Xavier Jimenez Awarded $8,500 Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship

BATON ROUGE, La. (July 28) — The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi recently awarded Xavier Jimenez of McKenzie with a fellowship worth $8,500. Jimenez is one of 40 individuals nationwide to receive a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship.

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. 

Jimenez holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Tennessee at Martin. As a Phi Kappa Phi Fellow, Jimenez will pursue a Doctor of Medicine at East Tennessee State University's Quillen College of Medicine.

Since its creation in 1932, the Fellowship Program has become one of the society's most visible and financially well-supported endeavors. This year's program awarded the 1897 Fellowship and the Sherrill Carlson Fellowship at $35,000 each; six $15,000 Marcus L. Urann Fellowships, named for the Society's founder; and 40 fellowships of $8,500 each.

The selection process for a fellowship is based on the applicant's evidence of graduate potential, undergraduate academic achievement, service and leadership experience, letters of recommendation, personal statement of educational perspective and career goals, and acceptance in an approved graduate or professional program.

Phi Kappa Phi Fellowships are part of the society's robust portfolio of award and grant programs, which gives more than $1 million each year to outstanding members and students on chapter campuses through study abroad grants, graduate fellowships, funding for post-baccalaureate development, member and chapter awards, and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives.