Phi Kappa Phi members at North Dakota State truly are among the brightest and highest-achieving students in the nation. At a university known for its tough standards, NDSU students invited to join are juniors who are scholastically in the upper 7.5 percent of their class after completion of at least 72 semester credits; seniors who are scholastically in the upper 10 percent of their class; graduate students who have completed one academic year or on a part-time basis for the equivalent of at least one academic year and have a 4.0 GPA. Those who have achieved this level of academic performance typically represent about 3 percent of the university's student population.

Initiation is an honor that gives you not only the right to wear a special recognition ribbon during graduation, but your achievement becomes part of your permanent transcript. It's the only academic honor society eligible for that designation at NDSU.

During our initiation we also accept nominations of faculty, staff and administrators who have distinguished themselves at NDSU for their teaching, research and university leadership.