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Current Officers (2012-2013)
Current Student Officers:
President:
Alex Verhoye (AlexVerhoye@creighton.edu)
Vice-President:
Natalie Killion (NatalieKillion@creighton.edu)
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Faculty Moderators:
Dr. Richard White (rwhite@creighton.edu)
Fr. Ross Romero (rossromero@creighton.edu)
Upcoming Events
Philosophers' Roundtable:
Join us for some food and drinks along with informal philosophical discussion - you don't even need to be major, ALL are welcome!
Every Friday @ 4:00pm at Billy Blues in the basement of the Harper Center
"Visit us on Facebook" http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Creighton-University-Philosophers-Round-Table/153368234751425
14th Annual Midwest Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
About Phi Sigma Tau
National Honor Society in Philosophy
Creighton University, Nebraska Beta Chapter
Phi Sigma Tau was founded at Muhlenberg College in 1930 as Alpha Kappa Alpha, with chapters at colleges in Maryland and Pennsylvania. It remained in this regional status until October of 1955, when it was incorporated as Phi Sigma Tau, a National Honor Society in Philosophy. Its essential purpose was and is to promote ties among philosophy departments in accredited institutions and students in philosophy nationally. Both on the local and national levels, Phi Sigma Tau considers its organization as instrumental: a means for developing and honoring academic excellence as well as philosophical interest. In addition to providing a means of awarding distinction to students having high scholarship and interest in philosophy, the Society also promotes interest in philosophy among the general collegiate public.
The Society's Emblem
The Society's emblem is a pentagon with the letters Phi Sigma Tau at the center. Each of the angles contains a word representing one of the five streams of world thought: Chinese, Indian, Islamic, Hebrew, and Greek. The seal of the Society is the reverse side of the Athenian silver tetradrachma (B.C. 480-400), which bears the owl, olive spray, and small crescent. The margin of the seal carries the legend, Phi Sigma Tau, 1930.
Application Requirements
Applications for Membership into Phi Sigma Tau, the International Philosophy Honor Society, require the following of the applicant:
- Completion of the equivalent of one year of full-time study and at least three philosophy courses
- Attainment of a QPA of 3.5 or better in the philosophy courses you have completed to date
- Attainment of a ranking in the upper one-third of your graduating class
For more information, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Cooke (cookeef@creighton.edu).