Amanda Suzanne Mason inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford College

2017 May 19

Amanda Suzanne Mason, a member of the class of 2017, was accorded Wofford College's highest academic honor Tuesday, May 9, when she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Mason is a candidate for a bachelor of arts degree in Spanish and a bachelor of science degree in applied mathematics, with a minor in business. She has been active in the Spartanburg community as a Bonner Scholar, serving 10 hours a week with Habitat for Humanity. She is a member of Pi Mu Epsilon, Delta Sigma Pi Spanish Honor Society and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She also is president of the Wofford Math Club and has served as a physics and math peer tutor. Mason will attend graduate school in the applied mathematics Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado-Boulder. She plans to pursue a career in engineering in the area of research and development..

Thirty-seven Wofford College students and recent graduates were initiated as members-in-course during the ceremony that marked the 76th anniversary of Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford.

Students are normally considered for election to Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford after they have earned 100 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.600. Election is not automatic. Resident members of the chapter consider scholarship, character, intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, diversity of academic interests and pursuits, and other factors in the election process The chapter may elect only 10 percent of a graduating class in any year.