The Phi Beta Kappa Society

Epsilon of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

** PBK Brochure **

Spring 2011 New Members

Phi Beta Kappa was founded on December 5, 1776 at the College of William and Mary.  Since then, Phi Beta Kappa has evolved to become the nation's leading advocate for the liberal arts and sciences at the undergraduate level.

Phi Beta Kappa has 276 chapters across the United States.  UConn's chapter was chartered in 1956.

• Only 10 percent of the nation's institutions of higher learning have Phi Beta Kappa chapters.
• Only 10 percent of the arts and sciences graduates of these distinguished institutions are selected for Phi Beta Kappa membership.
• Each year, one college senior in a hundred, nationwide, is invited to join Phi Beta Kappa.

Some famous members of Phi Beta Kappa are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, President Theodore Roosevelt, Michael Crichton, Jeff Bezos, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

Phi Beta Kappa has over 50 associations - groups made up of Phi Beta Kappa members - in cities across the U.S.  They support the ideals of the Society through academic, social, and community-based programs.