Phi Beta Kappa Election Recognizes Students’ Academic Achievements

The Rice chapter of Phi Beta Kappa gained new members when 66 students were initiated into the organization in May.

Election to Phi Beta Kappa is a significant honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the liberal arts and sciences. To be considered, a student at Rice must have completed at least 90 semester hours in courses that reflect the pursuit of learning for its own sake, rather than focus on the development of particular professional skills. At least 10 of these qualifying courses must be chosen from outside the division in which the student’s major lies.

A list of members intiated into the organization in 2004 can be viewed at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pbk/.