Julie Story Byerley (ΦBK, Rhodes College) is the Dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, the President of Geisinger College of Health Sciences, and the Chief Academic Officer of Geisinger Health System.
An arts and sciences education is not a luxury for simple times—it is a necessity for challenging times.
ΦBK is pleased to announce the winners of our three annual book awards. These $10,000 prizes are given to outstanding works of non-fiction that engage a wide audience with important ideas in science, history, and literature.
Read about ΦBK’s role in the National Humanities Conference, co-hosted by the State Federation of Humanities Councils, the National Humanities Alliance, and Indiana Humanities in Indianapolis.
Amanda Holmes has been hosting The American Scholar’s popular Read Me a Poem podcast for five years and winning the hearts of listeners as far afield as the Philippines and Brazil.
Looking for your next great read? Curious to know what books other ΦBK members find interesting? Browse our selection of 2023’s first-year common reading choices from the Society’s 290+ chapters.
Josh Bernoff (ΦBK, Pennsylvania State University) left his doctoral program in math at MIT to become a leading author in social media studies and writing in the corporate world.
The John Hugh Churchill Collection in the Hendrix College archives joins the John Churchill Memorial Plaza and the Jean and John Churchill Endowed Scholarship for Hendrix students.
Mike Wisenbaker (ΦBK, Florida State University) discusses his journey as a trained anthropologist and historian, to a Floridian archaeologist, and an underwater cave explorer.
ΦBK member Gayle Cook made a transformative donation to her alma mater, Indiana University, which breathed new life into historic Maxwell Hall. It now houses the Gayle Karch Cook Center for Public Arts and Humanities.
Political scientist Mark Vail (ΦBK, University of Texas at Austin) discusses the love of learning that supports both a successful career and a fulfilling life.
Kristine Lazar (ΦBK, University of California, Berkeley) is the Emmy award-winning investigative reporter for KCAL News.
