Key into Public Service Scholars
Selected from nearly 800 applicants attending Phi Beta Kappa institutions across the nation, the class of 2026 Key into Public Service Scholars hail from 18 states. The students represent a broad range of academic interests across the arts and sciences, backgrounds, and institutions. In honor of the Society's 250th anniversary, each scholar will receive a $7,600 undergraduate scholarship and take part in an educational conference experience in Washington, D.C. to provide them with training, mentoring, and reflection on pathways into active citizenship.
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Meet the Class of 2021.
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Veronica Bofah
University of Notre Dame; Global Affairs and Spanish; Minor: Civil & Human Rights
Sophia Cheng
Northwestern University; History and Environmental Policy & Culture; Minor: Data Science
Shay Doshi
Claremont McKenna College; International Relations and Public Policy; Minor: Legal Studies
Bella Faria
Arizona State University; Public Policy and Innovation in Society; Minor: Sustainability
Ben Jones
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Political Science and Peace, War, & Defense; Minor: Chinese
Fiona Lu
University of California, Los Angeles; Public Affairs, Labor Studies, and Asian American Studies; Minor: Community Engagement & Social Change
Angeline Morgado
University of Wisconsin-Madison; Political Science, International Studies, and Latin American, Caribbean, & Iberian Studies; Minor: Gender & Women's Studies
Trey Murnane
The Catholic University of America; Politics; Minors: History and Markets & Political Economy
Fareed Salmon
Yale University; History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health; Minors: Human Rights Studies and Journalism
Trenton Schroering
University of Kentucky; Political Science; Minors: Law& Justice, Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies
Benjamin Smith
University of Alabama; Quantitative Economics, Mathematics, Music Composition, and Spanish; Minors: German, Global & Cultural Perspectives
Aneesh Swaminathan
Johns Hopkins University; Molecular & Cellular Biology and Political Science; Minor: Bioethics
Parmesh Thakoordial
University at Albany, SUNY; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Psychology
Finley Warren
Spelman College; Political Science; Minors: Economics and Refugee & Forced Migration Studies
