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Tennessee State University and Fisk University to Host 2012 Meeting. TSU along with Fisk University will host the 69th Annual Meeting. More information to follow (update 9/25/2011).
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69th Annual Joint Conference
Visit the conference website at www.nisbkxmeeting.org for additional information)
Host Institutions:
Tennessee State University and Fisk University
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Purpose: Beta Kappa Chi has the purpose of encouraging the advancement of scientific education through original investigations; the dissemination of scientific knowledge; and the stimulation of high scholarship in the pure and applied sciences.
Eligibility: Undergraduate students are eligible for membership if they rank in the upper fifth of their class; have completed at least 64 semester hours of course work (with at least seventeen (17) semester hours iin one of the sciences recognized by BKX ); a GPA of at least B in the science area; and, a general college average of at least "B". Graduate students are eligible if they have completed at least fifteen (15) semester hours in one of the sciences recognized by the Society with a GPA of "A" in at least 1/3 of the hours and at least a "B" in the remaining 2/3 semester hours.
Official Contact:
Mrs. Deadra James Mackie, Executive Secretary
Southern University and A&M College
244 Williams James Hall, P.O. Box 9413
Biology Department
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
mzdjames@aol.com
Telephone: 225-771-4845 Fax: 225-771-4848
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