Boise State Student Named National Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellow

Kasey Reed (Click to enlarge image)

Kasey Reed, a history major at Boise State University with a minor in Latin language and literature, has been awarded a prestigious national Phi Kappa Phi graduate fellowship for 2006-2007. The award includes $5,000 toward a graduate program in history. Reed is one of only 60 awardees nationwide and the only one from an Idaho institution. 

Reed, from Garden Valley, is student vice president of the Boise State chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. In addition, she is president of the Boise State chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, treasurer of the BSU chapter of the Golden Key Honor Society and vice president for community service for the Honors Student Association. 

Reed, who received nine awards or scholarships while studying at Boise State, was recently named a university Top Ten Scholar. She has traveled internationally in pursuit of her studies of Latin language and Roman history and presented her research at the Phi Alpha Theta Northwest regional conference. Reed has done volunteer work for relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, the Boise River cleanup, the Idaho Food Bank and Boise State’s Volunteer Services Board. She will graduate from Boise State May 13. 

The graduate fellowship award is based on the applicant’s undergraduate academic performance, leadership and service on campus and in the community, potential success in graduate study, personal objectives and letters of recommendation. Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest and largest national honor society dedicated to the recognition and promotion of academic excellence. In addition to the sixty graduate fellowships, the society named 40 students with Awards of Excellence worth $2,000 each.  

The last Boise State student to win this award was Valeri Kiesig in 2001. 

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Contact: Richard Klautsch, President, Boise State Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, (208) 426-3957, rklauts@boisesetate.edu                                                               

Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

Boise State University is the largest institution of higher education in Idaho with about 18,600 students and 2,200 faculty and staff. More than 190 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within eight colleges. A metropolitan university located in the capital city, Boise State is committed to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and public service.