Hoover Residents Tapped Into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

HOOVER, AL — Several Hoover residents were tapped into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

They are among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.

The following Hoover residents were tapped into Phi Kappa Phi:

• Jodie Baker at Auburn University
• Rachel Dees at Auburn University
• Grady Freeman at Auburn University
• Kathryn Stubblefield at Auburn University
• Esraa AL Dawood at University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Jennie Alspach at University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Shafiqul Islam at University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Pamela Jackson at University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Mary McCann at University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Megan Mileski at University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Ian Perkins at University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Soumya Sivaraman at University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Joseph Timpa at University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Seneca Wilson at University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Meredith Hornsby of Hoover (35216) at University of West Alabama
• Emily Johnson at Troy University

Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 under the leadership of undergraduate student Marcus L. Urann who had a desire to create a different kind of honor society: one that recognized excellence in all academic disciplines. Today, the Society has chapters on more than 300 campuses in the United States and the Philippines. Its mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others."