Tag: Phi Beta Kappa

UMW Recognizes Spring 2025 Phi Beta Kappa Student Inductees and Scholarship Recipient

Each spring, dozens of University of Mary Washington students join the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society – Phi Beta Kappa – with a Sunday afternoon induction ceremony and the applause of faculty, staff, campus community members and their families.Fifty-seven UMW juniors and seniors were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa during a recent ceremony […]

Top UMW Students Reach Revered Phi Beta Kappa Rank

Along with 40 University of Mary Washington students, President Troy Paino was inducted last night into an exclusive 250-year-old worldwide club, which used to have a secret sign and handshake. Membership is lifelong, and it has been offered to 17 U.S. Presidents and 42 U.S. Supreme Court justices.The key to membership in this invitation-only club, […]

Phi Beta Kappa Inducts New Members

The University of Mary Washington chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa of Virginia, recently inducted 46 students into the chapter.  Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society.Phi Beta Kappa was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776 and has since upheld the principles of freedom of inquiry and liberty of thought […]