The Fresno State chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi initiated 86 new student members and eight honorary members via a virtual ceremony on May 3. Honorary members initiated were:

Faculty

Dr. Brissa Quiroz, Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering (photo featured above)

Dr. Joseph Ross, Department of Biology

Dr. Aly Tawfik, Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering

Staff

Brad Barker, Technology Services

JoLynne Blake, Center for Faculty Excellence

Diana Karageozian, Student Health and Counseling Center

Administrator

Robert Guinn, Technology Services

Over 950 students, faculty and staff are current members of the Fresno State chapter.

Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society with chapters at more than 300 select colleges and universities in North America and the Philippines. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10% of seniors and graduate students and 7.5% of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify.

In 1953, Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 62 was installed at Fresno State. Phi Kappa Phi has since initiated over 9,150 individuals and served as the University’s honor society, recognizing superior academic achievement by students in all academic fields. The Fresno State chapter was awarded the Circle of Excellence Platinum Status for 2019-20. This is the highest level of recognition given to chapters of Phi Kappa Phi.

For more information visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org or contact Chuck Radke, president, Fresno State Phi Kappa Phi Board of Directors at 559.278.2448 or cradke@csufresno.edu.

Phillip M. Gonzales, lecturer, Chicano Latin American Studies Department, accepted the invitation to serve on the Impact Projects (PRJ) grant panel and looks forward to impacting our local communities in a positive way. The PRJ grant program intends to support collaborative projects that center artists and artistic practice in responding to issues facing California at this time, including the pervasive social, political, and economic inequalities experienced by those communities most vulnerable to, and adversely affected by, the COVID-19 pandemic. This program prioritizes local artists and forms of arts and cultural expression that are unique to, and/or historically rooted in, the specific communities to be served.

Dr. Mohan Dangi, professor in the Geography and City and Regional Planning department with specialization in environmental science and engineering, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Nepal. Dangi will research/lecture seven months at the Central Department of Environmental Science (CDES), Tribhuvan University (TU) as part of a project (Developing an Environmental Engineering Curriculum and Studying Municipal Solid Waste in Nepal) to design, develop, and teach an Introduction to Environmental Engineering course.

To read the full announcement, visit the College of Social Sciences blog.