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WSU Gamma Chapter Phi Beta Kappa Society

WSU Senior Lands First National Key into Public Service Scholar Award from Phi Beta Kappa

Daniel Rieck
Oluwanifemi "Nife" Shola-Dare, a WSU senior and the university's first recipient of the National Key into Public Service Scholar Award from Phi Beta Kappa.

Mary F. Wack, WSU vice provost for academic engagement and student achievement, 509-335-8044, mwack@wsu.edu

PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University international student Oluwanifemi “Nife” Shola-Dare is one of 20 students to receive a new award from the nation’s oldest academic honorary, Phi Beta Kappa (PBK).

Above: Oluwanifemi "Nife" Shola-Dare, a WSU senior and the university's first recipient of the National Key into Public Service Scholar Award from Phi Beta Kappa.

Shola-Dare, a neuroscience major from Nigeria and member of the Honors College, received the PBK’s first Key into Public Service Scholar award. Over 600 students from PBK chapter institutions—including WSU—applied for the new undergraduate scholarship designed to connect promising liberal arts and sciences students with opportunities in public service. Award recipients came from 14 states and three countries.

“We, in the PBK Gamma of Washington Chapter, are pleased that this new prestigious award has made its debut, and we are very proud that one of our own WSU scholars received it,” said Mary F. Wack, PBK member and officer for the local chapter.

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