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Mission Statement The
Association supports liberal education and life-long learning by providing
high quality programs and interaction opportunities for its members, and
scholarships for students.
Who we are: Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in Southern California (Alpha Assocation), founded in 1918, is the largest Phi Beta Kappa alumni association in the nation. It currently has almost 2,000 members in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties. For an overview of the origin and history of Alpha Association, please click on History. For information about the Phi Beta Kappa Society, please click on Brochure.
What We Do: Events Each year, the Association hosts a series of cultural events that feature well-known speakers, visits to museums and historical sites, theatrical performances, and a variety of concerts and other musical events. For information about recent and forthcoming events, please click on the Events tab on the navigation bar.
Our Fall, 2008, Event:
On October 11, 2008, over one hundred of us gathered at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana and toured its recent exhibition of figures from the famed Terra Cotta Army that guarded the tomb of the Qin Emperor, who unified China in 221 B.C. The tour was followed by a luncheon at the museum's Tangata Restaurant. For more details and pictures from this event, please click on the Events tab on the navigation bar. Scholarships We also sponsor three scholarship programs. One is for deserving high school students from inner-city schools to help them defray the costs of enrolling in college. The second is a series of International Scholarships awarded to outstanding foreign graduate students completing their doctoral studies at USC, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, and Claremont Graduate University. Last but far from least are our Graduate Study Awards. Each of the ten Phi Beta Kappa chapters in Southern California annually selects one of its initiates to receive this award, which will facilitate his or her graduate study. For more information about our scholarship program, please click on the Awards tab on the navigation bar.
Membership Information For a membership application form, change of address form, and other information about joining Alpha Association, please click on the Membership Information tab on the navigation bar.
Other Important Information Key Notes To access recent issues of Key Notes, Alpha Association's annual newsletter, please click on the Newsletter tab on the navigation bar. The Alpha Association Forum A page on which Alpha Association members can exchange ideas and information. Please click on Forum. Navigation tip You can always return to this opening page by clicking on the key in the supper left corner. IRS Form 990 is available upon request from the Alpha Association Treasurer.
Thanks to Occidental College for hosting our website!
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