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Contact: David West
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466
8/19/98
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATCHITOCHES - The Northwestern Chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi was recently represented at the society's National Convention by Professor of English Sara Burroughs. The event, which was held at Pennsylvania State University in State College, Penn., offered delegates from more than 280 Phi Kappa Phi chapters the opportunity to exchange ideas on promoting academic excellence.
The convention theme was "Winnowing the Past to Cultivate the Future." As the society begins the next hundred years, it seems appropriate to focus on an agricultural theme. Prior to 1900, the society was known as the Morrill Society, a name chosen to honor the sponsor of the congressional act that provided for land grant colleges.
Founded in 1897, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is a nonprofit organization that recognizes and encourages academic excellence in all disciplines. With more than 790,000 members and 281 chapters, Phi Kappa Phi is one of the oldest and most respected academic honor societies. The society budgets $380,000 each year to fund fellowships for outstanding students' first-year graduate study.