Channing Midgette, of Suffolk, was recently initiated at The University of Georgia into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Membership is by invitation and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors, having at least 72 semester hours, are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff, and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.