Phi Beta Delta

Phi Beta Delta (ΦΒΔ), founded at California State University, Long Beach in 1986, is the first honor society dedicated to recognizing scholarly achievement in international education.

Our Goals:
  • Recognize the scholarly achievement of international students and scholars, who have studied abroad and faculty and staff who are involved in international activities.
  • Serve as a vehicle for the development of academic-based international programming.
  • Provide a network on each campus of faculty, staff and students involved in international endeavors.
  • Extend this network to thousands of members in chapters throughout the world.

  • Publicly recognizes international scholarly achievement of international students and scholars who have studied abroad, and faculty and staff who are involved in international activities.
  • Provides a coordinated way to connect with other CSULB community members who are active in international scholarship
  • Helps further advance the Global Awareness component of CSULB's mission
  • Facilitates networking with your internationally-minded peers at other campuses to expand your scholarship, teaching, and service.
  • Provides access to peer-reviewed publications and international scholarship, including opportunities to write and edit for its journal
  • Offers unique advantages for faulty promotion (e.g., RTP) and scholarly career.
  • Provides scholarships for students to pursue international scholarship
  • See more reasons to join at http://www.phibetadelta.org/whyJoinPBD.php

Membership is open to nominated faculty, staff, upper division students (3.2+ GPA)/ graduate students (3.5+ GPA) who demonstrate a strong international orientation through studies, research , and/or scholarly and creative activities.

Please click here to download the Phi Beta Delta Faculty/Staff Reactivation/Nomination Form.

Dues

The new membership fee is $50 and renewal is $20. The new membership fee goes to the international Phi Beta Delta headquarters to pay for membership processing; you get a gold medallion and membership certificate. Please make checks payable to 'Phi Beta Delta'.