Kate Appleman Selected as Phi Kappa Phi Chapter Officer

Kate Appleman at Southeast Missouri State University has been selected as an officer for the university's chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

Appleman was named to the position of student vice president for the 2021-2022 term.

Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. The Society inducts approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni annually at more than 325 select colleges and universities in the United States and the Philippines.

Membership into Phi Kappa Phi 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."

More About Phi Kappa Phi
Since its founding in 1897, more than 1.5 million members have been initiated into Phi Kappa Phi. Some of the organization's more notable members include former President Jimmy Carter, NASA astronaut Wendy Lawrence, novelist John Grisham and YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley. The Society has awarded more than $15 million since the inception of its awards program in 1932. Today, more than $1 million is awarded each year to qualifying students and members through graduate and dissertation fellowships, undergraduate study abroad grants, funding for post-baccalaureate development, and grants for international, national and local literacy initiatives. For more information about Phi Kappa Phi, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org.