University of Missouri-Kansas City

You are invited to join our community of great minds.

Contacts

ON CAMPUS:

Barbara Glesner Fines
glesnerb@umkc.edu
For questions regarding the initiation ceremony, if you have not received your certificate and pin, or if you have missed the deadline.

AT THE NATIONAL OFFICE:

Kam Lubben
klubben@phikappaphi.org
For problems with online registration or if you have not received an email confirmation at least one business day after completing registration. Please first be sure to check your spam filter for the confirmation email.

2018 Dates to Remember

April 29

Your must be registered by this deadline to guarantee that your certificate will be at the ceremony.

May 6

Initiation Ceremony
UMKC School of Law, E.E. Thompson Courtroom
Check in: 1:45 p.m.
Begins: 2:00 p.m.
Guest Limit: 2 Guests

If you do not attend the ceremony: After the ceremony date, please pick up your certificate and pin from the UMKC School of Law, 500 East 52nd Street, Administrative Offices. These items will not be mailed to you.

June 1

The access code will expire and online registration will close at 11:59 p.m. CST on June 1. Inquiries about accepting membership after this date should be directed to glesnerb@umkc.edu

Phi Kappa Phi Facts

Phi Kappa Phi provides $1.4 million in awards each biennium to outstanding students and members.

Membership is by invitation to the top juniors, seniors and graduate students who meet specific eligibility criteria at member-campuses. Faculty, professional staff, and alumni also may be eligible for membership. For further details, click here.

Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, Phi Kappa Phi was created to honor excellence in all academic disciplines.

The Society's motto is "Let the love of learning rule humanity."

Notable alumni include former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, best-selling novelist John Grisham, Grammy Award-winning soprano Renée Fleming, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, and NASA astronaut Wendy Lawrence.

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