PSA-PBK Values, Mission, Goals, and Objectives

PSA-PBK adheres to the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s core values of knowledge, wisdom, intellectual honesty, broad interests, trust, integrity, and responsibility. In support of these values, the mission of PSA-PBK is the promotion of culture, academic scholarship, and public education. The goals of PSA-PBK are:

• Encouraging scholastic achievement of students, at the college as well as the high school level;
• Offering academic, cultural, and social programs for its members and the public;
• Recruiting and retaining members;
• Increasing its general and scholarship funds.

PSA-PBK shall pursue the following objectives:

• Present monetary awards for scholastic achievement to students at the University of Washington and the University of Puget Sound;
• Present book awards for excellence to high school seniors in the Puget Sound area;
• Recognize extraordinary contributions made by individuals or institutions;
• Recruit and retain members;
• Maintain an active public relations program featuring matters of educational and cultural worth and information about PSA-PBK activities;
• Coordinate, as opportunities arise, activities with other academic and honorary institutions;
• Manage investments and funds responsibly while meeting all legal and financial obligations.

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PSA-PBK Activities

In support of the PSA-PBK mission and to reach its goals and objectives, the association relies on the activities performed by its committees, officers, and staff. This document is to be reviewed at least annually. PSA-PBK will:

• Offer academic, cultural, and social events of interest to its members by arranging for a spring and fall luncheon with speakers, and by scheduling at least three additional academic, cultural, or social events per year;
• Support the association’s development/fundraising endeavors by such means as an annual solicitation of members;
• Offer, annually, undergraduate and graduate awards to the limit of financial resources;
• Present, annually, one or more individuals, institutions or corporations with the association’s Pathfinder Award;
• Present, annually, a book award to selected Puget Sound–area high school seniors;
• Maintain an always up-to-date Web site, listing current and past events, and any information of use or interest to members or the public, making use, as well, of social networking capabilities.
• Issue, annually, at least two editions of the PSA-PBK newsletter;
• Attend initiation ceremonies at the Washington Alpha and Delta chapters;
• Send a board member as delegate to the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Triennial Meeting.

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