76 Students Inducted into the GS Honor Society

Earlier this month, the School of General Studies Honor Society inducted 76 students who were joined by their peers, family, and GS faculty and staff to celebrate their academic achievement.

The GS Honor Society was established in 1997 to recognize the exceptional academic achievements of GS students.

Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch welcomed guests, sharing her excitement and pride for the accomplishments of this year’s inductees, before introducing the featured speaker of the evening, Pavan C. Surapaneni ‘06GS.

Surapaneni shared his journey to GS, recounting his childhood in Maine, the troubles he encountered in his youth, and the perseverance that led him to succeed at GS. After graduating from GS in 2006, Surapaneni received his J.D. from Harvard. Today, he serves as a Director and Secretary of Saving Teens and a Director of the American Alpine Club. Surapaneni has been heavily involved in the GS community over the years. He currently serves as the Vice Chair on the GS Board of Visitors where he has been a member since 2011.

Dean of Academic Affairs, Caroline Marvin ‘16GSAS, praised the passion and dedication of this spring’s inductees, acknowledging their perseverance in both academic and personal affairs as well as their ability to foster growth within the GS community.

Dean Marvin emphasized the importance of diverse experience and the unique qualities of the GS community. Among the students inducted into the honor society this spring are 26 first-generation college students, 35 international students, 3 U.S. veterans and 5 students who served in the armed forces of other nations, and 15 students from the Dual Degree programs. “Before coming to GS, you have been street vendors, travel agents, English teachers, translators, actors and musicians, [...] baristas, line cooks, organic farmers, grassroots campaign coordinators, and pre-K music teachers. To me, this is the beauty of the GS experience.”

The chief aim of the GS Honor Society is to cultivate interaction among those committed to intellectual discovery and academic excellence. The only group of its kind at the University, the Society offers opportunities throughout the year for its student and alumni members to interact with one another, as well as with the faculty who enjoy working with such outstanding scholars.

Spring 2023 Inductees

Ashely Adams

Melissa Aguerre

Victoria Ardelean

Aimar Arizmendi

Maitar Asher

Caio Assir Rodrigues

Min Bae

Joshua Bedrosian

Caleb Berer

Bekim Bruka

Sarah Bukowski

Grace Calderwood

Gianna Campa

Zery Chan

Luke Cheng

Amy Choi

Christina Clark

Jacob Clay

Sara Coffield

Liam Cohen

Lucy Davis

Defne Demirdelen

Matthew Donovan

Ido Dvash

Jaclyn Flores

Taylor Fogarty

Ian Frankel

Daniela Gonzalez Chavez

Chris Gordon

Jesse Green

Dana Harlap

Alexandra Hazelton

Chennan He

Charles Heus

Caroline Higgins

Bat Hoter-Ishay

Luke Hsu

Angie Huang

Eythan Jiang

Courtney Kennedy

Katherine Kuckhoff

Sara Larry

Elias Legman

Iggy Leon

Jeremy Levenson

Jet Li

Kourtni Lind-Watson

Yifang Liu

Calvin Liu

Anna Lugard

Hayley Lugg

Tommy Ly

Mohsen Mahdawi

Elisheva Malomet

Cale Manjarrez

John Mcknight

Dillon Mercado

Max Mezrow

Franklin Mongiove

Chris Nagle

Sarah Noon

Jesper Norgaard

Matthew Oey

Thomas Ogg

Jack O'Sullivan

Tahmina Painda

Sang Park

Emily Pihlaja

Valerie Pires

Maya Platek

Kat Ponza

Josh Powell

Siyuan Qiu

Angelina Radden

Aun Raza

Clare Rigney

Tess Roche

Michael Roger

Joshua Schnider Blufstein

Jake Schwalbe

Nohar Segal

Raha Sharaflari

Mana Shimamura

Francesca Siudela

Francis Skehan

Stav Slama

Clement Streiff

Mari Sulebi

Quan Tan

Sara Wahedi

Benjamin Wasserburg

Miranda Wattier

Evan Whitehouse

Matthew Wilds

Kaitlin Wilson

Ayal Yakobe

Motohiro Yamazaki

Jade Yang

Al Young

Guy Zinder

May Zisbrod