Breanna Sampo Awarded $8,500 Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
(LEBANON, Ill., July 19, 2023) – Breanna Sampo of Peru, Ill., has been awarded a Fellowship
worth $8,500 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi – the nation’s oldest and most
selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Sampo is one of 62
recipients nationwide to receive a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship.
Sampo received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from McKendree University this May. As a Phi Kappa Phi Fellow, Sampo will pursue a Ph.D. in positive developmental psychology at Claremont Graduate University.
“Receiving this award fills my heart with such immense gratitude as these funds will
make my dream of moving from rural Illinois to southern California possible,” Sampo
said. “With this fellowship, my transition to graduate school will be a smooth cross-country
trip while allowing me to start the semester off strong by having all the need supplies
to further establish my academia career.”
Since its creation in 1932, the Fellowship Program has become one of the Society’s
most visible and financially well-supported endeavors, allocating $649,000 annually
to outstanding students for first-year graduate or professional study. This year’s
program awarded two awards of $35,000 each, the 1987 Fellowship and the Sherrill Carlson
Fellowship; six $20,000 Marcus L. Urann Fellowships, named for the Society’s founder;
and 54 fellowships of $8,500 each.
The selection process for a fellowship is based on the applicant’s evidence of graduate
potential, undergraduate academic achievement, service and leadership experience,
letters of recommendation, personal statement of educational perspective and career
goals, and acceptance in an approved graduate or professional program.
Phi Kappa Phi Fellowships are part of the Society’s robust portfolio of award and
grant programs, which gives $1.3 million each year to outstanding members and students
on chapter campuses through study abroad grants, graduate fellowships, funding for
post-baccalaureate development, member and chapter awards, and grants for local, national
and international literacy initiatives.
To see the complete list of 2023 Phi Kappa Phi Fellows, please visit www.phikappaphi.org/2023Fellowships.
About Phi Kappa Phi
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 approximately 25,000
students, faculty, professional staff and alumni annually. The Society has chapters
on more than 325 select colleges and universities in the United States, its territories
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 advance excellence in all fields of higher education and society
and engage the community of scholars in service to others.”
For more information, please visit www.phikappaphi.org.
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