The application deadline for the Love of Learning Awards and Literacy Grants is this Friday, April 1. Interested in applying? Learn more about each program:
Love of Learning Awards
Love of Learning Awards help fund post-baccalaureate professional development for active Phi Kappa Phi members including graduate or professional studies, doctoral dissertations, continuing education, career development, travel related to teaching/research/learning and more. Eighty awards, at $500 each, will be distributed during Session A. The deadline to apply is April 1. Apply here.
Literacy Grants
The Literacy Grants program was created to mobilize members and resources of Phi Kappa Phi and the higher education community to champion literacy initiatives. Grants of up to $2,500 are available to chapters and individual members to fund ongoing literacy projects or to create new initiatives. The deadline to apply is April 1. Apply here.
If you have questions, please contact Kelli Partin at kpartin@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 235.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Member Benefits to Ease Tax Season Stress
With tax season in full swing and the April 18 deadline looming, let these Phi Kappa Phi partnership discounts ease your stress.
Carbonite
Already filed? Make sure you back up your tax info and other important financial documents once you’re done filing. Carbonite backs up your irreplaceable computer files—like tax documents, term papers, business documents, photos, music and more—securely and automatically to the cloud. And you can access them from any computer, smartphone or tablet. As a Phi Kappa Phi member, you are eligible to receive a 10% discount, with additional discounts available for multi-year purchase, on all business and personal plan subscriptions. Members can also try Carbonite free for 15 days! Visit Carbonite.com today and enter promotional code PKP2015 when signing up for your free trial or purchasing a subscription.
Lifelock
If you haven’t filed your incomes taxes yet, you’re probably rushing to gather all the necessary information needed to dot and cross all the proverbial I’s and T’s. But have you covered your bases when it comes to protecting your identity? LifeLock, the leader in identity theft protection, works to protect its members from identity theft so you can live freely with confidence in an always-connected world. As a Phi Kappa Phi member, you are eligible for a special 10% discount on LifeLock membership and a 30-day free trial. Click here to sign up now and access your 30-day free trial and save 10% on a LifeLock membership! Be sure to use promo code HSPKP.
Shoeboxed
Are you feeling cluttered with all of your tax paperwork, receipts and bills? Go from paperwork to paperless with Shoeboxed! Shoeboxed provides a fast, easy way to turn your important paper documents into organized digital data. Your documents will be carefully sorted and scanned into a secure online account. All of the organized data, including an IRS-accepted image of each document, is then human-verified, categorized and is accessible anytime, anywhere. As a Phi Kappa Phi member, you are eligible to receive 20% off your first six months when you subscribe. Click here to sign up for the discount and begin eliminating your paper clutter today!
Carbonite
Lifelock
Shoeboxed
Monday, March 28, 2016
Last Call! Take the Instagram Photo Challenge by March 31
Join us for the #LetLearningRule Instagram photo challenge. Share your love of learning by posting a photo on Instagram and be entered for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card!
Are you up for the challenge? If so, follow these instructions to be entered to win:
At the end of March, we will choose one winner—selected at random from all eligible photos—to receive a $100 Amazon gift card. We’ll also feature some of our favorite photos throughout the month on social media. Curious what fellow Phi Kappa Phi members are posting? Check out the #LetLearningRule tagboard.
Click here for more information including official rules. If you have questions, please contact Hannah Breaux at hbreaux@phikappaphi.org.
Are you up for the challenge? If so, follow these instructions to be entered to win:
- Post a photo showing what Phi Kappa Phi means to you on Instagram between March 1-31, 2016.
- Tag @PhiKappaPhi and use #LetLearningRule.
- Follow @PhiKappaPhi on Instagram.
At the end of March, we will choose one winner—selected at random from all eligible photos—to receive a $100 Amazon gift card. We’ll also feature some of our favorite photos throughout the month on social media. Curious what fellow Phi Kappa Phi members are posting? Check out the #LetLearningRule tagboard.
Click here for more information including official rules. If you have questions, please contact Hannah Breaux at hbreaux@phikappaphi.org.
