James Richard Fields inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford College

2017 May 19

James Richard Fields, a member of the class of 2017, was accorded Wofford College's highest academic honor Tuesday, May 9, when he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Fields is a candidate for both a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science degree with majors in accounting, finance and mathematics. He has been a fixed income portfolio manager and an alternatives portfolio manager for the R. Michael James student-managed investment fund. He also is a member of Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honors Society. As part of his project for Space to Launch, he is researching the problem of modern slavery and child labor in western Africa. He hopes to continue that project after graduating when he will enter the masters of science in quantitative and computational finance program at the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology..

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.