Voices and Ideas
I Can Still Do Everything
Katie Laurel Wells (ΦBK, The University of the South) turns the story of her disability into a book for children and a mission to educate.
Lindsay Tigue Receives P.E.O. Award
Tigue (ΦBK, Michigan State University), a PhD student at the University of Georgia, will use the $15,000 award to help further her studies.
Ben Wexler—Artistry and Advocacy
Wexler (ΦBK, Yale) is the Artistic Director of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition a resident composer for A Broader Way Foundation.
Three Generations of Devotion to Education
100-year-old Jean Wallace White (ΦBK, Duke University) launched an impressive three generations of Phi Beta Kappa members in her family.
Watch Me Work: Suzan-Lori Parks
Parks (ΦBK, Mount Holyoke) was the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in drama, which she won in 1999 for Topdog/Underdog.
Award-Winning Author Vanda Krefft Speaks to Southern California ΦBK
Vanda Krefft (ΦBK, University of Pennsylvania) is the author of The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox.
Musical Theater Lyricist and Google Program Manager?—You Bet!
With a background in theater and computer science, Greg Edwards (ΦBK, Yale) explains how his position with Google fills an emotional niche similar to writing.
On Theater, a Life of Learning, and the Liberal Arts Philosophy
For Jim Peck (ΦBK, Carleton College), a liberal arts education is in perpetual motion: "It's the kind of notion that knowledge isn’t static—it’s a thing that gets made."