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ΦBK Offers $5,000 Undergraduate Scholarships for Public Service

The Society invites online applications for our Key into Public Service scholarship. The goal is to connect promising liberal arts and sciences students with opportunities in local, state, and federal public service careers and award $5,000 undergraduate scholarships to successful applicants. Interested students can learn more and apply online until January 15, 2021 at https://pbk.org/ServiceScholarsApp.

Graduate Scholarships Available for Phi Beta Kappans at UC Davis

$7,500 Scholarships available to graduate students

The Phi Beta Kappa of Northern California Association (PBKNCA) offers a number of scholarships to graduate students in the amount $7,500.

Valencia Scott '20 is one of two Marshall Scholarship Recipients

Scott will pursue a DPhil in Criminology at Oxford

Two UC Davis students have been awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarships in a decades-old British government program that pays for American students to pursue advanced degrees at British universities.

Key Connections event September 10, 2020

Key Connections is a national program designed to connect recent graduates and young professional members with networking and career opportunities across the country. Through a series of annual events hosted by our 50 alumni associations, members build connections and engage with their local communities.

UC Davis Microbiology Student earns Phi Beta Kappa Service Award

UC Davis microbiology major Madeline Handy is one of twenty students nationally to be recognized with Phi Beta Kappa’s Key into Public Service Award. The award, introduced this year, recognizes students who have demonstrated interest in working in the public sector and possess a strong academic record in the arts, humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, and social sciences.

The Gift of a Lifetime

By Hailey Chatterton ‘20, ΦBK

On May 27, 2020, the UC Davis chapter of Phi Beta Kappa inducted some 80 students in its first-ever virtual ceremony.

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

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)

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. Each intern receives a $1,000 stipend, and five publishable articles are required. Applications for this round of internships are due by June 5.

Jumana Esau seated in a window in Shields Library

Jumana Esau '20 Awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

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.

PBKNCA Scholarship

The Phi Beta Kappa of Northern California Association (PBKNCA) offers several graduate scholarships.