Anthony Rhoads Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
Anthony Rhoads of Litchfield, Ill., has been awarded a fellowship worth $5,000 by
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi—the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate
honor society for all academic disciplines.
Rhoads received bachelor's degrees in mathematics and computational science from McKendree
University in 2014 and will continue studies in biostatistics at The University of
Iowa.
He is among 57 students nationwide to receive a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship. Since its
creation in 1932, the Fellowship Program has become one of the Society's most visible
and financially well-supported endeavors, allocating $345,000 annually to deserving
students for first-year graduate or professional study. Currently, 51 fellowships
of $5,000 and six of $15,000 are awarded each year.
The selection process for the Phi Kappa Phi Fellowships is based on the applicants'
evidence of graduate potential, undergraduate academic achievement, service and leadership
experience, letters of recommendation, personal statement of educational perspective
and career goals, and acceptance at an approved graduate or professional program.
Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate
honor society for all academic disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi inducts annually approximately
32,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni. The Society has chapters
on more than 300 select colleges and universities in North America and the Philippines.
Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students
and 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved
scholarly distinction also qualify. The Society's mission is "To recognize and promote
academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community
of scholars in service to others."
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