Victoria Marie Biggers inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford College

2017 May 19

Victoria Marie Biggers, 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.

Biggers started and ran her own business, a children's party planning start-up for which she won the Space to Launch competition. Her service to the college included co-founding The Boneyard, the school's first student booster club; serving on the provost search committee; and as coordinator of student ambassadors for the Admission Office. She sang in the Goldtones acapella group and held leadership roles in her sorority. Biggers led the initiative to honor the untimely passing of her sorority sister, Martha Cammack, with creation of Martha's Garden on campus. Bigger's achievements led her to be selected as Student of the Year by South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. A candidate for bachelor of arts degrees in economics and finance, Biggers is employed by Credit Suisse Bank as its equity derivatives product controller..

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.