Bethany Korwin Elected to Augustana's Phi Beta Kappa

2012 Apr 25

Thirty-nine students at Augustana College, in Rock Island, Ill., recently were elected into the college's Phi Beta Kapp chapter. This honor reflects the students' fine academic work and the high opinion college faculty have of them.

Among the students honored:

Bethany Korwin, a senior from Davis, Ill., majoring in biology.

The new Phi Beta Kappa members will be formally honored on campus and introduced at the Senior Honors Convocation on Saturday, May 19, at 12 noon, in Centennial Hall (3703 7th Ave., Rock Island).

About the Phi Beta Kappa Society: Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest academic honor society. It has chapters at 280 institutions and more than half a million members throughout the country. Its mission is to champion education in the liberal arts and sciences, to recognize academic excellence, and to foster freedom of thought and expression.

About Augustana: Founded in 1860 and situated on a 115-acre campus near the Mississippi River, Augustana College is a private, liberal arts institution affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The college enrolls 2,500 students from diverse geographic, social, ethnic and religious backgrounds and offers nearly 90 majors and related areas of study. Augustana employs 182 full-time faculty and has a student-faculty ratio of 12:1. Augustana continues to do what it has always done: challenge and prepare students for lives of leadership and service in our complex, ever-changing world.