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HONOR SOCIETIES
ALPHA CHI
Alpha Chi is a national scholastic honor
society for juniors and seniors. The purpose of Alpha Chi is to
recognize the academic achievements of college students and to promote the
ideas of scholarship on the UWA campus. Membership is extended to
juniors and seniors who have a 3.5 or higher GPA, and who are in the top
ten percent of their respective classes.
ALPHA PSI OMEGA
Nu Alpha Cast of Alpha Psi Omega,
National Dramatic Honor Fraternity, recognizes individual students for
their outstanding contribution to UWA Theatre either on-stage or
back-stage.
BLUE KEY NATIONAL HONOR FRATERNITY
Blue Key, a national leadership honor society, recognizes men and women
for leadership in extra-curricular and academic affairs. Those eligible
for election to membership are outstanding juniors, seniors, graduate
students, and under certain conditions, sophomores.
CARDINAL KEY NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Cardinal Key is a national leadership honor society for men and women of
junior status who are leaders in the University community and who are
deemed potential leaders in the future. The purpose of Cardinal Key
is to recognize scholarship and leadership of college students.
Membership is extended to juniors who have a 3.50 or higher GPA.
DELTA MU DELTA
Delta Mu Delta is a national honor society for students in the field of
business administration who have achieved junior status with a GPA of 3.2
or better and rank in the upper 20 percent of students. Delta Mu Delta was
founded in 1913 at New York University and The University of West Alabama
Chapter was established in 1998. Delta Mu Delta has a two-fold
mission: to promote higher scholarship in training for business and to
recognize and reward business administration students who have
distinguished themselves scholastically.
IOTA TAU ALPHA
Iota Tau Alpha, the national honor society for
athletic-training education, was founded to honor those students who
excel academically and professionally in the field of athletic training.
Iota Tau Alpha was founded in 2004 at Troy University. Beta Chapter at
UWA is the second chapter in the nation. Requirements for induction
include an overall GPA of 3.0 and an athletic training curriculum GPA of
3.25. Candidates must be college juniors or above and be in good
standing within the athletic training education program.
KAPPA DELTA PI
Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education, was founded
March 8, 1911, at the University of Illinois. Organized to recognize
excellence in education, Kappa Delta Pi elects those to membership who
exhibit the ideals of scholarship, high personal standards, and promise in
teaching and allied professions. The society encourages improvement,
distinction in achievement, and contributions to education. Kappa Delta Pi
is an honor society of, about, and for educators. Selection as a graduate
or undergraduate member for Kappa Delta Pi is based on high academic
achievement, a commitment to education as a career, and a professional
attitude that assures steady growth in the profession. Sigma Psi, The
University of West Alabama Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, was established in
1992.
KAPPA MU EPSILON
Kappa Mu Epsilon is a national honor society that recognizes students who excel
in mathematics and encourages them in their efforts to achieve in mathematics.
OMICRON DELTA KAPPA
Omicron Delta Kappa is a national leadership honor society. The
objectives of Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) are to recognize and encourage
exemplary character and superior quality in scholarship and leadership and
to join with faculty members on a basis of mutual interest, understanding,
and service. Membership is awarded to junior and senior students on the
basis of character and specific eligibility of the five major phases of
campus life, namely: scholarship; athletics; social service, and religious
activities, and campus government; journalism, speech and the mass media;
and creative and performing arts.
ORDER OF OMEGA
The Order of Omega is a national leadership honor society. The purpose of
The Order of Omega is to recognize those students who have attained a high
standard of leadership in inter-Greek activities, to encourage them to
continue along this line, and to inspire others to strive for similar
conspicuous attainment. Membership is awarded on basis of character,
scholarship and intelligence, service and leadership in the inter-Greek
affairs of the institution. To be eligible
for membership, a student must be of junior or senior status and possess
at least a 3.25 cumulative grade point average or higher.
PHI ALPHA THETA
Phi Alpha Theta, the international professional honor society in history,
exists to promote the study of history through the encouragement of
scholarship, good teaching, research, and publications. The society also
serves to bring students, and writers together, intellectually and
socially, to promote the fruitful interchange of ideas.
PHI ETA SIGMA
Phi Eta Sigma is a national scholastic honor society for freshmen.
Phi Eta Sigma extends membership to freshmen who have maintained a grade
point average of 3.5 or better. The society's purpose is to encourage the
pursuit of academic excellence.
PHI KAPPA PHI
Phi Kappa Phi is a national honor society that recognizes faculty, staff,
alumni, and students of superior scholarship, integrity of character, and
the highest ideals, as well as an abiding love of learning.
PINNACLE
Pinnacle is the a national honor society that honors outstanding
non-traditional adult (25 years or older) students. Potential
undergraduate members must have achieved junior status, earned a 3.00 GPA,
and be involved in at least three (3) campus or community activities.
Potential graduate students must have earned 16 graduate hours of credit,
be among the top 15% to earn a 3.40 GPA or better, and be involved in at
least three (3) campus or community activities. A
campus selection committee comprised of a non-traditional student, a
faculty member, and an administrator screens the applications for
membership during the spring semester each school year. Induction of
membership takes place each year during spring semester.
PSI CHI
Psi Chi is a national honor society whose purpose is to encourage,
stimulate, and maintain excellence in scholarship of the individual
members in all fields, particularly in psychology, and to advance the
science of psychology.
SIGMA TAU DELTA
The international honor society for English majors and minors, recognizes
superior achievement in the study of languages and literature and provides
members with a variety of activities that promote and support literary
studies. The society sponsors poetry and
fiction readings, attends state Sigma Tau Delta conventions, takes field
trips to such places as "literary New Orleans," and participates
in other literary activities.
UPSILON PI EPSILON
Upsilon Pi Epsilon is the first and only, existing
international honor society in the Computing and Information
Disciplines. UPE was first organized at Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas, in 1967. The international organization now consists of
233 chapters at various colleges and universities in North America,
Europe, and Asia. The mission of UPE is to recognize academic excellence
at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Computing and
Information Disciplines. UPE is a member of the Association of College
Honor Societies (ACHS). Prospective student members are judged primarily
on their academic records and must be pursuing an appropriate degree in
the Computing and Information Disciplines. In addition, they must have
an overall GPA of 3.0 in all college work completed and must have a
minimum of 64 semester hours of college credit including 18 semester
hours in the basic courses in the Computing and Information Disciplines
with an overall GPA of 3.5 in their CIS coursework.
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