Phi Beta Kappa - News & Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

2022 Initiation and Graduate Celebration was held Thursday evening, June 9th.
- If you were unable to participate, we typically coordinate a make-up group initiation in later summer. Accept your membership per emailed instructions, and contact Chapter president Dennis.Barrett@du.edu to explore alternative initiation options.
Alpha Association of Colorado annual meeting: We're happy to host the state association for its annual member lunch and meeting, Saturday, 17 September. Details shared soon via pbkcolorado.org/events
Visiting Scholar: With cosponsors, we'll welcome Vanderbilt Law professor Ganesh Sitaraman on October 27-28th, for class visits, office hours, member breakfast, and Thursday evening public lecture. Additional details TBD.

Be sure to check the Alpha Association of Colorado site for their upcoming, regional events.

Past Events

Poems as Pots, Circles, Orbits, and Origins poetry reading & discussion (2/24) with DU alumn and CSU creative writing professor, Dr Dan Beachy-Quick.
Fall 2021 Chapter meeting (10/21) with guest lecture by University Provost and Law faculty, Mary Clark: The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention: “Outgrowing the Compact of our Fathers”
2021 Initiation and Graduate Celebration (6/9). Access a recording of the event on the DU Mediaspace site.
2020 initiation and graduate celebration (6/11). View a recording on the DU Mediaspace site.
Spring 2020 Chapter meeting, including new member election, 23 April via Zoom.
2020 Undergraduate Scholars Showcase (2 March), where undergraduate student members from a variety of disciplines gave brief presentations about their current research or creative work.
Winter 2020 Chapter meeting (1/28), with senior Reanna Magruder and Dr Ashley Hamilton, who shared about their work with the DU Prison Arts Initiative.
Fall 2019 Chapter meeting on 30 October
Fall 2019 member mixer on 4 October, at Vicki Myhren Gallery (Schwayder Art Bldg). Preceded by new member initiation (carryover from spring).
2019 initiation and welcome banquet, on 13 June, at Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Contesting Hate: A Critical Response to Christchurch --faculty roundtable on 30 May 2019. Sponsored with the departments of Languages & Literatures, Religious Studies, History, and Political Science; the Office of the Dean (CAHSS); the Center for Middle East Studies; the Center for Judaic Studies; the Center on American Politics; and the Office of Information Technology.
Member mixer at Vicki Myhren Gallery (Schwayder Art Bldg), 18 April 2019
Hosted Colorado's CO ΦBK chapter executives meeting, 9 March 2019
Student member research showcase, 8 March 2019
Member mixer at Vicki Myhren Gallery, 1 February 2019
Freedom of Expression on campus lecture by Frederick M Lawrence, ΦBK Secretary and CEO, 10 May 2018 (ref American Council on Education 10/31/2018 piece based on same lecture)

Visiting Scholars

The national ΦBK Visiting Scholars program enriches the intellectual life of host campuses by offering chapters the opportunity to compete each year for a visit from a panel of twenty of the nation's most distinguished scholars. The DU chapter has welcomed multiple scholars in the past decade, including:

Dr Forest Rohwer (April 2022). Cosponsored with the Biological Sciences, University Honors Program, University Libraries, and Geography & the Environment, the San Diego State University professor of biology presented a public lecture (video below), visited classes, held office hours, and enjoyed breakfast with Chapter members.
- Online video of Dr Rohwer's Creating a Future for Coral Reefs –-and Everyone Else
Dr Evie Shockley (April 2021). With co-sponsors ΦBK Alpha Association of Colorado and the DU Department of English and Literary Arts. Rutgers University English professor virtually visited classes, and offered two poetry readings and discussions.
Dr Richard Alley (November 2019). With co-sponsors Biological Sciences, Geography and the Environment, University Libraries, Center for Sustainability, and the Honors Program. Penn State Professor Alley guest lectured in several classes, shared meals with students, faculty and staff, and presented a free public lecture: Two-Mile Time Machines: Ice Cores and Abrupt Climate Change.
Dr Jamsheed Choksy (April 2019): With co-sponsors Religious Studies and the Center for Middle East Studies. Indiana University professor Choksy guest lectured in class, had meals with PBK members, and presented on Religious Minorities in Contemporary Iran: The Politics of Tolerance and Intolerance

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