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The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) [ a ] is the oldest academic honor society in the United States. [ 2 ][ 3 ] It was founded at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, in December 1776. [ 4 ] Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, and to induct outstanding students of arts and sciences at ...
Headquarters. 30 N. Gould Street #29147. Location. Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. Membership. 65. Website. www.achshonor.org. The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) is a voluntary association of national collegiate and post-graduate honor societies.
The Phi Beta Kappa society had a rudimentary initiation and maintained an uncertain level of secrecy. Those secrets were exposed in the mid-1830s by students at Harvard University acting under the patronage of John Quincy Adams. Since the 1840s, Phi Beta Kappa has operated openly as an academic honor society.
A listing of the chapters of Phi Beta Kappa Society. [1][2][3][4][5] Active chapters are indicated in bold; inactive chapters are indicated in italic. Lewiston, ME. Fredericksburg, VA. ^ The numbering system indicated order of charter. However, in 1922, the Catalogue of the Cornell Chapter renumbers the chapter, excluding the Alpha of Alabama ...
She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Sigma Xi and graduated summa cum laude in 1945. Encouraged by a graduate scholarship from the Smith Student Aid Society of Smith College, she applied to graduate programs in mathematics and was accepted by both Yale University and the University of Michigan ; she chose Yale because of the financial aid ...
Illinois. 2006. Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore. Maryland. ^ Gamma was the second chapter to be established but was named out of Greek alphabet order to match the Gamma chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, its brother institution at Morgan College. ^ abcThis chapter's charter was revoked by the sorority between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2020.
Marietta College is a Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts institution, requiring students to complete courses in Quantitative Reasoning, Artistic Expression, Civilization & Culture, Social Analysis, and Scientific Inquiry regardless of their major track. Additionally, students are required to have a secondary academic concentration, complete an out-of ...
Education. Howard University (BA) University of Chicago American University (MS) George Washington University (JD) Patricia Roberts Harris (May 31, 1924 – March 23, 1985) was an American politician, diplomat, and legal scholar. She served as the 6th United States secretary of housing and urban development from 1977 to 1979 and as the 13th ...