Gonzaga Chapter Installation April 2025
The nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa (ΦBK) voted on August 2, 2024, to approve the establishment of a chapter at Gonzaga University. With this distinction, Gonzaga joins 290 notable colleges and universities who are recognized for their academic excellence and in particular a commitment to the liberal arts, sciences, and humanities.
A ceremony to install the Gonzaga chapter and induct founding, chapter and student members will be hosted in April 2025.
This distinction has long been an aspiration of numerous faculty and administrators, who sought this approval both as a hallmark of the university’s academic excellence, and as an opportunity to recognize academic achievement by both students and faculty. It also represents the fulfillment of Goal 1 of Commitment 2 of the 2015 Strategic Plan, to “Animate Academic Excellence Across the Institution.”
Phi Beta Kappa was founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary. Its mission is to celebrate and advocate for excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities. Phi Beta Kappa members include 17 U.S. Presidents, 42 U.S. Supreme Court Justices and more than 150 Nobel Laureates.
For more information contact Professor of Philosophy, Kirk Besmer.