Katie Rice inducted into honor society

BOSTON, Mass. – Katherine (Katie) Rice was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Epsilon of Massachusetts honor society of Boston University on Dec. 3, 2014.

Katie is a 2011 graduate of Mt. Blue High School and will graduate with honors from Boston University in May with a degree in History. She plans to continue her post graduate studies in the Boston area.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the oldest honor society for the liberal arts and sciences with 283 active chapters in the United States. Widely considered to be the nation’s most prestigious honor society, Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences and to induct the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at American colleges and universities.

Founded at The College of William and Mary on Dec. 5, 1776, as the first collegiate Greek-letter fraternity, it was among the earliest collegiate fraternal societies and remains the oldest existing American academic honor society. Phi Beta Kappa (ΦΒΚ) stands for Φιλοσοφία Βίου Κυβερνήτης or in Latin letters Philosophia Biou Cybernētēs, which means “Love of wisdom is the guide of life.”