Criteria for Membership

Membership in the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is by invitation only.  Students cannot
apply to join the organization.  Each year, the local chapter screens juniors, seniors, and graduate students in all departments of the University and selects the students who will be invited to join.  This selection is based on Grade Point Averages and good character.  Criteria for membership include the following:

• if in their junior year, they must rank scholastically in the upper 7.5% of their class, by college, or
• if in their senior year, they must rank scholastically in the upper 10% of their class, by college.
   

• they must have completed at least one academic year in residence at Cal State L.A., and
• they must rank scholastically in the upper 10% of all graduate students in their college.

Selection of new members is done each year during the Winter Quarter.  Our initiation ceremony is an annual event that happens every April, before Honors Convocation.
 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR 2010 INVITEES AND INITIATES

-- If you joined in 2010, and MISSED OUR INITIATION RECEPTION on Sunday 18 April 2010, contact the Chapter President to make alternative arrangements to pick up your certificate.

New Initiates

If you received an invitation to join Phi Kappa Phi and you wish to become a member, click
on the “I Accept” button below.  You will be transferred to the national Phi Kappa Phi website.  Follow the log-in instructions provided in your invitation letter in order to access the Permanent Record of Election Form, which you can complete on-line.  You will be prompted
to pay your dues electronically (Visa, MasterCard, and American Express are accepted.)

Benefits of Membership

Phi Kappa Phi is the only honor society that is open to all students in the University regardless of their major.  Membership in Phi Kappa Phi provides many benefits, including the following:

• It provides tangible evidence of your superior academic achievement
  • Phi Kappa Phi recognizes and rewards academic success.
  • Phi Kappa Phi membership on a resumé gives students and job seekers a distinct advantage.  Graduate school admission committees, like employers, know Phi Kappa Phi members represent the very best that higher education has to offer.
     
• It offers students the opportunity to compete for a number of Awards and Scholarships
  • 57 Fellowships of $5,000 each and 3 awards of $15,000 each are awarded each year.
  • 45 Study Abroad Grants of $1,000 each are made each year.
  • Several additional scholarships are awarded each year by the Cal State L.A. chapter (amounts vary).
     
• Membership entitles you to receive two publications
  • Drawing top scholars as its writers, the Society’s quarterly magazine, Phi Kappa Phi Forum, focuses on a single topic in each issue.
  • The Society’s quarterly newsletter, Phi Kappa Phi Focus, provides national and regional news and features members’ and chapters’ accomplishments.
     
• In addition, members can take advantage of the following:
  • ́Resumé posting service visited by Fortune 500 companies.
  • Products and services offered by Answer Financial, Inc.
  • Online Store offers exclusive Phi Kappa Phi merchandise.
  • You can network with other members in your field by using the online Membership Directory.

  For more information about all of the PKP membership benefits and services, visit the PKP national website at:  http://www.phikappaphi.org

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