Events

Spring 2008 Initiation Banquet:

The Spring 2008 Initiation Banquet will be held at 6:00pm on Thursday, April 17th in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. Brian Powell, President of Phi Beta Kappa and Professor of Sociology, will deliver the Phi Beta Kappa address: "Names Matter: The Changing Matter of Name." Aproximately 117 students will be honored at the banquet.

Fall 2007 Initiation Banquet:

The Fall 2007 Initiation Banquet was held at 6:00pm on Thursday, December 6th in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. David Brakke, Professor and Department Chair of Religious Studies, delivered the Phi Beta Kappa address: "From the Gospel of Mary to the Da Vinci Code: The Career of Jesus' Favorite Apostle." Aproximately 153 students will be honored at the banquet.

Spring 2007 Initiation Banquet:

The Spring 2007 Initiation Banquet was held at 6:00pm on Tuesday, April 24th in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. Bennett Bertenthal, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, delivered the Phi Beta Kappa address: "Mind, Self, and Society." Aproximately 160 students will be honored at the banquet.

Fall 2006 Initiation Banquet:

The Fall 2006 Initiation Banquet was held at 6:00pm on Tuesday, December 5th in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. Raymond J. DeMallie, Chancellors Professor of Anthropology and Adjunct Professor of Folklore, delivered the Phi Beta Kappa address: “Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux: An Anthropologist’s Perspective." Aproximately 130 students were honored at the banquet.

Spring 2006 Initiation Banquet:

The Spring 2006 Initiation Banquet was held at 6:00pm on Tuesday, April 25th in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. Kumble R. Subbaswamy, former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, delivered the Phi Beta Kappa address: “The Public University of the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges." Aproximately 110 students were honored at the banquet.

Fall 2005 Initiation Banquet:

The Fall 2005 Initiation Banquet was held Thursday, December 6th in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. Professor Steven Wagschal, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, resented the Phi Beta Kappa address,"Don Quixote: Four Hundred Years." Aproximately 170 students were honored at the banquet.

Spring 2005 Initiation Banquet:

The Spring 2005 Initiation Banquet was held at 6:00pm on Tuesday, April 26th in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. Chapter President Karen Hanson, Dean of the Honors College and Rudy Professor of Philosophy, will present the Phi Beta Kappa address “Philosophical Reflections on the Family."

Fall 2004 Initiation Banquet:

The Fall 2004 Initiation Banquet was held Thursday, December 9th in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. Professor Fred H. Cate, Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (School of Law) gave the address entitled "Liberty and Law." Professor Cate is also a Senator and Fellow of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Aproximately 160 students were honored at the banquet.

Spring 2004 Initiation Banquet:

The Spring 2004 Initiation Banquet was held Tuesday, April 27th in Alumni Hall. Professor Lisa M. Pratt, Professor of Geological Sciences, delivered the Phi Beta Kappa address, "Detection of biosustaining energy and nutrient cycles in the deep subsurface of Earth and Mars." Aproximately 120 students were honored that evening and the hall was well filled by friends, families, advisors and professors. Carter Smith Gerard was the recipient of the 2003/2004 Margaret Russell Edmondson Award for Excellence.

Carter Smith Gerard with Professor Emeritus Frank Edmondson