BATON ROUGE, La. — Madelyn Juul of Hermiston, Noah Pratton of Milton-Freewater, and Christopher Haselden, Nellie Roberts and Michael Swanson of Pendleton, all students at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

They are among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10% of seniors and 7.5% of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10% of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.