Shorewood College Student Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

Kirtley Hitt of Shorewood was one of 18 Cornell students recently inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the country's oldest academic honor society. Induction ceremonies took place on April 21.

These students will have their names added to the permanent plaque in Cole Library, listing all members elected to Cornell's chapter.

Election is based upon good character and a distinguished record of performance in courses that demonstrate a broad exposure to the liberal arts—i.e., the fine arts, humanities, languages, natural sciences and mathematics, and social sciences, as well as substantive work in areas outside the major.

Phi Beta Kappa considers members of the top 15 percent of the senior class and the top five percent of the junior class. Learn more about the Cornell chapter of Phi Beta Kappa by clicking here.

Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, is a national liberal arts college with a distinctive One Course At A Time (OCAAT) academic calendar. The OCAAT schedule provides students with intellectual immersion, academic focu, and unique freedom to shed the confines of the traditional classroom to study off-campus, pursue research, or accept an internship-all without missing out on other classes.

Founded in 1853, the college's entire hilltop campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.