Four from School inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
| December 05, 2008 | |
Jacob Mader
Four students from the UNC Gillings School of Global Health were inducted Nov. 24 into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most honored of all college honorary societies. The students are:
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Daniel Taylor McMillan, a senior health policy and management major in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, son of David and Elise McMillan of Charlotte;
- Aisha Ihab Saad, a senior environmental health science and Spanish major, in the Gillings School of Global Public Health and the College of Arts and Sciences, daughter of Ihab Saad and Shereen Elgamal of Cary; and
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Cameron WatkinsCameron Lee Watkins, a senior public health major in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, daughter of Gary and Ellen Watkins of Charlotte.
Phi Beta Kappa membership is open to undergraduates in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and professional degree programs who meet stringent eligibility requirements.
A student who has completed 75 hours of course work and has a grade-point average of 3.85 or better (on a 4-point scale) is eligible for membership. Also eligible is any student who has competed 105 hours of course work and has a 3.75 grade-point average. Grades earned at other universities are not considered. Less than one percent of all college students qualify to be members.
This fall, 176 students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were inducted.There are 270 Phi Beta Kappa chapters nationwide. UNC’s chapter, Alpha of North Carolina, was founded in 1904 and is the oldest of six chapters in the state. Past and present Phi Beta Kappa members from across the country have included 17 American presidents and numerous artistic, intellectual and political leaders. Seven of the nine current U.S. Supreme Court Justices are members.
