Baylor University’s Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa initiated nine new members during a ceremony Dec. 5, 2012, in Armstrong Browning Library.

Fall 2012 initiates include: Michelle Caunitz, a senior biology major from Colleyville who will attend physician assistant’s school; Ashby Davis, a senior French and international studies major from Bossier City, La., who will teach English in France for a year, then attend law school; Kelsey Jarzombek, a professional writing major who will attend Baylor Law School; Amy Koester, a senior medical humanities major from Woodway; Carlo Manzana, a senior biology major who will attend medical school at University of California San Diego; Michael McMillan, a senior theatre arts and music major from Kingwood; Luke Mitchell, a 2012 Baylor graduate with a BA in English, who now is working as a living collections specialist in the Mayborn Museum Complex and will attend graduate school in English literature; Sarah Rafie, a senior political science major from Waco who will attend the University of Virginia School of Law; and Melissa Rogers, a senior religion major from Eureka, Mo., who will attend Texas Women’s University to pursue a master’s degree in occupational therapy.

Phi Beta Kappa , founded on Dec. 5, 1776, at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., is the nation’s oldest scholastic honor society, and the first American society to have a Greek letter name. Its purpose is to recognize and encourage scholarship in the liberal arts and sciences.

The Baylor University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta of Texas, was chartered in 1976 and is one of only eleven chapters in Texas. Baylor’s Zeta Chapter now lists more than 100 members.

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Initiates shown in photo above are (L to R): Michelle Caunitz, Ashby Davis, Kelsey Jarzombek, Carlo Manzana, Sarah Rafie, Luke Mitchell, Melissa Rogers. Not pictured: Amy Koester, Michael McMillan.