The Phi Beta Kappa Society
Epsilon Chapter of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Recent History of PBK at UNCG
Recent History of PBK at UNCG
- 2009-2010
- We hosted Dr. Lisa Pratt as a PBK visiting Scholar October 14-16, 2009. Dr. Pratt is Provost Professor of Geological Sciences at Indiana University, Director of a NASA Astrobiology Institute Team, and Chair of the NASA Science Advisory Group developing a 2018 mission concept for the next generation Mars Rover. The following events were included:
- Tues. 10/6, 7:30 pm: “Life in the Solar System,” Dr. Steve Danford, at the “Science on Tap Series” at the Green Bean, 321 S. Elm St., Greensboro
- We hosted Dr. Lisa Pratt as a PBK visiting Scholar October 14-16, 2009. Dr. Pratt is Provost Professor of Geological Sciences at Indiana University, Director of a NASA Astrobiology Institute Team, and Chair of the NASA Science Advisory Group developing a 2018 mission concept for the next generation Mars Rover. The following events were included:
- Wed. 10/14, 4:00-6:30 p.m.: Showing and discussion of the film, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," in McIver 028.
- Thurs. 10/15: 8:00 PBK breakfast with Dr. Pratt. RSVP to Steve Danford.
- Thurs. 10/15: Noon. Lunch with Geography Club and Physics Students. “Radiolysis & Microbial Life” in Petty 308.
- Thurs. 10/15 at 2:30 p.m.: Related Lecture "Permafrost and Methane Clathrates on Earth and Mars." in Graham 116.
- Thurs. 10/15 at 8 p.m.: Public Lecture "Seeking Signs of Life on Mars" in Bryan 160.
- Fri. 10/16 at noon: Lunch with Honors Students, Teaching Fellows, and others. "Ethical Issues and the Search for Life." in 201 Sullivan Science Bldg.
- Fall General Chapter Meeting: Wednesday, November 4, at 4 pm., in the Joyner Room, EUC.
- 2008-2009
- Chapter officers.
- A photo of our proud initiates.
- Our annual initiation ceremony was Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at the Weatherspoon Auditorium. Dr. Harvey Klehr, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Politics and History at Emory University, spoke about “Was Joe McCarthy Right? What Declassified Files Tell Us About Soviet Espionage in America.”
- Professor Stephen B. Stallcup, an active member of the UNCG chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, died Thursday, January 8, 2009.
- 2007-2008
- Chapter officers.
- A photo of our proud initiates.
- Our annual initiation ceremony was Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at the Weatherspoon Auditorium. Carl Ernst, the William Kenan Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, spoke about "The West and Islam? Rethinking Orientalism and Occidentalism"
- Congratulations!!! UNCG’s Epsilon Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was named the most outstanding chapter at a public university by the PBK national honor society.
- 2006-2007
- Chapter officers.
- A photo of our proud initiates.
- Our annual initiation ceremony was Tuesday, April 24, 2007 in the Weatherspoon Auditorium. Dr. William E. Moran, UNCG Chancellor Emeritus spoke on the "Rising Performance Requirements for Higher Education."
- Dr. William E. Moran, UNCG Chancellor Emeritus, and Dr. Patricia A. Sullivan, UNCG Chancellor, were inducted into the society as honorary members.
- Membership Meeting Nov 06.
- Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Professor Sarah Morris (UCLA) September 21-22, 2006.
- 2005-2006
- The Phi Beta Kappa Couper Scholars Lecture was Tuesday, April 4, 2006, in the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel at Bennett College for Women. The speaker was Dr. Joyce Appleby, Professor Emerita of History at UCLA speaking on the topic “Coming to Terms with Thomas Jefferson.”
- Our annual initiation ceremony was April 20, 2006 in the Brown Building Theater. Dr. Peggy O’Brien, an educational programming innovator with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, spoke about "True Intelligence"
- A photo of our proud initiates.
- 2004-2005
- A photo of our proud initiates.
- 2003-2004
- A photo of our proud initiates.
