Alora Wogsland Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

2015 Jun 1

Alora Wogsland of Brentwood, Tennessee was inducted into the Lambda of Virginia Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Mary Baldwin College.

Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest and most respected society honoring liberal arts students of genuine academic and personal accomplishment. The Society was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776. Mary Baldwin has sheltered a chapter (Lambda of Virginia) since 1971. Only 283 colleges and universities are approved to house a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, about 65 per cent of them are in private academic institutions. Mary Baldwin College is proud to be one of them.

Mary Baldwin College, founded in 1842, is a diverse institution that transforms lives through personalized education and innovatively integrates liberal arts, experiential learning, civic engagement, and global citizenship. At the undergraduate level, the College for Women serves about 750 students on the college's historic main campus in downtown Staunton, Virginia, and the Adult Degree program serves both men and women on campus and at regional centers throughout Virginia. A top-ranked master's level university, MBC also offers co-educational graduate programs in education, health sciences, and Shakespeare and Performance.