KINGSVILLE (June 12, 2025) — Ellen Mitchem, a pre-vet student at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, was awarded a $1,000 study abroad grant from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Mitchem, from Katy, is one of 75 students nationwide to receive the award. The sophomore will use her grant to study in San Ignacio, Belize.
The grants are designed to support undergraduates, both members and nonmembers from campuses that have Phi Kappa Phi chapters. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Texas A&M-Kingsville is home to one of 300 select colleges and universities in the United States and its territories.
The selection process for a study abroad grant is based on the applicant’s academic achievement, campus and community service, relation of travel to academic preparation and career goals, a personal statement, letters of recommendation and acceptance into a study abroad program. To learn about the Study Abroad Program and other Phi Kappa Phi awards, visit www.phikappaphi.org/awards.
Established in 2001, the Study Abroad Grant Program is part of the society’s robust portfolio of award and grant programs, which currently gives more than $1 million each year to outstanding students and members through graduate and dissertation fellowships, funding for post-baccalaureate development and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives.
About Phi Kappa Phi
Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nations oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi inducts approximately 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni annually.
Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify. The society’s mission is to “cultivate a community that celebrates and advances the love of learning.”
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