Charlotte Ebel ’25, Ayla Ray ’27 Receive Phi Kappa Phi Awards

An alumna and a student have received awards from Phi Kappa Phi (PKP), the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Charlotte Ebel ’25, who received a bachelor’s degree in public relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and in women’s and gender studies and German from the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a fellowship worth $8,500 by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. She is one of 48 recipients nationwide to receive a PKP fellowship.

Ayla Ray, a junior majoring in biology in Arts and Sciences and in environment, sustainability and policy in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, was awarded a Phi Kappa Phi Pioneer Award, which recognizes outstanding undergraduates for their research and leadership.

Phi Kappa Phi has a long history at Syracuse University. A chapter was established on campus in 1916, the 16th chapter in the nation at the time. In 2014, reorganizations left the Syracuse chapter without a leader. The chapter was relaunched in the spring of 2024 by the Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA). Adam Crowley, scholarship advisor with CFSA, serves as chapter president.

More than 150 members were inducted into Phi Kappa Phi this spring, bringing the total to more than 350 new members in the first two years of the restarted chapter.

You can read more about Charlotte, Ayla and Phi Kappa Phi in this SU News story: https://news.syr.edu/blog/2025/08/18/charlotte-ebel-25-ayla-ray-27-receive-phi-kappa-phi-awards/