Bethany Ackerman Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Washington College

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Bethany Ackerman

CHESTERTOWN, MD (03/02/2012)(readMedia)-- Washington College is pleased to announce that Bethany Ackerman '12, daughter of Ira Ackerman and Amy Ackerman of Baltimore, MD, was recently inducted into the Theta of Maryland Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa sheltered at Washington College. Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and largest academic honor society, was founded on December 5, 1776, by five students at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. For more than 200 years, the Phi Beta Kappa Society has pursued its mission of fostering and recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. The Society's distinctive emblem, a golden key, is widely recognized as a symbol of academic achievement. The pointing finger and three stars on the key symbolize the ambition of scholars and the three distinguishing principles of Phi Beta Kappa: learning, morality, and friendship.

Ackerman is majoring in Biology. She is a member of the College's Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows honor society, Tri-Beta national biological honor society, Habitat for Humanity, Best Buddies, and the Spanish Club. Additionally, she is involved with theater productions. Ackerman graduated from Pikesville High School.

Founded in 1782 under the patronage of George Washington, Washington College is a private, independent college of liberal arts and sciences located in colonial Chestertown on Maryland's Eastern Shore.