By Michelle Hines, University Relations
Peggy O'Brien.
UNCG’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter, the Epsilon chapter, will induct new members April 20.
Dr. Peggy O’Brien, an educational programming innovator with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, will speak at the event. Her lecture, “True Intelligence,” will follow the 7 p.m. ceremony in the Brown Building Theatre, Room 118. The public is welcome.
Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most honored of all college honorary societies. It was established in 1776 at the College of William and Mary and 270 chapters currently exist nationally. The Epsilon chapter is one of only six institutional chapters in North Carolina. UNC-CH, N.C. State University, Wake Forest University, Davidson College and Duke University also have Phi Beta Kappa chapters.
At CPB, O’Brien serves as senior vice president of educational programming and services. A former teacher in the District of Columbia Public Schools, she has served as executive director for Cable in the Classroom, the cable industry’s education foundation. She was also the first director of Ready to Learn, a continuing coalition of public television stations and producers, preschool teachers, national service organizations, and children’s book publishers. As former head of education for the Folger Shakespeare Library, she founded and directed the Library’s Teaching Shakespeare Institute.
O’Brien earned her PhD from American University and holds several honorary degrees, including one from Georgetown University. She currently chairs the board of trustees at Trinity College in Washington, D.C.
