Top UMW Students Reach Revered Phi Beta Kappa Rank
Forty UMW students were inducted into the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa, during last night’s virtual ceremony.
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, is academic excellence and love of learning. The five College of William and Mary students who founded this august honor society in 1776 could hardly have imagined new inductees being presented virtually via a technology called Zoom.
But that is what happened last night as photos of new members were projected onto a screen and as Dr. Paino accepted his honorary induction into “the most prestigious academic honor society in the nation.” Read more.
Phi Beta Kappa Inducts Stars at Academics and Adaptability
Senior Nichole Boigegrain is one of 34 UMW students elected to Phi Beta Kappa, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic societies. Here, she stands with the PBK marker on Campus Walk. UMW’s Kappa of Virginia chapter celebrates its 50th anniversary this fall. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi.
The University of Mary Washington inducted 34 students earlier this year into Phi Beta Kappa, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor societies.
Founded in 1776 – the same year as the signing of the Declaration of Independence – the organization is dedicated to championing a liberal arts and sciences education. In the midst of the American Revolution, Phi Beta Kappa’s founders recognized that institutions needed to be “a grounding force and elevating influence in turbulent times,” according to its website – a principle the society upholds today.
Notable members include presidents and Supreme Court justices, activists W.E.B. DuBois and Helen Keller, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Nichole Boigegrain joined the ranks of that elite group of scholars, including those who have been initiated into UMW’s Kappa of Virginia chapter over the last half century, since its founding in 1970. But she had to navigate through some 21st-century problems along the way. Read more.
Phi Beta Kappa Inducts Stars at Academics and Adaptability
The University of Mary Washington inducted 34 students earlier this year into Phi Beta Kappa, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor societies.
Senior Nichole Boigegrain is one of 34 UMW students elected to Phi Beta Kappa, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic societies. Here, she stands with the PBK marker on Campus Walk. UMW’s Kappa of Virginia chapter celebrates its 50th anniversary this fall. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi.
Founded in 1776 – the same year as the signing of the Declaration of Independence – the organization is dedicated to championing a liberal arts and sciences education. In the midst of the American Revolution, Phi Beta Kappa’s founders recognized that institutions needed to be “a grounding force and elevating influence in turbulent times,” according to its website – a principle the society upholds today.
Notable members include presidents and Supreme Court justices, activists W.E.B. DuBois and Helen Keller, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Nichole Boigegrain joined the ranks of that elite group of scholars, including those who have been initiated into UMW’s Kappa of Virginia chapter over the last half century, since its founding in 1970. But she had to navigate through some 21st-century problems along the way. Read more.
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.
Members of the Kappa Chapter of Virginia at the 2014 induction ceremony.
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 and expression, sponsoring activities to advance the study of the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences. The society invites the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities for membership.
The UMW chapter, Kappa of Virginia, selects its members based on rigorous scrutiny of students’ academic achievements as demonstrated through grade point averages.
New members of Kappa of Virginia include:
Benjamin Blalock
Kathleen E. Busch
Danielle P. DeSimone
Danielle C. DeVille
Emily M. Farnsworth
Shannan M. Feight
Elisa Fuhrken
Tabitha Glinski
Gabriella Graham
Elizabeth Green
Charlotte Hageman
Felicia Hamn
Claire Harrington
Elizabeth Henry
Phillip Hitt
Max Huemer
Alicia Izaguirre
Katherine Johnson
Eun-Mi Ju
Anna Kania*
Erin Keener
Celeste Kelly
Jared Kline
Katie Lebling
Catherine LeBouton
Emma Leheney
Daniel Lipscomb
Ellynn Loftus
Sarah R. Marzec
Paige H. R. McKinsey
Melissa Mittelman*
Jerome M. Mueller
Sidney A. Mullis
Emma C. Oestreicher
Leanna J. Papp
Lauren I. Pettengill
Robin R. Ramey
Jordan W. Reece
Hannah W. Riddle
Alexandra M. Ritter
Brittany Scites
Brittany Simmons
Kimberly Slater
Mollie E. Welty
Margaret Wilder
Kaylee L. Wilsher
*Juniors
Phi Beta Kappa Scholar to Visit UMW, Nov. 21-22
During his two-day visit, Deloria also will speak with students and faculty in a range of American studies and history courses and meet with PBK members.
Deloria is the Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan and has joint appointment in the departments of history and American culture. He is currently the associate dean for undergraduate education in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. He is the author of two prize-winning books, “Playing Indian” and “Indians in Unexpected Places,” as well as the co-editor for several others. He also has written for numerous scholarly journals in the fields of American Indian studies, environmental history and cultural studies. Deloria has served as president of the American Studies Association, as a trustee of the Smithsonian’s National History Museum of the American Indian and is an elected member of the Society of American Historians.
Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most widely known academic honor society in the nation, with chapters at 283 institutions and more than half a million members. Its mission is to champion education in the liberal arts and sciences, to recognize academic excellence and to foster freedom of thought and expression. The UMW chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa of Virginia, selects its members based on rigorous scrutiny of students’ academic achievements as demonstrated through grade point averages. UMW inducted 51 new members into the society last spring.
The lecture is sponsored by Kappa of Virginia, the Department of English, Linguistics and Communication, the Department of History and American Studies, the American Studies Program, the Honors Program, and particularly the Wendy Shadwell ’63 Program Endowment in British Literature. Additional information about the PBK Visiting Scholar Program can be found at http://www.pbk.org. For more information about Deloria’s visit, please contact Professor Gary Richards at grichard@umw.edu or (540) 654-2365.UMW’s Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Inducts 51 New Members
The University of Mary Washington chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa of Virginia, recently inducted 51 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 and expression, sponsoring activities to advance the study of the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences. The society invites the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities for membership.
The UMW chapter, Kappa of Virginia, selects its members based on rigorous scrutiny of students’ academic achievements as demonstrated through grade point averages.
New members of Kappa of Virginia include:
Brent Arehart
Sarah Bergstresser
Elizaveta Blasser
Erin Boggs
Taylor Bono
Ethan Bottone
Kelly Brown
Morgan Brown
Brittany Byrd
Kevin Cherniawski
Gemma Cohen
Jennifer Crystle
Rita Daniel
Sarah Decker
Mariela DeMaio
Katherine Diemer
Emma Eggers
Rachel Eiker
Natalie Fraize
Abigail Gellene
Amy Gerrard
Melissa Getz
Emily Gibbs
Ryan Green
Emily Hodder
Lauren Holt
Casey Howren
Eric Knapp
Devin LaMoy
Dane Lawhorne
Cooper Lawton
Courtney Lynn
Colin McElhinny
Sarah Mendelsohn
Kathleen Nelson
Julia Pannewitz
Amanda Parker
Alexis Pennings
Hannah Ridenour
Charlotte Rodina
Candice Roland
Bryanne Salazar
Kandra Selby
Elizabeth Storey
Leah Tams
Erin Taylor
Chiara Tornabene
Derek Whitaker
Alexandra Wolfson
Susi Woofter
Rebecca Wright
Three UMW Students Intern with Phi Beta Kappa
University of Mary Washington seniors Jennifer Crystle, Christine LaPlaca and Riham Osman have been chosen as writing interns as part of Phi Beta Kappa’s new two-semester internship program.
During the internship, the students will prepare a series of brief articles for publication on Phi Beta Kappa’s national website for news and alumni relations.
Phi Beta Kappa, based in Washington, D.C., is the nation’s oldest academic honor society focused on the liberal arts. The Kappa Chapter of Virginia was established at Mary Washington in 1971.
