MURFREESBORO — MTSU’s
most prestigious honor society will welcome 48 new members at its spring 2015
initiation.
Dr. John Omachonu, vice provost for academic affairs, will
deliver the address at the ceremony, which is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday,
April 14, in the Student Union Ballroom. The event is free and open to the
public. A campus parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParking14-15.
Phi Kappa Phi’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,” according to www.phikappaphi.org.
The organization was created in 1897 at the University of
Maine to acknowledge and honor excellence in all academic disciplines. Its
motto is “Philosophia Krateito Photon,” which is Greek for “let the love of
learning rule humanity.”
Since its founding, Phi Kappa Phi has initiated more than
one million members into its ranks. Some of its most prominent members include
former President Jimmy Carter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg;
former Secretary of State and former U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton; renowned opera
star Renee Fleming; two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry Dr. Linus Pauling;
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ernest Gaines; jazz legend Ellis Marsalis;
and astronauts Wendy Lawrence and Bernard Harris.
Refreshments will be available following the ceremony. For
more information, contact Dr. Philip Phillips, associate dean of the University
Honors College and president of MTSU’s Phi Kappa Phi chapter, at 615-898-2699
or philip.phillips@mtsu.edu.
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