The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) is the oldest academic honor society in the United States,and among the most prestigious,due in part to its long history and academic selectivity. Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences,and to induct the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at only select American colleges and universities. It was founded at the College of William and Mary on December 5,1776,as the first collegiate Greek-letter fraternity and was among the earliest collegiate fraternal societies. Since its inception,17 U.S. presidents,40 U.S. Supreme Court justices,and 136 Nobel laureates have been inducted as members.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is the international honor society of students seeking associate degrees,bachelor's degrees,or other college credentials. Its headquarters is in Jackson,Mississippi,and has more than 3.5 million members in nearly 1,300 chapters in 10 nations.
Portuguese dialects are the mutually intelligible variations of the Portuguese language in Portuguese-speaking countries and other areas holding some degree of cultural bond with the language. Portuguese has two standard forms of writing and numerous regional spoken variations,with often large phonological and lexical differences.
The Chapacuran languages are a nearly extinct Native American language family of South America. Almost all Chapacuran languages are extinct,and the four that are extant are moribund. They are spoken in Rondônia in the southern Amazon Basin of Brazil and in northern Bolivia.
In the United States,an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow,for example,is the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America. Chiefly,the term refers to scholastic honor societies,those that recognize students who excel academically or as leaders among their peers,often within a specific academic discipline.
John R. Brazil (1946-2022) was an American professor of English and American Studies. He was the president of Trinity University in San Antonio,Texas from 1999 until his retirement in January 2010.
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society established in 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study,and to promote the "unity and democracy of education". It is the fourth academic society in the United States to be organized around recognizing academic excellence,and it is the oldest all-discipline honor society. The society's motto is ΦιλοσοφίαKρατείτωΦωτῶν,which is translated as "Let the love of learning rule humanity",and its mission is "to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others." It is a member of the Honor Society Caucus,which is composed of four honor societies:Phi Beta Kappa,Phi Kappa Phi,Sigma Xi,and Omicron Delta Kappa.
Gregory Riordan Guy is a linguist who specializes in the study of language variation and language diversity,including sociolinguistics,historical linguistics,phonetics,and phonology. He has a particular interest in the Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish languages.
Bhadriraju Krishnamurti was an Indian linguist,specialized in Dravidian languages. He was born in Ongole. He was Vice Chancellor of Hyderabad Central University from 1986 to 1993 and founded the Department of Linguistics at Osmania University where he served as professor from 1962 to 1986. His magnum opus The Dravidian Languages is considered a landmark volume in the study of Dravidian linguistics.
Francis M. "Frank" Lazarus is an American retired educator and higher education administrator. He served as the president of the University of Dallas in Irving,Texas,from 2004 until 2009,when he was honored by the board of trustees with the title president emeritus.
The Phi Beta Delta Society (ΦΒΔ) is an international honor society that was founded at California State University,Long Beach on February 27,1986. It was the first honor society dedicated to recognize scholarly achievement in international involvement and education,to give scholarships to deserving students and to enhance knowledge about various cultures around the world. It was established as a national organization in 1987 with 38 chartered chapters,and has grown to become an international organization with over 179 chapters.
Lynn C. Pasquerella is an American academic and the 14th president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Before she assumed this position,she was the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley,Massachusetts,serving from 2010 to 2016. She was a professor of philosophy at the University of Rhode Island for 22 years before becoming URI's Associate Dean of the Graduate School. From 2006 to 2008 she was Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Rhode Island. She was the Provost of the University of Hartford from 2008 to 2010. She also served as the President of the Phi Beta Kappa Society from 2018 to 2021.
Claire Van Ummersen was an American scholar and academic administrator,who served as President of Cleveland State University from 1993 to 2001. She was also national leader in career flexibility in higher education and women's advancement and leadership.
William Bevan was an American psychologist and a past president of the American Psychological Association (APA). He founded the Talent Identification Program at Duke University.
Keren D. Rice is a Canadian linguist. She is a professor of linguistics and serves as the Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Initiatives at the University of Toronto.
Wendy Raymond is the 16th President of Haverford College. She was formerly Vice President for Academic Affairs/Dean of Faculty and a professor of biology at Davidson College. Her research focus is molecular genetics.
Shinpei Ogura was a Japanese linguist who studied the Korean language.
Bridget Drinka is an American linguist who specializes in Indo-European and historical linguistics. She is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
William G. Moulton was an American linguist and professor emeritus of linguistics and Germanic languages and literatures of Princeton University.
Jason Merchant is the Lorna Puttkammer Straus Distinguished Service Professor of Linguistics and Vice Provost for Academic Appointments and Graduate Education at the University of Chicago,as well as Faculty Director of UChicagoGRAD.
