The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

The Cleophus Thomas Award is awarded by the the Black Faculty and Staff Association to the graduating seniors with the highest academic standing honoring the legacy of the first Black SGA president of The University of Alabama.

Phi Kappa Phi recently announced its 2023 class of Dissertation Fellows. The fifteen fellows will receive $10,000 each to support their dissertation writing.

A group of UA Little Rock students are stepping up as leaders and supporters for their fellow students in the School of Business by serving as student ambassadors.

Noah Eggensperger, a Master of Social Work student at UA Little Rock from Cabot, has written a $5,000 grant to support an annual social work conference in Arkansas.

More than a dozen Mississippi State students won top journalism awards at the 2023 Southeast Journalism Conference for their work in broadcast, print and online journalism. Held at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, the February conference included 25 regional schools. MSU students won 23 total awards in the annual "Best of the South" and "On-Site" journalism competitions. The SEJC is comprised of nearly 50 member colleges and universities in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee, and was created to encourage greater interest in student journalism and form ties among regional journalism schools.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Phi Kappa Phi members nationwide have been selected to serve as officers for their local chapters.

Kutztown Universty students in the Department of Communication Design won awards at the 2022 Graphis New Talent Annual Showcase.

William Hennig of Paint Rock and Garath Vetters of Kingsland, both physics majors at Angelo State University, won top prizes for their research presentations at the 2022 Physics Congress (PhysCon) in Washington, D.C. PhysCon is held every three years and is the largest conference in the nation for physics and astronomy undergraduate students with more than 1,200 participants. Competing against about 400 other student research entries: Hennig was named Top Presenter in the Statistical/Thermal/Non-Linear/Complex Systems category for his poster and presentation on his project titled "Equilibration Times of 3D Edwards-Anderson Spin Glasses." Vetters was named Top Presenter in the 100 Years of Momentum category for his poster and presentation on his project titled "Detecting Cosmic Rays on Earth's Surface and Above." Both Hennig and Vetters received a $100 award and a year's subscription to the Wolfram Mathematica software system. Nicholas Swartz of Abilene was also a finalist for his project titled "Modeling, Constructing, and Testing an Electromagnetic Rail Gun with Python." See more details at angelo.edu/news.

Kathryn Hofmann was presented SUNY Cortland's Irmgard Mechlenburg Taylor Award, honoring academic excellence.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

SUNY Cortland recognizes students honored as Scholars of the Year by national honor society Phi Kappa Phi.

More than 90 students were honored during Samford University's McWhorter School of Pharmacy's White Coat Ceremony.

Aspiring teachers, artists and other professionals have been selected as the 2022 Mary Stuart Rogers Scholars. The awards, in their 32nd year, honor upper-division students and credential candidates who have overcome challenges to achieve success and demonstrate hope for the future.

Seventeen University of Arkansas at Little Rock students have been awarded scholarships from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) for the 2022-23 school year. The 17 students are collectively receiving more than $29,000, with some matching funds from UA Little Rock.

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is proud to announce the recipients of a 2022 Love of Learning Award. The awards help fund post-baccalaureate studies and career development for active Society members.

Widener University congratulates student winners of its Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Symposium.

Phi Kappa Phi members nationwide have been selected to serve as officers for their local chapters.

Of 10 students selected from around the state to the 2022-24 Virginia Management Fellows program, two come from JMU.

Six student vice presidents recently were selected to serve on Phi Kappa Phi's Council of Students during the 2022-2024 biennium.

Bradley's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences announces its 2022 Spring Semester awards for its outstanding students.

Kutztown University continued to set new department highs as a school-record 128 Golden Bears earned Division 2 Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award status, announced by the organization on Tuesday. The 128 recipients breaks last year's previous record of 120. It is the third consecutive year that KU has set a new school record in student-athletes on the list. It is also the fourth straight year that the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) has the largest number of student-athlete honorees with 1,709 total. In total, there were a record breaking 16,639 student-athletes from 169 institutions recognized. The Academic Achievement Awards, in its 15th year, is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level. In order for a student-athlete to be eligible to receive an Academic Achievement Award, they must: have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, have completed a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work and have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his or her last academic year.

Christine Jones, a graduate student in technical and professional writing at UA Little Rock, has received the Aspiring Scholar Award for her outstanding achievements by the LULAC National Educational Service Centers (LNESC).

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced the newly elected members of the Student Government Association for the 2022-23 academic year.

Phi Kappa Phi recently announced the recipients of a 2022 Fellowship. The prestigious $8,500 fellowships were awarded to 54 students nationwide.

Phi Kappa Phi recently named the recipients of its 2022 Marcus L. Urann Fellowships. The prestigious $20,000 fellowships were awarded to six students nationwide.

Millikin men's golfer senior Max Phillips (Salem, H.S.) was named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars for NCAA Division III by the Golf Coaches Association of American (GCAA) on July 21. To be eligible for Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar status an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior academically in Division I, II, III, and NAIA. In addition, they must have a stroke-average under 76.0 in Division I, 78.0 in Division II, 78.0 in NAIA and 79.0 in Division III, and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2 and participate in 50 percent of the team's competitive rounds. Phillips averaged 78.47 while turning in an outstanding academic performance earning a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. Phillips will be returning to Millikin this fall to use his final season of eligibility and study in Millikin's MBA program.

Phi Kappa Phi recently named the recipient of its 2022 1897 Fellowship. The prestigious $35,000 fellowship recognizes the top-scoring applicant in a STEM discipline

Phi Kappa Phi recently named the recipient of its 2022 Sherrill Carlson Fellowship. The prestigious $35,000 fellowship is named for Carlson, a former Washington State University chapter president and lifelong supporter of Phi Kappa Phi.

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) recently unveiled its 2021-22 academic awards and Kutztown University was well represented. The Golden Bears were named an All-Academic Team and five players claimed Scholar-Athlete honors. A total of 110 NCAA Division II programs met the team grade point average (GPA) threshold of 3.2 to be recognized as All-Academic Teams. KU was one of six teams from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference featured on the list along with Bloomsburg, IUP, Millersville, Slippery Rock and West Chester. Kutztown's Jessika Klo (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom), Sarah Lazarchak (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth), Catherine Maher (Shillington, Pa./Berks Catholic), Claudia Makarski (Garfield, N.J./Paramus Catholic) and Brianna Wendling (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown) were among 715 DII players recognized as ITA Scholar-Athletes. To be eligible for the honor, student-athletes must have had a GPA of 3.5 or higher during the 2021-22 academic year.