Jenna Schmaljohn of Middletown is Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

CHESTERTOWN, MD (02/20/2013)(readMedia)-- Washington College is pleased to announce that Jenna Schmaljohn '13 of Middletown, 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, VA. 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.

Schmaljohn is majoring in history and minoring in psychology. She is a staff artist for Washington College's literary magazine, The Collegian, and an active member of Phi Alpha Theta. A graduate of Thomas Johnson High School, Schmaljohn is the recipient of an academic scholarship and has been nominated for the Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award.

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.