Zachary Benjamin Morrow inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford College

2016 May 12

Zachary Benjamin Morrow, a member of the class of 2016, was accorded Wofford College's highest academic honor Tuesday, May 3, when he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Morrow is majoring in economics and mathematics with a concentration in applied mathematics. He has been involved in Campus Union, as a student representative to the Provost Search Committee and to the Interim Committee. He also served as a resident assistant and on the orientation staff. Morrow spent the summer of 2015 interning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in computational mathematics and remote sensing, and was invited back in January 2016 to continue research. Following graduation in May 2016, Morrow plans to attend graduate school in applied mathematics at North Carolina State University..

Thirty-six Wofford College students and recent graduates were initiated as members-in-course during the ceremony that marked the 75th 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.