Dr. Suzie Park, Professor of English and PBK Alumni Association President of East Central Illinois, had the honor of being elected a National Senator for the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the most prestigious honors society in the country. At the last Triennial Council (October 2015), Dr. Park was one of only five new At-Large Senators to be elected to the governing body of the national organization.
See PBK's Behind the Key profile of Suzie here.
At the 2016 Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards Dinner, held in D.C. at the beautiful National Museum of Women in the Arts: Senators Esther Jones, Zev Handel, and Suzie Park; new CEO/Secretary of Phi Beta Kappa Fred Lawrence; President of National Phi Beta Kappa Society Catherine Berheide.
Photos from the 2016 PBK Senate Meeting and Book Awards Dinner
Dr. Catherine Berheide, President of the National PBK Society, with PBK Alumni Association President Dr. Suzie Park, at the PBK National Book Awards Dinner in D.C., 2015.
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Photos from the 2015 PBK Book Awards Dinner in D.C.: https://goo.gl/photos/Nhn9Y9tixwRRtSvF9
Department of English
Coleman Hall
Eastern Illinois University
sapark@eiu.edu