Articles

Stephanie White at Vanderbilt University

White (ΦBK, Purdue University, 1999) is the new head coach for Vandy’s women’s basketball program.

Fifty Shades of Hacking

Walk in with an idea. Make it happen with whatever materials are available. But why do it? Employers may be looking more at the projects you do than at the classes you take.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society Seeks New Leader

For more information, including how to apply or nominate candidates, click here to read the full advertisement and the position profile.

ΦBK Visiting Scholar Hazel V. Carby at Howard University

Howard student Alexis Boyd talks with Professor Carby about her lecture, “Black Futurities: Shape-Shifting Beyond the Limits of the Human.”

New ΦBKs Inducted at Carnegie Mellon University

Learn more about Carnegie Mellon’s newest Phi Beta Kappa members and read the keynote address delivered by Matthew Sudnik at the chapter ceremony.

Failing Schools or a Failing System

Audrey Foppes (ΦBK, SUNY Buffalo, 2015) discusses her work with immigrant students at Lafayette High School in Buffalo.

Networking, Phi Beta Kappa Style

For many ΦBK associations, providing networking opportunities for the next generation of members is a growing priority.

Mental Wellness at College

While colleges and universities offer mental health resources as a matter of course, the effectiveness of these resources remains in question.

Cultivating Agents of Change

Many liberal arts colleges are now extending the boundaries of the classroom to include civic engagement, allowing students to give back to the local community as part of the learning process.

Practical Poetry

From doctors and lawyers to writers of prose, those who read poetry routinely discover how it can greatly benefit their work.

A Discussion of Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

ΦBK member Jon Meacham, author of acclaimed biographies of Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, and most recently George H.W. Bush, spoke at The University of the South on November 22.

Free Speech and Safe Spaces

How does one determine a distinct difference between ideas that are uncomfortable or unpalatable and concepts that actually restrict the innate rights of others?