Mountain Brook Resident Tapped Into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Mountain Brook AL

16 April, 2021

11:58 AM

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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, one of whom is a Mountain Brook resident. 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 UniversityTiffany Stubbs of Birmingham at Mercer UniversityAnna Balzli of Mountain Brook at Mississippi State UniversityAllison Pendleton of Birmingham at Mississippi State UniversityEmily Baker of Hoover at Mississippi State UniversityAlanna Hauer of Hoover at Mississippi State UniversityLawson Shaw of Hoover at Mississippi State UniversityLeah 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."