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Apply for a Love of Learning Award by April 1
Need funding to attend a conference, support dissertation research or pay for textbooks? Apply for a Love of Learning Award!
Available to active Phi Kappa Phi members, Love of Learning Awards help fund post-baccalaureate studies and/or career development including graduate or professional studies, doctoral dissertations, continuing education, travel related to teaching/studies and more.
Eighty awards, at $500 each, will be distributed during Session A. The deadline to submit applications is April 1.
Applications are open to all active (dues current) Phi Kappa Phi members who:
For more information, check out the FAQs and Love of Learning fact sheet. Ready to apply? Click here!
Available to active Phi Kappa Phi members, Love of Learning Awards help fund post-baccalaureate studies and/or career development including graduate or professional studies, doctoral dissertations, continuing education, travel related to teaching/studies and more.
Eighty awards, at $500 each, will be distributed during Session A. The deadline to submit applications is April 1.
Applications are open to all active (dues current) Phi Kappa Phi members who:
- Have completed their baccalaureate studies by application submission deadline.
- Have not received a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Jumpstart Your Career with Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Kappa Phi offers many resources to assist members in the development and advancement of their careers. The Career Center connects job seekers to the perfect job opportunity by providing a platform to post résumés, search job openings and apply for jobs. Phi Kappa Phi members are also eligible to save $75 on a SeekingSuccess.com résumé and LinkedIn profile writing package, and members can add their Phi Kappa Phi membership to their résumé by including an official Society logo.
From the Career Center, to the career guidance podcast series, we provide you the resources to jump-start your career. And don’t forget to check out the Career Corner Community in Link!
Questions? Contact Jamie Chapman at jchapman@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 217.
From the Career Center, to the career guidance podcast series, we provide you the resources to jump-start your career. And don’t forget to check out the Career Corner Community in Link!
Questions? Contact Jamie Chapman at jchapman@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 217.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Link Up with the Council of Students Live
Calling all student vice presidents! Join the Council of Students today, March 22, for the first-ever live chat on Link, Phi Kappa Phi’s exclusive, members-only online community. The event, dubbed ‘Link Live,’ will be hosted by the Council of Students and will provide student vice presidents with the opportunity to connect and chat in real-time. During Link Live, student vice presidents will have the chance to ask questions, discuss challenges, share ideas, network with fellow student vice presidents and much more!
Active student vice presidents can participate in the chat by visiting the Student Vice President Open Forum on Link on March 22 at 6 p.m. Central time.
Can’t attend? Check your inbox on Wednesday, March 23, for a full recap of the event!
For details on navigating Link, including frequently asked questions and step-by-step how to guides, visit the Help tab in Link. If you have additional questions, please contact Jamie Chapman at jchapman@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 217.
Active student vice presidents can participate in the chat by visiting the Student Vice President Open Forum on Link on March 22 at 6 p.m. Central time.
Can’t attend? Check your inbox on Wednesday, March 23, for a full recap of the event!
For details on navigating Link, including frequently asked questions and step-by-step how to guides, visit the Help tab in Link. If you have additional questions, please contact Jamie Chapman at jchapman@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 217.
Friday, March 18, 2016
Apply for a Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Grant
Phi Kappa Phi members and chapters are making an impact in communities near and far through a number of literacy initiatives. These projects range from building a library for students in Tanzania to enhancing the literacy skills of bilingual learners to donating books to families and more.
These initiatives, made possible in part by Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Grants, emphasize the Society’s commitment to service. Established in 2003, the Literacy Grant Program was created to provide funding to chapters and active members for new and ongoing projects that reinforce part of the Society’s mission: “to engage the community of scholars in service to others.”
Do you have a literacy project that needs additional funding? Or are you looking to implement a new initiative, but need a boost to get started? Apply for a Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Grant by Friday, April 1. Grants of up to $2,500 are available to chapters and active members. Click here to apply or access additional information. And don’t forget to read more about the initiatives being championed by the 2015 grant recipients.
If you have questions, contact Kelli Partin at kpartin@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 235.
These initiatives, made possible in part by Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Grants, emphasize the Society’s commitment to service. Established in 2003, the Literacy Grant Program was created to provide funding to chapters and active members for new and ongoing projects that reinforce part of the Society’s mission: “to engage the community of scholars in service to others.”
