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Michelle Lipkin
  • Class of 2012
  • Concord, MA

Michelle Lipkin elected to national honor society at Wheaton College

2011 Oct 11

Michelle Lipkin of Concord has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society, in recognition of outstanding academic performance at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. Lipkin, a member of the Class of 2012, is pursuing a major in Psychology.

Students are elected to the Wheaton College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on the strength of their academic performance. They are chosen based on their overall grade point average as well as a consistent pattern of top achievement in courses in their chosen major as well as beyond it.

Wheaton College established the Kappa chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1932; the college is one of 14 institutions in Massachusetts with a chapter of the national honor society, which was founded at William & Mary in 1776.

Wheaton is a highly selective liberal arts college located in Norton, Mass., with a 1,600-member student body drawn from 45 states and 35 countries. In the past decade, 139 Wheaton students have won national scholarship awards, including three Rhodes Scholarships as well as Truman, Fulbright, Madison, Watson, British Marshall, Goldwater and Rotary International scholarships. Wheaton is one of only two liberal arts colleges in the country to have produced three Rhodes in that time. The college has been named a Truman Foundation Honor School for its focus on Truman Scholar candidates and students interested in pursuing careers in public service.