Katherine Elizabeth Howell inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford College

2017 May 19

Katherine Elizabeth Howell, 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.

Howell is majoring in government and English. She has served as a Junior Marshal at Wofford Commencement, president of Sigma Tau Delta, co-editor of the yearbook, editor of the literary magazine and as a tutor in the Writing Center. Howell is working on a novel and will continue that work while she attends graduate school at the University of Mississippi..

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.