Lauren Victoria Crawford inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford College

2017 May 19

Lauren Victoria Crawford, 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.

Crawford is majoring in biology and Spanish with a minor in chemistry. She has held leadership roles in Reformed University Fellowship, Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity and Arcadia Volunteer Corps. She spent a semester studying abroad in Granada, Spain. Her many academic honors include the Lancaster Family Scholarship and the DeWitt L. Harper Scholarship. A candidate for a bachelor of science and a bachelor of arts degree, Crawford plans to attend Wake Forest School of Medicine..

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.