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2017 Initiation: Wednesday June 7, 2017

Join us this Wednesday, June 7, as we celebrate the initiation of our proud new Washington Alpha Chapter members!

  • 6:30pm Gather in Red Square under the Gerberding Hall bell tower for welcoming remarks
  • 6:45pm Procession across Red Square to Kane Hall
  • 7:00pm Initiation ceremony in Kane Hall 220
  • Reception following

Invited Speaker: Prof. Victoria Lawson, Director of the UW Honors Program
 

PKB Winter Reception, Feb 23, with Jana Mohr Lane

The UW Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa cordially invites you to attend this year’s Phi Beta Kappa Winter Reception.

Join UW Phi Beta Kappa members and other students and guests for a fun and informative winter get-together. Learn about PBK, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society. Meet other well-rounded academic high achievers and hear about how membership in Phi Beta Kappa can brand you for a lifetime of success.

  • Thursday, February 23, 2017
  • 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
  • Allen Library Petersen Room, University of Washington
  • Refreshments and appetizers will be served
  • Guest Speaker: Jana Mohr Lone, director and founder of the UW Center for Philosophy for Children.
  • Please RSVP to: uwpbk@uw.edu.

Jana Mohr Lone is the director and founder of the University of Washington’s Center for Philosophy for Children, which brings philosophers and students trained in philosophy into K-12 public school classrooms to facilitate philosophy classes. Since 1995, she has taught philosophy in classrooms from preschool to college, as well as taught college students, K- 12 teachers, parents and others about ways to bring philosophy into the lives of young people. A frequent writer and speaker about pre-college philosophy, Jana is the president of PLATO (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization), past chair of the American Philosophical Association Committee on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy, and the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Questions: Philosophy for Young People. She has co-authored and edited several books and is the author of The Philosophical Child, which explores ways that parents and other adults can stimulate philosophical conversations about children’s questions.