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Devon Wasche
  • Class of 2017
  • Florence, SC

Devon Victoria Wasche inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford College

2017 May 19

Devon Victoria Wasche, a member of the class of 2017, was accorded Wofford College's highest academic honor Tuesday, May 9, when she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Wasche is majoring in biology with a minor in chemistry. She tutored and served as a lab assistant in both the Department of Biology and the Department of Chemistry. Wasche participated in a Research Experience for Undergraduates program at Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Fla., in the summer of 2015 and conducted research at Harvard University in 2016. She also served as co-president of Wofford's Interfaith Youth Core. A candidate for a bachelor of science degree, Wasche will pursue a Ph.D. in immunology this fall at Yale University..

Thirty-seven Wofford College students and recent graduates were initiated as members-in-course during the ceremony that marked the 76th anniversary of Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford.

Students are normally considered for election to Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford after they have earned 100 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.600. Election is not automatic. Resident members of the chapter consider scholarship, character, intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, diversity of academic interests and pursuits, and other factors in the election process The chapter may elect only 10 percent of a graduating class in any year.