Phi Kappa Phi Announces 2022 Literacy Grant Recipients

by Alyssa Papa

Baton Rouge, LA (06/22/2022) — The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, today announced its 2022 Literacy Grant recipients. The grants of up to $2,500 were awarded to 13 Phi Kappa Phi members across the nation.

The Literacy Grant Program, established in 2003, is part of the Society's robust portfolio of award and grant programs, which gives more than $1 million each year to outstanding students and members through study abroad grants, graduate fellowships, funding for post-baccalaureate development and member and chapter awards. 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, health, historical literacy and beyond.

The 2022 recipients and their respective projects are:

Akintonde Abbas, Community Reading Initiative
Kathryn Accurso, REAL Talk! - A Teacher Book Club about Race, Education, and Language
Tia Agan, San Angelo Reads!
Libby Bischof, Welcoming New Mainers: Diverse Children's Books for Refugee Families in Maine
Jenny Havlovick, Speech-Language Pathology and Public School Literacy Collaboration
George E. Hendricks, Love of Literacy Project
Glenn Hutchinson, Exchange for Change: Writing Courses in South Florida Prisons
Lisa Jones-Moore, Mini Books to Guide Sixth Grade Novel Studies
Dilpreet Kaeley, Rx for Inclusive and Early Literacy
Elysia Lin, Empower HerStory: A Community Storytelling and Expressive Arts Workshop
Victor Mack, 100 Ways to Nutritional Literacy
Liberatus J. Rwebugisa, The Student Success Center Project: Helping Every Child Succeed Educationally
Allison Skiple, York Literacy Project

"Phi Kappa Phi is pleased to support these worthwhile and wide-ranging literacy programs. We celebrate the efforts of our members who identify needs in their communities and seek to make a difference in a variety of ways through these projects," said Society Executive Director and CEO, Dr. Bradley R. Newcomer.

The winning literacy projects were selected for a grant based on a number of criteria including the project's scope, student and community involvement, impact, duration and ability to achieve success.

To learn more about this year's recipients and projects, please visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org/2022Literacy.

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 approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni annually. The Society has chapters on more than 325 select colleges and universities in the United States, its territories 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 engage the community of scholars in service to others." For more information, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org.