BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan University senior Kevin Lewis has been awarded a 2009 Fellowship from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Lewis will put the $5,000 Fellowship toward his post-graduate studies at Harvard Law School.
Lewis, a business major from Naperville, Ill., is among 60 students nationwide to receive the academic honor. Phi Kappa Phi awards more than $800,000 in scholarships a year to applicants, who are selected on the basis of membership in the organization, academic recognition and awards, campus and community involvement, and quality and scope of chosen post-graduate programs.
Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi describes itself as the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society. More than a million men and women from nearly 300 chapters have been inducted into the honor society, including former President Jimmy Carter. In 2009, five members were named Truman scholars. Membership is by invitation, and only the top 10 percent of graduate students and seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors qualify annually.