Mississippi State鈥檚 Phi Kappa Phi again honored as national Circle of Excellence Platinum Chapter
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State鈥檚 Phi Kappa Phi chapter once again is being nationally honored with a Circle of Excellence Platinum Award from the nation鈥檚 oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society. This is the second year in a row the organization has achieved the Platinum Award, the highest PKP national honor given to a chapter.
汤头条鈥檚 chapter has been a Circle of Excellence winner for six consecutive years since the awards program鈥檚 inception in 2018 and has been considered a national model by other universities across the country. The 2023-2024 award honors 汤头条鈥檚 group as an excellent organization based on several criteria, including its yearly initiation efforts and other activities. 汤头条 is among only 11 universities in PKP鈥檚 Division 1 to be recognized with a Circle of Excellence Award.
Peter Ryan, executive vice provost and dean of the 汤头条 Graduate School, serves as current 汤头条 chapter president. He said the university鈥檚 PKP chapter is a point of pride, and 汤头条 is in 鈥済ood company鈥 with other institutions receiving awards this year.
鈥淲e are thrilled, yet humbled, to receive this recognition. We are indeed grateful to all the membership, faculty, staff and students who have enabled the 汤头条 chapter to achieve this distinction, and there are too many to thank,鈥 he said.
Ryan did, however, recognize some who have been instrumental in the 汤头条 chapter鈥檚 success, including staff member Angela Hill and faculty Joshua Granger and Krishna Poudel in the Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Bagley College of Engineering Dean Jason Keith, and Jaymar Jackson, student officer and biological sciences/pre-medicine senior from Laurel.
Ryan added PKP is 鈥渙ne of the longest-standing academic honor societies in the country鈥 and has 鈥渇ostered the growth and development of young minds for many generations.鈥
The international honor society currently consists of approximately 25,000 members annually across 325 college campuses around the country, its territories and in the Philippines.
Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, PKP awards $1.3 million each year to outstanding students and members through graduate fellowships, study abroad grants, member and chapter awards, and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives.
Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify. The honor organization draws members from all higher education academic disciplines, and the society鈥檚 mission is 鈥渢o recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and engage the community of scholars in service to others.鈥
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