The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Announces Love of Learning Award Recipients
Baton Rouge, LA (09/23/2025) — The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines, is proud to recognize 155 members as recipients of its 2025 Love of Learning Award. Each award provides $1,000 in support of post-baccalaureate professional development, helping members pursue opportunities such as graduate and professional studies, doctoral research, continuing education, and career advancement.
"Congratulations to this year's Love of Learning Award recipients," said Dr. Bradley R. Newcomer, Executive Director and CEO of Phi Kappa Phi. "Their commitment to lifelong learning reflects the very heart of our mission and serves as an inspiration to scholars everywhere."
Established in 2007, the Love of Learning program distributes 155 awards annually. Recipients are selected based on academic excellence, service to campus and community, clarity of career goals, and the potential impact of award funding.
Since 1932, Phi Kappa Phi's award programs have recognized members and students on its chapter campuses for outstanding academic achievement. In addition to the Love of Learning Program, Phi Kappa Phi awards graduate and dissertation fellowships, study abroad grants, and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives. Each year more than $1 million is awarded through programs that recognize nearly 400 individuals annually.
For the full list of 2025 recipients, visit www.phikappaphi.org/2025LoL. Applications for the 2026 Love of Learning Awards open December 15, 2025.
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 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni annually. The Society has chapters on more than 300 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 "cultivate a community that celebrates and advances the love of learning." For more information, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org.