Dalia Karina Delanuez Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Grant

2017 Jun 20

Dalia Karina Delanuez recently was awarded a 2017 Literacy Grant from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi--the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Delanuez is one of 14 recipients nationwide to receive the award.

The $2,465 grant will be used to support the Tiny Book House project, which aims to promote the love for reading, research, and neighborhood involvement to more than 9,200 families from different racial backgrounds of Staunton Bridge Road in Greenville, South Carolina. Habitat for Humanity will partner with the Clemson University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi to implement the project. The first phase will promote, build, and stock the Tiny Book Libraries with new books. The second phase will promote literacy and reading activities through a website and community gatherings.

The Literacy Grant Program, established in 2003, provides funding to Phi Kappa Phi chapters and active members for new and ongoing projects that reinforce part of the Society's mission "to engage the community of scholars in service to others." Drawing from a multidisciplinary society of students and scholars from large and small institutions, the grants help fund projects ranging from traditional reading initiatives to those fostering learning in cultural, digital, financial, health, historical literacy and beyond.

In addition to literacy grants, the Society awards $1.4 million each biennium to qualifying students and members through study abroad grants, graduate fellowships, awards for post-baccalaureate development and member and chapter awards.

To learn more about Phi Kappa Phi's award programs, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org/Awards.

About Phi Kappa Phi

Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi inducts annually approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni. The Society has chapters at more than 300 select colleges and universities in North America and the Philippines. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify. The Society's mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others." For more information about Phi Kappa Phi, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org.