Carson Inducted Into Phi Beta Kappa

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HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK – Juliana Carson of Framingham was one of 56 Hofstra University students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa on May 4. The ceremony was held online.

Phi Beta Kappa is considered America’s most prestigious honor society, with the top 10 percent of liberal arts and science graduates invited to join. There are fewer than 300 chapters of the honor society in the country.

Frederick M. Lawrence, secretary and CEO of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, joined the Hofstra ceremony to congratulate the inductees. He noted that the society was founded in 1776 by five students at the College of William and Mary, during the American Revolution, and reflected on today’s COVID-19 pandemic. “When times are challenging like these,” he said, “it’s a good thing to look into our past and to our roots for strength. The founders of Phi Beta Kappa were young people, just like you, living in a time of great uncertainty – just like yours – and not at all certain how it was all going to come out.”

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Dr. Lawrence said that the inductees will find their liberal arts education an essential tool for the future. “You know very well that what will be needed in the coming days and years are flexible thinkers, creative thinkers, problem solvers, people who can adapt. That’s what you’ve learned.”

This spring’s Hofstra inductees came from the classes of 2019, 2020 and 2021.

To be considered for election, a student must attain a high GPA while taking broad and rigorous coursework in the liberal arts and sciences. There is no fixed GPA required, nor is a high GPA alone sufficient for election. In making its decision, the chapter examines a student’s entire transcript.

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