Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Chapter Event

SJSU Chapter #067 of Phi Kappa Phi has postponed its Annual Spring Initiation, which was originally scheduled for early April, due to the closure of campus as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.  We hope to reschedule it sometime early in the Fall 2020 semester, pending further guidance from University leaders.  We will post updates as they become available.  Carl Guardino, President & CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group for nearly a quarter-century, will be our Keynote Speaker and will also receive our PKP Distinguished Alumnus Award this year.

Phi Kappa Phi

Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective honor society that recognizes and promotes excellence in all fields of higher education and engages the community of scholars in service to others.  Guided by an ancient Greek phrase that is the basis for its name - Philosophía Krateítõ Phõtôn ("Let the Love of Learning Rule Humanity”) - the Society includes chapters on more than 300 campuses in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines that collectively initiate approximately 30,000 members each year.  Chapter #67 was established at San José State University in 1953 and celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2018.  Phi Kappa Phi is a global network that has welcomed more than 1 million accomplished scholars and professionals into its ranks since it was established more than a century ago.  It now constitutes an enduring legacy for future generations at SJSU and around the world.

PKP Membership

Invitations to become members of Phi Kappa Phi are issued each Spring by the national office to SJSU's most outstanding students based on their cumulative level of academic achievement at the end of the previous Fall semester - Graduate Students (3.75 GPA), Seniors (3.5 GPA), and Juniors (3.65 GPA).  Sophomores, Frosh, and non-matriculated students are not eligible for membership.  Invitations to become faculty and staff members of Phi Kappa Phi are issued by the SJSU chapter each Spring to outstanding colleagues on campus who have achieved scholarly distinction in their academic responsibilities.