Do you have a literacy project that needs additional funding? Or are you looking to implement a new initiative, but need a boost to get started? Apply for a Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Grant by Friday, April 1. Grants of up to $2,500 are available to chapters and active members. Click here to apply or access additional information. And don’t forget to read more about the initiatives being championed by the 2015 grant recipients.
If you have questions, contact Kelli Partin at kpartin@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 235.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Phi Kappa Phi Names Semifinalists for Excellence in Innovation Award
The semifinalists were assessed on the project’s ability to achieve meaningful, measurable outcomes to create systemic large-scale change. The recipient institution will receive $100,000 in tangible recognition of its best practice in response to the changes and challenges facing higher education in the 21st century.
The six semifinalist institutions include:
- Arizona State University
- California State University, Fullerton
- The Evergreen State College
- James Madison University
- The New School
- Tulane University
Since 1933, Phi Kappa Phi has awarded fellowships and grants to members and students on its chapter campuses. Currently, more than $500,000 is awarded annually through programs that last year recognized over 270 individuals. The Excellence in Innovation Award is the Society’s only award for institutions.
Phi Kappa Phi will name the three finalists for the award in May. The inaugural recipient will be announced in late May and presented at the Society’s biennial convention on July 30.
For more information, visit www.PhiKappaPhiInnovation.org.
Friday, March 4, 2016
Member Benefits Highlights – March 2016
Feel the luck o’ the Irish with these exclusive discounts available to members throughout March!
Avis and Budget
As a Phi Kappa Phi member, you can save up to 25% off rental rates when booking with Avis Rent A Car and Budget Car Rental. Plus, download coupons for a free upgrade, free weekend day and more!
AmazonSmile
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way to support Phi Kappa Phi every time you shop at Amazon.com at no cost to you. When you shop using AmazonSmile, you’ll find the same low prices and selection with the added bonus that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to Phi Kappa Phi. Start your shopping today! And don’t forget to bookmark the AmazonSmile link to make it even easier to support the Society every time you shop on Amazon.
Brooks Brothers
Mark your calendars for the Brooks Brothers Spring Shopping Event on March 10! Receive 30% off your regularly-priced purchases during the one-day sale. To receive the discount, you must sign up for a complimentary Brooks Brothers Corporate Membership Card by visiting Membership.BrooksBrothers.com or calling 1.866.515.4747 with the organization ID 11755 and pin code 61431.
To receive the discount online, members must create a separate Corporate Member profile, even if you already have an existing Brooks Brothers profile. Please allow 20 minutes after you receive your email confirmation before creating your online Corporate Member profile. Register for your separate Corporate Member profile here.
Dell
Take advantage of exclusive discounts from Dell on computers, accessories and much more! To start shopping, visit the Phi Kappa Phi – Dell Member Purchase Store. Please note your discount is automatically calculated and will appear in red at checkout. And click here for more details on the new Member Exclusive Store, where members can save an additional 20% on the latest technology beginning March 9!
Fit Brains
Phi Kappa Phi has teamed up with Fit Brains by Rosetta Stone® to offer members a 60% discount on all premium membership products. Designed by neuroscientists and game and brain fitness experts, Fit Brains offers more than 60 fun brain games, over 500 personalized training sessions, visual tools and in-depth performance reporting to help improve brain performance and cognitive skills. Click here to start your free trial today! To take advantage of the exclusive 60% discount after the free trial, click here.
Marbles: The Brain Store
Marbles: The Brain Store is a one-of-a-kind specialty store with a smart collection of hand-picked, expert-tested, certifiably fun ways to build better brains. Built on the idea that play is good for the brain, The Brain Store offers everything from games and puzzles to software and books. As a Phi Kappa Phi member, you can receive 10% off and free shipping on any online purchase at Marbles: The Brain Store! Use coupon code PKP10 during checkout to receive the discount.
