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The Phi Beta Kappa society had a rudimentary initiation and maintained an uncertain level of secrecy. Those secrets were exposed in the mid-1830s by students at Harvard University acting under the patronage of John Quincy Adams. Since the 1840s, Phi Beta Kappa has operated openly as an academic honor society.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) [a] is the oldest academic honor society in the United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was founded at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, in December 1776. [ 4 ] Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, and to induct outstanding students of arts and sciences at ...
Fort Worth, TX: Active [91] 191: ... Gamma of Oklahoma: January 17, 2013: Oklahoma State University–Stillwater ... Guide to the University of Chicago Phi Beta Kappa ...
The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) is a voluntary association of national collegiate and post-graduate honor societies.It was established on December 30, 1925 by six organizations, including Alpha Omega Alpha, the Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi.
In the United States, the oldest academic society, Phi Beta Kappa, was founded as a social and literary fraternity in 1776. Other honor societies were established a century later, including Tau Beta Pi for engineering (1885), Sigma Xi for scientific research (1886), and Phi Kappa Phi for all disciplines (1897).
Beta Zeta: Westchester County, New York: Active Beta Eta: June 4, 1978 Delaware statewide Active [26] [c] Beta Theta: Knoxville, Tennessee: Active [27] Beta Iota: February 21, 1981 Waterbury, Connecticut: Active [28] Beta Kappa: May 17, 1981 Birmingham, Alabama: Active [29] Beta Lambda: Hampton and Norfolk, VIrginia: Active [30] Beta Mu ...
PDK International, previously known as Phi Delta Kappa International, is an international professional organization for educators. It formed from the merger of Pi Kappa Mu, Phi Delta Kappa, and Nu Rho Beta in Chicago, Illinois on March 1, 1910, [1] [2] The resulting Phi Delta Kappa chapters retained the charter dates from the predecessor fraternities.
Beta Kappa: 1912–1969, 1976–2005, ... Oklahoma State University: Stillwater: OK ... Phi Kappa: 1968–1991, 2008 Colorado State University: Fort Collins: CO