The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi has announced that Myra Blackmon of Athens has been initiated into the Phi Kappa Phi Chapter at the University of Georgia where she has completed an M.Ed., With Distinction, in Instructional Technology. She received her degree on Saturday, May 10.

Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society.The Society has chapters on more than 300 campuses in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

Membership in Phi Kappa Phi is by invitation and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors, having at least 72 semester hours are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff, and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.

In addition to Blackmon's induction into The Society on April 23, the University of Georgia chapter also presented her husband, Dr. Thomas P. Holland, the Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award for his many years of teaching and otherwise supporting graduate students in the School of Social Work. Holland founded the Masters in Non-Profit Organizations degree and last year stepped down as department chairman.

Blackmon is the daughter of Steve and Eleanor Blackmon of Washington-Wilkes. They attended the ceremony and hosted a celebration dinner afterward.