Amber Poettker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nathan Pounds Texas State University
Connor Purvis Francis Marion University
Khusbu Rahman Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Sohaila Rahman University of North Texas
Jacquline Rich Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Stella Roden University of Central Missouri
Alena Rogojina California State University, Northridge
Kristen Salyer Campbell University
Carol Samuelson University of North Alabama
Mona Shaheen The University of Kansas
Supriya Sharma University of Massachusetts
Susan Shaw Marymount University
Melony Shemberger Tennessee State University
Leah Simmonds Winthrop University
Shawn Simmons University of Southern California
Amaya Simoni-Walters Saint Mary's College of California
Nandani Sinha California State University, Los Angeles
Maria Smirnova Florida Atlantic University
Yuqi Song Louisiana State University
Kat Starr West Virginia University
Shanandoah Sterling Northern Arizona University
Isabella Stuart University of Michigan
Lenora Surage Western Michigan University
Mckenzie Swindle East Carolina University
Max Sy University of Maryland Global Campus
Rachel Tan James Madison University
Brooke Tojman Texas A&M University
Cassandra Tse University of the Pacific
Tejaswini Menon Vijayakumar University of Nevada, Reno
Brandon Walsh University of Southern California
Hunter Warren Clemson University
Camille Weindorf University of Georgia
Ellie Xu University of Southern California
Junling Zhu University of Massachusetts
Sumiyyah Zimami University of Michigan