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Announcing Apple Discounts
Phi Kappa Phi has formed a strategic partnership with Apple that will allow active Phi Kappa Phi members to receive discounts on various Apple products, including laptops, desktops, servers and storage units, software and more. Apple has created an online store especially for active Phi Kappa Phi members.
To access the store and receive the special pricing, members must log on to the Members Only portion of PhiKappaPhi.org and select “More Benefits.”
If you have questions about the Apple discount, please contact Maria Davis, marketing development manager, at mariad@phikappaphi.org or 800-804- 9880, ext. 35. For log in assistance, you may contact Ryan Aucoin, webmaster, at ryana@phikappaphi.org or 800-804-9880, ext. 17.
Phi Kappa Phi Forum Magazine Receives Prestigious Publication Awards
The Phi Kappa Phi Forum magazine recently won a Grand Award for Writing, the highest award category, from APEX for the "Is the Sky Falling" issue (Winter/Spring 2006).
"A superbly written, objective review makes an intensely polarizing topic both understandable and interesting," noted one of the APEX judges.
Additionally, the Society's electronic magazine, the Honor Cord, received an Award of Excellence in the category of "Magazines & Journals - Web & Electronic."
APEX 2007--the 19th Annual Awards for Publication Excellence--is an international competition that recognizes outstanding publications from newsletters and magazines to annual reports, brochures, and Web sites.
APEX awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the success of the entry--in the opinion of the judges--in achieving overall communications effectiveness and excellence.
The "Is the Sky Falling?" issue also received the Magnum Opus Bronze Award for Best Cover.
The Magnum Opus acknowledges and rewards every aspect of an internal or external publication's marketing and messaging success in the areas of writing, design, strategy, and management.
University of Texas-Arlington Installs 300th Phi Kappa Phi Chapter
The University of Texas-Arlington made history April 19 by installing the 300th chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective all-discipline honor society.
"Given what I've learned about Phi Kappa Phi over the past few years, it became clear to me that we have become a sort of institution that embodies the principles behind Phi Kappa Phi," said David Silva, Ph.D., linguistics chair at the university and chartering member of the 300th chapter.
UT-Arlington, according to Silva, offers educational opportunities in a range of disciplines at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, a trait representative of Phi Kappa Phi's existence as an all-discipline honor society.
Those in attendance include UT-Arlington President James Spaniolo and Provost Dana Dunn, both who were initiated into the Society during the ceremony. Gilbert Fowler, Ph.D., Phi Kappa Phi's south central region vice president, represented Phi Kappa Phi's Board of Directors.
"It's most fitting that the University of Texas at Arlington validates its commitment to excellence by becoming the 300th chapter of Phi Kappa Phi during its Honors Convocation Week in 2007," said Fowler. "Its provost, president, and Phi Kappa Phi founding members are committed to making Phi Kappa Phi an organization that truly reaches all disciplines and lives up to its ideal of recognizing excellence."
The UT-Arlington chapter will hold its first initiation ceremony in the fall.
"I feel that a chapter of Phi Kappa Phi on campus not only confirms what we have achieved as an institution," said Silva, "but also provides UT-Arlington with yet another means of promoting academic excellence, thereby moving us closer to where we want to be in the future."
Four Members Named 2007 Alpha Lambda Delta Fellowship Winners
Phi Kappa Phi members continue to make a name for themselves by earning valuable awards to help advance their education. Of the twenty-three graduate fellowships granted through Alpha Lambda Delta, four of the recipients are members of Phi Kappa Phi.
Graduate fellowships are valued from $3,000 to $7,500 and are awarded to those who are or will be enrolled in a graduate or professional studies program during the upcoming academic year.
Alpha Lambda Delta is an honor society for students in their first year at at institution of higher education. In existence since 1924, the society recognizes students who have maintained a 3.5 or higher GPA, or who are in the top 20 percent of the class.
The four Phi Kappa Phi members include the following:
Manpreet Kaur Dhillon, University of Georgia
Emily Hawkins, University of Oklahoma
Rick Alton Nugent, Louisiana State University
Anand S. Iyer, University of Alabama
Eleven Phi Kappa Phi Members Named 2007 Truman Scholars
Selected on the basis of leadership potential, intellectual ability, and likelihood of 'making a difference,' seven Phi Kappa Phi members were represented among the 2007 Truman Scholars.
Each scholarship is valued at $30,000 to be used for graduate study. Additionally, scholars are provided an advantage for priority admission and supplemental financial aid at some premier graduate institutions, leadership training, career and graduate school counseling, and special internship opportunities within the federal government.
Established in 1975 by Congress, the Truman Scholarship Foundation honors the thirty-third President and exists to award scholarships to college students who plan to attend graduate school in preparation for careers in government or elsewhere in public service.
The seven Phi Kappa Phi members include the following:
Megan Christine McGinnity, Arizona State University
Erik Gray Westland, U.S. Naval Academy
Jenna Lynn Kennedy, Kansas State University
Shadrack Tucker White, University of Mississippi
Andrew Erickson, University of Montana
David John Parker, U.S. Naval Academy
Joseph S. O'Shea, Florida State University
Phi Kappa Phi Members Named Rhodes Scholars
Five Phi Kappa Phi members were named to the 2007 highly-selective list of American Rhodes Scholars.
The Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest international fellowships, were initiated after the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, and bring outstanding students from many countries around the world to the University of Oxford. The first American Scholars were elected in 1904.
American Rhodes Scholars are selected through a decentralized process by which regional selection committees choose thirty-two Scholars each year from among those nominated by selection committees in each of the fifty states.
Representing Phi Kappa Phi are the following recipients:
Sean Genis, United States Naval Academy
Timothy F. Simmons, United States Military Academy
Katie N. Lee, University of Minnesota
Brian C. Johnsrud, Montana State University-Bozeman
Leana Wen, California State University-Los Angeles
For more information about The Rhodes Scholarships and to read the recipients' biographies, please visit http://www.rhodesscholar.org/.
Five Phi Kappa Phi members were named to the 2007 highly-selective list of American Rhodes Scholars.
The Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest international fellowships, were initiated after the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, and bring outstanding students from many countries around the world to the University of Oxford. The first American Scholars were elected in 1904.
American Rhodes Scholars are selected through a decentralized process by which regional selection committees choose thirty-two Scholars each year from among those nominated by selection committees in each of the fifty states.
Representing Phi Kappa Phi are the following recipients:
Sean Genis, United States Naval Academy
Timothy F. Simmons, United States Military Academy
Katie N. Lee, University of Minnesota
Brian C. Johnsrud, Montana State University-Bozeman
Leana Wen, California State University-Los Angeles
For more information about The Rhodes Scholarships and to read the recipients' biographies, please visit http://www.rhodesscholar.org/.