{"id":12,"date":"2013-10-11T22:29:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T16:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/template\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:11:48","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/phi-beta-kappa\/","title":{"rendered":"Phi Beta Kappa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-p-banner\"><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--single\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/phi-beta-kappa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2023\/03\/PBK_Hero_1500x400.webp\" alt=\"Person smiling in front of building\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Phi Beta Kappa<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-0\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft uwm-c-img--left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/phi-beta-kappa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2016\/03\/pbk-key-small.jpg\" alt=\"Phi Beta Kappa Key\" class=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\">Membership in Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest honors society in the U.S., is prestigious and recognized across industries as a mark of excellence, breadth of knowledge, hard work, and leadership potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\">Seventeen U.S. Presidents, 39 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and more than 130 Nobel Laureates have been inducted as members, along with authors, diplomats, athletes, researchers, actors, and business leaders.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-exclusive-honor\">An Exclusive Honor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Only approximately the top 10% of students from only 10% of the nation\u2019s colleges and universities qualify for Phi Beta Kappa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-join\">Why Join?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This honor provides a competitive edge in the marketplace since employers, as well as graduate and professional programs, recognize the importance of the credential. Those invited to join Phi Beta Kappa truly are \u201cthe best of the best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-at-uwm\">At 51ÁÔÆæ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa \u2014 the ETA Chapter \u2014 will celebrate its 50th year in 2024, and we are one of only two chapters in the UW System. Milwaukee and Madison are the only two public university chapters in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock uwm-p-gridblock--4\"><div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--stat uwm-p-block--gray-dark-gold-text \"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><span>10% of students from<strong>10%<\/strong>of colleges &amp; universities<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--stat uwm-p-block--gold \"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><span>Phi Beta Kappa chapters<strong>2<\/strong>in UW system<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--stat uwm-p-block--gray-light \"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><span>Presidents, SCOTUS judges<strong>186+<\/strong>&amp; Nobel Laureates<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--stat uwm-p-block--default \"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><span>51ÁÔÆæ&#8217;s Eta Chapter<strong>50<\/strong>years old in 2024 <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray-dark uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phi Beta Kappa Handshake\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2lnomjQPfkM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<p>The &#8220;secret&#8221; Phi Beta Kappa handshake<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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