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Sharing in Wonder

The DC Area Phi Beta Kappa Association visits the Wonder Exhibition at The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery.

Uncovering the Past, One Magnifying Glass at a Time

Mary Bendel-Simso, secretary and treasurer of the ΦBK chapter at McDaniel, and fellow English Professor LeRoy Panek research and document early American detective fiction.

Lab Hours: How Arts Majors Behave Like Scientists

Students of both art and science must be able to test their ideas and to shape their craft with their hands in order to understand it.

The Year of the Diverse Children’s Book

Children look to books for validation of their experiences. Unfortunately, many struggle to find this in the books available to them.

William E. Winter

ΦBK member and the former chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the Seven-Up Company, Winter led the development of the famous “Uncola” advertising campaign and pioneered corporate sponsorship of humanitarian causes.

Socrates Meets Steve Jobs: The Makers Movement in the Liberal Arts

Equipped with 3-D printers, sewing machines, drones, laser cutters and more, makerspaces are popping up on college campuses across the nation.

Opportunities for a More Equal Future

For decades, scholars have recognized achievement gaps in the US education system. We are now realizing these gaps are not about achievement, but opportunity.

Rare Book Makes a Connection to the Past

The Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible, currently on display at Creighton University, is the first of its kind commissioned by a Benedictine monastery in over 500 years.

The Liberal Arts Value of Going Off-the-Grid

Living a simple, environmentally ethical lifestyle helps students enhance their education by unplugging technology and learning outside of the classroom.

Unexplored Skill Sets Become Academic Disciplines

Whether it’s Decision Science or Creative Studies, a growing diversity of liberal arts disciplines shows thinking outside the box has rewards outside of academia.

All-Night Reading: Milton Class is Dedicated to Hearing Poetry Out Loud

To read poetry aloud is to experience it in a new way. Participating in an all-night poetry reading session is to broaden the horizons of learning in a way that few liberal arts students experience.

Listening to Learn in the 21st Century

An American exchange student in Belgium explains how being open to diversity and change, and listening to the voices around us, helps us to become better citizens of our world.