Phi Kappa Phi
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is a century-old international community of distinguished scholars and professionals. Being interdisciplinary, people from all academic areas of the college may be invited to become members. An initiation ceremony for those who accept our invitation to join is held each spring semester. To date, over 1,800 people have been elected to the Salem State College chapter.
Here at Salem State, the chapter sponsors a speaker at the annual Darwin FestivalSM and has helped co-sponsor such cultural events as a poetry reading and workshop with poets Aeronwy Thomas and Peter Thabit Jones. Each year we also recognize a teacher on the North Shore who is a graduate of the college and who has demonstrated superior teaching in the classroom.
The national Society sponsors a number of fellowship and grant programs. Emerging Scholar Awards and Study Abroad grants are available to any qualifying student from Salem State, while the Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship program, Lover of Learning Grants and Literacy Grants are only available to active members of the chapter. For more information, go to phikappaphi.org/
The current officers of the Salem State College chapter of Phi Kappa Phi are:
- President -- Susan Case, Biology Department
- Vice-President/faculty -- Alan Young, Biology Department
- Treasurer -- Neal DeChillo, Schools of Human Services
- Public Relations -- Patrice Miller, Psychology
Who is invited to membership?
You must be invited to join the chapter. Each spring, new members are invited to join the chapter based on their academic record and in accordance with national Society guidelines. These qualifications are:
- Senior undergraduates who have at least 24 credits at Salem Stateand who are in the top 10 percent of their graduating class
- Juniors who have completed 72 credits with at least 24 at Salem State and who are in the top 7.5 percent of their class
- Graduate and professional students with one year of full time work (or equivalent) and who are in the upper 10 percent of all candidates for graduate or professional degrees in each school
- Faculty, administrators, professional staff, and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction