Benjamin Newton Inducted Into Phi Beta Kappa

Benjamin Newton, of La Grange, majoring in International Studies and Arabic, was among the more than 80 University of Mississippi students who were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious undergraduate honors organization in the liberal arts. The university held an induction ceremony on April 14, 2023, at Johnson Commons on campus.

“Dating back to 1776, only about 10% of U.S. colleges and universities have Phi Beta Kappa chapters,” said Catherine Janasie, research counsel at the National Sea Grant Law Center, law school faculty member and 2023 president of the Beta of Mississippi chapter. “Phi Beta Kappa only elects the top students who have pursued a broad array of liberal arts classes while in college.