Hoover Residents Tapped Into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

BATON ROUGE, LA — The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines, recently tapped new members, three of whom are Hoover residents.

Approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni are initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership.

Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.

Birmingham-area students initiated recently into Phi Kappa Phi include:

• Scott Bisch of Birmingham at Mercer University
• Tiffany Stubbs of Birmingham at Mercer University
• Anna Balzli of Mountain Brook at Mississippi State University
• Allison Pendleton of Birmingham at Mississippi State University
• Emily Baker of Hoover at Mississippi State University
• Alanna Hauer of Hoover at Mississippi State University
• Lawson Shaw of Hoover at Mississippi State University
• Leah Brast of Vestavia at University of West Alabama

Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 under the leadership of undergraduate student Marcus L. Urann who had a desire to create a different kind of honor society: one that recognized excellence in all academic disciplines. Today, the Society has chapters on more than 325 campuses in the United States and the Philippines. Its mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others."