Mercer Insurance Program
Members can take advantage of special rates and discounts for life, pet, disability, long-term care and health insurance through Mercer Consumer, a service of Mercer Health & Benefits Administration, LLC, and other well-known providers. To learn more and enroll, call 1.888.560.ALUM (2586). Be sure to mention your membership in Phi Kappa Phi. Click here to access the plans currently offered to members.Questions? Contact Jamie Chapman at jchapman@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 217.
Avis and Budget
As a Phi Kappa Phi member, you can save up to 25% off rental rates when booking with Avis Rent A Car and Budget Car Rental. Plus, download coupons for a free upgrade, free weekend day and more!
AmazonSmile
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way to support Phi Kappa Phi every time you shop at Amazon.com at no cost to you. When you shop using AmazonSmile, you’ll find the same low prices and selection with the added bonus that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to Phi Kappa Phi. Start your shopping today! And don’t forget to bookmark the AmazonSmile link to make it even easier to support the Society every time you shop on Amazon.
Brooks Brothers
Mark your calendars for the Brooks Brothers Spring Shopping Event on March 10! Receive 30% off your regularly-priced purchases during the one-day sale. To receive the discount, you must sign up for a complimentary Brooks Brothers Corporate Membership Card by visiting Membership.BrooksBrothers.com or calling 1.866.515.4747 with the organization ID 11755 and pin code 61431.
To receive the discount online, members must create a separate Corporate Member profile, even if you already have an existing Brooks Brothers profile. Please allow 20 minutes after you receive your email confirmation before creating your online Corporate Member profile. Register for your separate Corporate Member profile here.
Dell
Take advantage of exclusive discounts from Dell on computers, accessories and much more! To start shopping, visit the Phi Kappa Phi – Dell Member Purchase Store. Please note your discount is automatically calculated and will appear in red at checkout. And click here for more details on the new Member Exclusive Store, where members can save an additional 20% on the latest technology beginning March 9!
Fit Brains
Phi Kappa Phi has teamed up with Fit Brains by Rosetta Stone® to offer members a 60% discount on all premium membership products. Designed by neuroscientists and game and brain fitness experts, Fit Brains offers more than 60 fun brain games, over 500 personalized training sessions, visual tools and in-depth performance reporting to help improve brain performance and cognitive skills. Click here to start your free trial today! To take advantage of the exclusive 60% discount after the free trial, click here.
Marbles: The Brain Store
Marbles: The Brain Store is a one-of-a-kind specialty store with a smart collection of hand-picked, expert-tested, certifiably fun ways to build better brains. Built on the idea that play is good for the brain, The Brain Store offers everything from games and puzzles to software and books. As a Phi Kappa Phi member, you can receive 10% off and free shipping on any online purchase at Marbles: The Brain Store! Use coupon code PKP10 during checkout to receive the discount.
Mercer Insurance Program
Members can take advantage of special rates and discounts for life, pet, disability, long-term care and health insurance through Mercer Consumer, a service of Mercer Health & Benefits Administration, LLC, and other well-known providers. To learn more and enroll, call 1.888.560.ALUM (2586). Be sure to mention your membership in Phi Kappa Phi. Click here to access the plans currently offered to members.Questions? Contact Jamie Chapman at jchapman@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 217.
Thursday, March 3, 2016
New Link Communities Available
There are several other communities available for you to join—so login, find the Introduce Yourself discussion thread in each community and start participating today!
Questions or new community ideas? Contact Jamie Chapman at jchapman@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 217.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Upcoming Award and Grant Deadlines
Phi Kappa Phi's ongoing commitment to excellence is reflected in its grants and awards programs. More than $1 million is awarded each biennium to outstanding students, members and chapters through the Society's various awards competitions. Applications are currently being accepted for Phi Kappa Phi Fellowships, Literacy Grants and Love of Learning Awards.
Interested in applying? Learn more about each program:
Fellowships
Phi Kappa Phi currently awards 51 Fellowships of $5,000 each and six at $15,000 each to members entering the first year of graduate or professional study. Each active Phi Kappa Phi chapter may select one candidate from its local applicants to compete for the Society-wide awards. Contact your chapter for local due date. Download the application.
