This video titled, Phi Beta Kappa Commons Dedication Ceremony at Elon University within the Academic Village, the Phi Beta Kappa Inaugural Induction Ceremony in McKinnon Hall in Moseley Center, and Phi Beta Kappa Reception outside of Lindner Hall on April 13, 2010. The Phi Beta Kappa Commons Dedication Ceremony at Elon University within the Academic Village included: a welcome by Russell B. Gill, Distinguished University Professor of English and President, Eta Chapter; a congratulations by Don J. Wyatt, Senator, Phi Beta Kappa Society, a professor of history at Middlebury College, led the team that visited Elon University during the Phi Beta Kappa application process. Wyatt is a distinguished scholar, who specializes in the history and philosophy of China and is the author of The Blacks of Premodern China, 2009 and Battlefront Real and Imagined: War, Border, and Identity in the Chinese Middle Period, 2008). Leo M. Lambert dedicated the Phi Beta Kappa Commons at College Coffee and declared, this plaza is henceforth to be known as Phi Beta Kappa Commons. Lambert stated, it is a privilege to name this space from one of the nation"s oldest academic society and in honor of Elon University"s Phi Beta Kappa faculty and students. The commons is a tribute to Elon"s dedication to the College of Arts and Sciences. Also, the Phi Beta Kappa Inaugural Induction Ceremony held in McKinnon Hall in Moseley Center included: the introduction of the keynote address by Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was given by Laura J. Roselle, Professor of Political Science. The keynote address was given by Nicholas D. Kristof who built a reputation as an extraordinary thinker, human rights advocate, and astute chronicler of humanity. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Kristof reported from China, Africa, India, and South Asia, offering a compassionate glimpse into the developing world. Kristopf graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College, studied law at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and later studied Arabic in Cairo and Chinese in Taipei " joined the Times in 1984 as a correspondent in the newspaper"s Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo bureaus. During his career he lived on four continents, reported on six, and traveled to more than 140 countries and all 50 states. The introduction of the speaker, Dr. Don Wyatt, was given by Helen F. Walton, instructor in Mathematics at Elon University, Phi Beta Kappa Secretary, Eta Chapter, North Carolina. The address was given by Dr. Don Wyatt, Senator, of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He discussed expectations of the Eta Chapter within Phi Beta Kappa and lessons learned within China of hospitality. The Initiation Ceremony was given by Gill and Churchill (Churchill serves as chief executive officer and leads Phi Beta Kappa "s national office, formerly vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college at Hendrix College, a former Rhodes Scholar, and former assistant American secretary to the Rhodes Scholarship Trust). Helen Walton presented the students who have accepted the invitation of the PBK membership. The Initiation Ceremony to Phi Beta Kappa began (The society"s motto is, "Love of learning is the guide of life." The golden key, signifying Phi Beta Kappa membership, is recognized as a symbol of academic achievement in the liberal arts and sciences). Phi Beta Kappa has established chapters at 280 colleges and universities in the United States, representing only two percent of the nation"s institutions of higher learning. Each year the top arts and sciences graduates at these institutions are selected for membership. Phi Beta Kappa members demonstrate intellectual integrity, tolerance for alternative viewpoints, and a broad range of academic interests. Seventeen U.S. presidents, 38 United States Supreme Court justices, and 136 Nobel Laureates are Phi Beta Kappa members. On October 2, 2009, delegates to the Phi Beta Kappa Triennial Council voted to establish a chapter at Elon University. Elon became the seventh institution in North Carolina to meet the high standards advocated by Phi Beta Kappa. Students who were in the Eta Chapter Inaugural Induction Ceremony included: Carly Erin Altizer, Jennifer Leigh Batchelor, Alexandra Megan Bauernschub, Ryan Matthew Bleam, Amanda Kathryn Brown, Devon Nicole Brown, James Dorsey Burns, Margeaux Rose Corby, Parker Conrad Cramer, Kelsey Christine Davis, Ashley Morrow Day, Lorelle Marie Dennis, Daniele Nicole Dufour, Kimberly Brooke Duggins, Katrina Jane Folsom, Alexandra Laine Ford, Sarah Catherine Foushee, Jordan Leigh Frederick, Melissa Katherine Gaisser, Sabine Martina Gempel, Cynthia Anne Goodson, Benjamin Carey Goodwin, Roberta Jo Hawthorne, Grace Anna Helms, Eva Christine Jorgensen-Graham, Amanda Danielle Kennison, Elisabeth Paige Kensrue, Carolyn Marie Kurtz, Jonathan Smith Mahlandt, Katherine Leigh Meyer, Kelsey Anne Miller, Paul Stephen Mirek, Mariana McLean Rohrback Poole, Monica Deshay Poteat, Nichole Marie Rawlings, Julia Elinor Roberts, Patricia Michele Serdy, Daniel Marshall Sharpe, Jr., Kristine Elizabeth Silvestri, Joseph Allen Simmons, Martha McNeill Smart, Heather Nicole Smith, Avra Weisberg Stackpole, Amanda Rose Stamplis, Jenna Danielle Stout, Hannah Elizabeth Williams, and Amanda Brittany Wilson. The new Phi Beta Kappa Inductees signed a book and shook hands with Gill, Churchill, and Cate. The Elon University Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa founding members are honored: Steven House and Leo M. Lambert (video of House and Lambert shook the hands of Churchill and Cate. They each signed the PBK inductee book). The conclusion remarks were made by Fred H. Cate, President, Phi Beta Kappa (Cate is a C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law and director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at Indiana University. He was elected Phi Beta Kappa"s president in October 2009. Cate worked to enhance Phi Beta Kappa"s promotion of the liberal arts and sciences and to increase awareness of Phi Beta Kappa, its enduring history, and its contemporary value). In the audience Laurie Lambert and Gerald Whittington can be seen at the tables. The Phi Beta Kappa Reception held outside of Lindner Hall which included: Dr. J. Earl Danieley (middle shot eating and walking away later in the video), Steve Whitfield, Gerald Whittington, Laurie Lambert, James (Jim) Piatt Jr., Pat and Steven House, Dr. Danieley chatting with Leo M. Lambert, Lambert shaking hands with guests, and student Eta Chapter Inaugural Inductees.