Alice Tharp inducted into Philosophy Honor Society at Baldwin Wallace University

2015 Feb 5

Alice Tharp of Akron was inducted into the Baldwin Wallace University chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, the International Honor Society in Philosophy, in the Fall 2014 semester. Tharp, a graduate of Revere High School majoring in philosophy and international studies with a focus on international affairs, shared the honor with three other students and BW President Robert Helmer, who was a faculty inductee. Society membership is extended to outstanding students and professors of philosophy. Undergraduate students are eligible for active membership if they have completed three semesters or five quarters of the college course, rank in the upper thirty-five percent of their class, and have completed at least two semester courses in philosophy with an average grade of over the second highest grade of the working scale.

Phi Sigma Tau was founded in 1930 and has a network of over 200 chapters throughout the United States and Canada, with 12 chapters in Ohio. In addition to recognizing academic excellence, membership provides a means for furthering scholarship, as well as communication and networking between philosophy departments in accredited institutions.