Love of Learning Awards
Love of Learning Awards help fund post-baccalaureate professional development for active Phi Kappa Phi members including graduate or professional studies, doctoral dissertations, continuing education, career development, travel related to teaching/research/learning and more. Eighty awards, at $500 each, will be distributed during Session A. The deadline to apply is April 1. Apply here.
Literacy Grants
The Literacy Grants program was created to mobilize members and resources of Phi Kappa Phi and the higher education community to champion literacy initiatives. Grants of up to $2,500 are available to chapters and individual members to fund ongoing literacy projects or to create new initiatives. The deadline to apply is April 1. Apply here.
If you have questions, please contact Kelli Partin at kpartin@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 235.
Interested in applying? Learn more about each program:
Fellowships
Phi Kappa Phi currently awards 51 Fellowships of $5,000 each and six at $15,000 each to members entering the first year of graduate or professional study. Each active Phi Kappa Phi chapter may select one candidate from its local applicants to compete for the Society-wide awards. Contact your chapter for local due date. Download the application.
Love of Learning Awards
Love of Learning Awards help fund post-baccalaureate professional development for active Phi Kappa Phi members including graduate or professional studies, doctoral dissertations, continuing education, career development, travel related to teaching/research/learning and more. Eighty awards, at $500 each, will be distributed during Session A. The deadline to apply is April 1. Apply here.
Literacy Grants
The Literacy Grants program was created to mobilize members and resources of Phi Kappa Phi and the higher education community to champion literacy initiatives. Grants of up to $2,500 are available to chapters and individual members to fund ongoing literacy projects or to create new initiatives. The deadline to apply is April 1. Apply here.
If you have questions, please contact Kelli Partin at kpartin@phikappaphi.org or 800.804.9880, ext. 235.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Take the Instagram Photo Challenge
Join us beginning March 1 for the #LetLearningRule Instagram photo challenge. Share your love of learning by posting a photo on Instagram and be entered for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card!
Are you up for the challenge? If so, follow these instructions to be entered to win:
At the end of March, we will choose one winner—selected at random from all eligible photos—to receive a $100 Amazon gift card. We’ll also feature some of our favorite photos throughout the month on social media. Curious what fellow Phi Kappa Phi members are posting? Check out the #LetLearningRule tagboard.
Click here for more information including official rules. If you have questions, please contact Hannah Breaux at hbreaux@phikappaphi.org.
Are you up for the challenge? If so, follow these instructions to be entered to win:
- Post a photo showing what Phi Kappa Phi means to you on Instagram between March 1-31, 2016.
- Tag @PhiKappaPhi and use #LetLearningRule.
- Follow @PhiKappaPhi on Instagram.
At the end of March, we will choose one winner—selected at random from all eligible photos—to receive a $100 Amazon gift card. We’ll also feature some of our favorite photos throughout the month on social media. Curious what fellow Phi Kappa Phi members are posting? Check out the #LetLearningRule tagboard.
Click here for more information including official rules. If you have questions, please contact Hannah Breaux at hbreaux@phikappaphi.org.
Hillsdale College to Install Phi Kappa Phi Chapter
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi will establish its newest chapter at Hillsdale College today, March 1, during a ceremonial installation. Hillsdale will become the 334th chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, which was founded in 1897 at the University of Maine.
The college was approved to establish a chapter by the Society’s board of directors.
Officers elected by the chartering group to serve the newly installed chapter include President Korey Maas, President-elect Paul Hosmer, Secretary Lorraine Murphy and Treasurer David C. Murphy.
Each year, approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni are initiated into the Society, which has chapters on more than 300 campuses in the United States and the Philippines. Membership in Phi Kappa Phi is by invitation only to the top 7.5 percent of juniors and the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students, along with faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
The college was approved to establish a chapter by the Society’s board of directors.
Officers elected by the chartering group to serve the newly installed chapter include President Korey Maas, President-elect Paul Hosmer, Secretary Lorraine Murphy and Treasurer David C. Murphy.
Each year, approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni are initiated into the Society, which has chapters on more than 300 campuses in the United States and the Philippines. Membership in Phi Kappa Phi is by invitation only to the top 7.5 percent of juniors and the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students, along with faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
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