Calendar of Events

2023 - 2024 Events


 

Annual PBK Birthday Party hosted by President Seidel and Dr Gabrielle Allen: December 1, 2023, 5:30 pm

Phi Beta Kappa Society was founded December 5th, 1776, in the Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia.  We celebrate its 247th anniversary in a festive spirit with members and friends through the courtesy of our University President.  All members will receive an invitation by e-mail. Contact the Secretary, Mollie Hand, to ensure you are on the roster of Resident Members.

Party

 

Annual General Meeting & Election of PBK Students: Zoom and Coe 121, March 7, 2024, 4:10 pm

March 7, 2024, at 4:10 pm. A Zoom link will be sent to all Resident Members prior to the meeting. The Order of Business is contained in the Bylaws, Article Two, I.F..

PBK Induction ceremony

 

Visiting Scholar:
Spring 2024

Talitha Washington is a professor of mathematics at Clark Atlanta University. Her research centers around data science for social justice.

Dr. Washington is the Director and lead principal investigator of the NSF-funded National Data Science Alliance (NDSA) and the President of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). She works across Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to increase the number of Blacks with expertise in data science and expand data science research that advocates for social justice.

 

April 16: Film Screening of Hidden Figures sponsored by IEEE and Math Clubs (prior to Prof. Washington's visit)

Public Lecture in CR 129:
April 23 6:00 PM
"The Mathematics of the Movie Hidden Figures"

Dr. Garland-Thomson

 


Undergraduate Research & Inquiry Day Awards:
Saturday, April 20, 2024

The Phi Beta Kappa Awards for Excellence in the Liberal Arts are made possible by an endowment presented to the University of Wyoming Phi Beta Kappa chapter by Harald V. Johnson of Bensenville, Illinois. Award winners are selected in two categories. The first category honors a project that demonstrates excellence in the liberal arts. The second award is given to projects that integrate an understanding of science and the human condition.

logo of undergraduate research day

 


Annual Induction Ceremony for students elected to Phi Beta Kappa: Monday, April 29, 2024, Coe Library room 506, 4 pm

Invitations will be sent by mid-March to students elected Members-in-Course.  They, their friends, families, and faculty are welcome to attend.  The Guest Address will be delivered, and refreshments follow.

Induction

 

 
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Phi Beta Kappa Society, UW Chapter

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Laramie, WY 82071

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