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Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most honored college honorary society, has inducted 221 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students as new members.
The recent induction ceremony featured remarks by Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert A. Blouin, and a keynote address by Viji Sathy, a psychology and neuroscience professor of the practice.
Phi Beta Kappa membership is open to undergraduates in the College of Arts & Sciences and professional degree programs who meet stringent eligibility requirements.
A student who has completed 75 hours of coursework in the liberal arts and sciences with a GPA of 3.85 or better, on a 4-point scale, is eligible for membership. Also eligible is any student who has completed 105 hours of coursework in the liberal arts and sciences with a 3.75 GPA. Grades earned at other universities are not considered. Less than 1% of all college students qualify.
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Dec 21, 2020
The Brown County
Fairgrounds were decked
out with Christmas decorations
Saturday. It was the first
Christmas event held at the
fairground and it was well attended
with hundreds car
driving through the winter wonderland.
NEW ULM It was a nearly hour-and-a-half wait to get into the Santa Claus and Grinch drive-through Christmas display at the Brown County Fairgrounds Saturday, but no one in line complained.
The first Christmas event ever held at the Brown County Fairground was a huge success. Members of the fair board and the volunteers helping said they had a higher turn out than anyone expected.
cschuldt@nujournal.com
Staff photo by Clay Schuldt
Candice Stadick sets up one of the many Christmas Trees at the Brown County Fairgrounds.
NEW ULM Volunteers worked Friday to set up the free drive-thru Santa event at the Brown County Fairgrounds.
The event is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Fairgrounds. Anyone is welcome to drive through a see the winter wonderland display that will feature Santa Claus, live reindeer and even a friendly Grinch.
Brown County Fairground Board President Anna Covington said the event had a lot of support from the community. Volunteers were at the fairgrounds all Friday placing Christmas decorations and light. Several local businesses had donated items to make the event possible. Hacker’s Greenhouse had donated 70 trees to help create a Christmas forest on the fairgrounds.