WATERVILLE — Hannah Hartnett, of Hebron, has been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
Membership in the society is one of the highest academic honors an undergraduate student can achieve. This honor is extended in recognition of students’ excellence as scholars and their dedication to liberal arts learning.
Hartnett majoring in mathematical sciences with a concentration in statistics at Colby College, where she is in the class of 2021. She is one of 52 students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Colby this year. A graduate of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, she is the daughter of Patrick and Tracey Hartnett, of Hebron.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society, founded in 1776, restricts its chapters to leading colleges and universities. The Beta Chapter of Maine was organized at Colby in 1895.