Zeta Chapter
On November 14, 2018, five St. Mary’s County high school students were presented with book awards at the 21st annual Phi Beta Kappa Book Award Ceremony hosted by the Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
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On November 8, 2017, five St. Mary’s County high school students were presented with book awards at the 20th annual Phi Beta Kappa Book Award Ceremony hosted by the Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
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Allison Barrett ’18
In the fall of 2016, the national office of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in Washington, D.C., solicited nominations for a competitive, unpaid, and nonresidential writing internship. All SMCM juniors and seniors were invited to express their interest in the position and from the names gathered, the Zeta chapter recommended three students for consideration, Allison Barrett ’18, Mackenzie Nargiz ’18, and Ami Oliver ’18. Ultimately, based on provided writing samples and a resume, Allison Barrett was among those selected by the national office for the internship which started the second week of January and continued through May 2017. During the internship period, she had to prepare a number of publishable articles for Phi Beta Kappa’s The Key Reporter, located at www.keyreporter.org.
In general, articles were to be related to PBK members, PBK events or awards, and assigned topics supporting liberal arts and sciences in higher education. Allison had five pieces published under “Articles” on the site, three of which were directly related to members of the Zeta Chapter at SMCM. The first article titled “Breaking Down Barriers in the Sciences” featured Dr. Elizabeth Nutt-Williams. The second article, “The Liberal Arts Path to a Career in the Sciences,” highlighted Dr. Aileen Bailey. For her final piece “ΦBK Celebrates 20 Years at St. Mary’s College of Maryland,” Allison interviewed the Zeta chapter’s first president, Laraine Glidden, and its then chapter president, Angela Draheim.
Elizabeth Nutt-Williams
Aileen Bailey
Laraine Glidden
Angela Draheim
A psychology and English double-major, Allison Barrett is involved in creative writing (mostly creative non-fiction and poetry) and neuroscience research. A peer tutor at the Writing and Speaking Center, sheis also secretary to our campus’s Psi Chi chapter. In her free time, she is a freelance editor of the creative and technical writing of others and and enjoys reading Victorian literature and Scientific American.
Photo by Lee Capristo
Listed below are the students who were inducted.
The 19th Annual PBK Book Award Ceremony was held November 9, 2016. Pictured left to right: Jonathan Yu (Great Mills); Kailynn Perkins (King’s Christian Academy); Rhys Duarte (St. Mary’s Ryken); Julia Webster (Leonardtown); Lindsey Farrell (Chopticon).
This ceremony held each November honors the academic accomplishments of select National Honor Society (NHS) Students from the five high schools in St. Mary’s County. Students selected for the award are given a book relevant to their field of interest. Also during the ceremony, we recognize St. Mary’s sophomores whose academic performance is on a path that may make them eligible for induction in Phi Beta Kappa during their junior or senior year.
Photo by Bill Wood.
Listed below are the students who were inducted.
The 18th Annual PBK Book Award Ceremony was held on November 12, 2015. Pictured from left to right are: Angela Draheim (PBK chapter president), Cristalyn Doig (King’s Christian Academy), Victoria Tacquard (Great Mills), Alexis Spiotta (Chopticon), Casey Bacon (Leonardtown), Grace Goodley (St. Mary’s Ryken), Laraine Glidden (PBK book award coordinator). Photo by Bill Wood.
This ceremony held each November honors the academic accomplishments of select National Honor Society (NHS) Students from the five high schools in St. Mary’s County. Students selected for the award are given a book relevant to their field of interest. Also during the ceremony, we recognize St. Mary’s sophomores whose academic performance is on a path that may make them eligible for induction in Phi Beta Kappa during their junior or senior year.
Listed below are the students who were inducted:
Dr. Harold Stanley, Geurin-Pettus Distinguished Chair in American Politics and Political Economy and Vice President for Executive Affairs at Southern Methodist University visited
St. Mary’s College of Maryland from February 29-March 1, 2016 as part of Phi Beta Kappa’s Visiting Scholars Program.
During his stay he engaged in meals and conversation with resident PBK members, faculty and students from the Department of Political Science, students in Pi Sigma Alpha, and students in the Nitze Scholars Program. He also discussed “Presidential Approval: Longer There, Less Liked?” with students in Dr. Sue Grogan’s American Presidency class, discussed “Political Polarization” with students in Dr. Todd Ebbery’s American Politics class, and gave a public lecture on “Picking a President in 2016.”
From left to right: Lee Capristo (PBK president), Blake Buckler (Chopticon ), Rosie Click (Leonardtown), Laraine Glidden (PBK book award coordinator), Abisha Dowla (Great Mills), Rand Duarte (St. Mary’s Ryken), Tim Green (King’s Christian), Libby Williams (PBK adviser). Photo by Angie Draheim.
Ceremony held each November to honor select NHS Students from the five high schools in St. Mary’s County. Students selected for the award are given a book relevant to their field of interest.