About Chi Beta Phi

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Chi Beta Phi was founded at Randolph-MaconCollege in 1916 as a national honorary scientific fraternity whose purpose is to promote interest in science, and to give scholarly attainment in, and outstanding contributions to, the fields of natural science and mathematics. The Alpha Rho chapter at LyonCollege was founded in 1973. Since then over 400 LyonCollege students have been elected to membership in Chi Beta Phi.

In order to be a member of Chi Beta Phi students must have completed at least 20 hours in science and mathematics and have at least a 3.0 grade point average.