Cape Girardeau, Missouri -  - Angelina Gracia Champion of Bernie, Missouri was recently initiated into the Honor Society of PHi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society.  Champion was initiated at Southwest Missouri State University.

Only the top 10% of seniors and 7.5% of juniors ae eligible for membership.  

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (or simply Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society established in 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study and to promote the "unity and democracy of education".  It is the third academic society in the United States to be organized around recognizing academic excellence, and is the oldest all-discipline honor society. The society's motto is "Let the love of learning rule humanity", and its mission is "to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.