Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society
ΗΚΝ Shield
The Eta Kappa Nu shield has 5 components.
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The Scroll
Beneath the shield is a ribbon bearing the name ETA KAPPA NU. In early Greece there was a philosopher who discovered that if he rubbed a piece of amber with a cloth he experienced the phenomena that we know as static electreicity. The Greek name for amber is spelled ηλεκτρον (Eta Lambda Epsilon Kappa Tau Rho Omicron Nu). From this word the English language derives the words: electricity, electron, and electronic. And from this name we derive our name -- we use the first, the fourth, and the last letters, namely Eta, Kappa, and Nu. The symbols used on the emblem are the early forms of these Greek letters.
