Phi Beta Kappa

Phi Beta Kappa at UC Davis

Phi Beta Kappa champions education in the arts and sciences, fosters freedom of thought, and recognizes academic excellence.

Ceremony Information

PBK at UC Davis

Kappa of CA Board

Kathryn Olmsted, Vice President
Michael Lorenzen, Vice President
Karen Olson, Secretary-Treasurer
Eric Rauchway, Historian
Naomi Janowitz, Development
Jon Rossini, Membership Committee
Michael Subialka, Chair, Committee for Graduate Scholarships
Sharon Campbell Knox, Communications
Katherine Mawdsley, Chair, Eligibility Committee
Barbara Horwitz, Eligibility Committee
Neil Schore, Eligibility Committee
Nicole Seemungal, Eligibility Committee
Ellen Lange, Eligibility Committee

News

PBKNCA Scholarship winner 2020: Sarah Gaffney, University of California, Davis, Ecology

May 22, 2020

Sarah Gaffney, a Phi Beta Kappa member and UC Davis graduate student in Ecology, was awarded a PBKNCA scholarship this spring. Read more about Sarah’s work here and watch her video acceptance here!

Phi Beta Kappa Writing Internships Available (paid)

May 22, 2020

Phi Beta Kappa Writing Internships Available

The national office of The Phi Beta Kappa Society is seeking writing interns to help publicize the work of the Society and write stories about our alumni members. Applicants must be new members of Phi Beta Kappa within their first or second year to be considered for this position.

Jumana Esau seated in a window in Shields Library

Jumana Esau '20 Awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

May 08, 2020

Literary scholarship at the nexus of human rights and climate change has earned English major Jumana Esau ’20 a prestigious Gates Cambridge scholarship. Esau was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior.