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University of Maryland, College Park Students: If there are errors found in the information below or you would like to inquire Alpha Chi Sigma “Alpha Chi Sigma is one of a kind. Following the original concept for a fraternity as an academic organization, we are the only Professional Chemistry Fraternity.” –Alpha Chi Sigma Web site Alpha Epsilon “To promote the high ideals of the engineering profession, to give recognition to those agricultural and biological engineers who manifest worthy qualities of character, scholarship, and professional attainment, and to encourage and support such improvements in the agricultural and biological engineering profession that make it an instrument of greater service to mankind.” –ACHS Web site Alpha Epsilon Delta Alpha Kappa Delta “The name implies social research for the purpose of service. It is a non-secret, democratic, international, sociology honor society.” –ACHS Web site Alpha Lambda Delta “Alpha Lambda Delta is an honor society for students in their first year at an institution of higher education. We're a national organization that's been in existence since 1924. We recognize those students who have succeeded in maintaining a 3.5 or higher GPA, or are in the top 20% of their class, in their first year. Alpha Lambda Delta's mission is to "encourage superior academic achievement... to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning, and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their unique roles in society." –Alpha Lambda Delta Web site Alpha Phi Sigma “Alpha Phi Sigma is the only National Criminal Justice Honor Society for Criminal Justice Majors. The society recognizes academic excellence of undergraduate, graduate students of criminal justice, as well as juris doctorate.” –Alpha Phi Sigma Web site Alpha Zeta “Alpha Zeta is an honorary, professional society for students and industry professionals in the agriculture and natural resources fields. Founded in 1897 at Ohio State University, Alpha Zeta is the first and oldest collegiate society for agriculture.” –Alpha Zeta Web site Beta Gamma Sigma “Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International.” –Beta Gamma Sigma Web site Beta Phi Mu Black Honors Caucus “Black Honors Caucus is a group dedicated to the retention of Black Students--particularly those in the Honors Program--on the campus of University of Maryland. Although we are mostly Honors Students, BHC welcomes all UMD attendees.” –Black Honors Caucus Web site Chi Epsilon “Dedicated to the purpose of maintaining and promoting the status of civil engineering as an ideal profession, Chi-Epsilon was organized to recognize the characteristics of the individual civil engineer deemed to be fundamental to the successful pursuit of an engineering career, and to aid in the development of those characteristics in the civil engineering student.” –Chi Epsilon Web site Chi Sigma Iota “Chi Sigma Iota is the international honor society for students, professional counselors and counselor educators established at Ohio University in 1985. Our mission is to promote scholarship, research, professionalism, leadership and excellence in counseling, and to recognize high attainment in the pursuit of academic and clinical excellence in the profession of counseling.” –Chi Sigma Iota Web site Delta Phi Alpha “The National German Honor Society, Delta Phi Alpha, seeks to recognize excellence in the study of German and to provide an incentive for higher scholarship. The Society aims to promote the study of the German language, literature and civilization and endeavors to emphasize those aspects of German life and culture which are of universal value and which contribute to man's eternal search for peace and truth.” –Delta Phi Alpha Web site Delta Sigma Pi Eta Beta Rho “To recognize outstanding attainments in study of Hebrew language and literature, to stimulate study and research in this field, and to promote an understanding and appreciation of the culture of Israel.” Eta Kappa Nu “Eta Kappa Nu is a unique membership organization dedicated to encouraging and recognizing excellence in the electrical and computer engineering field. Members consist of students, alumni, and other professionals who have demonstrated exceptional academic and professional accomplishments.” –Eta Kappa Nu Web site Eta Sigma Gamma “The mission of the honorary is promotion of the discipline by elevating the standards, ideals, competence and ethics of professionally prepared men and women in Health Education.” –Eta Sigma Gamma Web site Eta Sigma Phi “Eta Sigma Phi is the national honorary collegiate society for students of Latin and/or Greek. Members are elected by local chapters which have been chartered by the society. The purposes of the Society, in the words of the Constitution, are to develop and promote interest in classical study among the students of colleges and universities; to promote closer fraternal relationship among students who are interested in classical study, including inter-campus relationship; to engage generally in an effort to stimulate interest in classical study, and in the history, art, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome." –Eta Sigma Phi Web site Gamma Theta Upsilon “Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU) is an international honor society in geography. Gamma Theta Upsilon was founded in 1928 and became a national organization in 1931. Members of GTU have met academic requirements and share a background and interest in geography. GTU Golden Key International Honour Society Kappa Delta Pi “Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, is committed to recognizing excellence and fostering mutual cooperation, support, and professional growth for educational professionals.” –Kappa Delta Pi Web site Kappa Kappa Psi "Kappa Kappa Psi is a fraternal organization that promotes the advancement of college and university bands through dedicated service and support to bands; comprehensive education; leadership opportunities; and recognition; for the benefit of its members and society." -Kappa Kappa Psi Web site Kappa Omicron Nu “The mission of Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society is empowered leaders in scholarship, research, and leadership development. This mission will enhance the ability of the organization and chapters to prepare scholars and researchers as leaders for the 21st century. To accomplish this mission, the Society shall promote scholarship and encourage intellectual development, promote research and foster the spirit of inquiry, confer distinction for high achievement, promote leadership development, stimulate student and faculty dialogue, enrich the intellectual environment of higher education institutions, encourage high standards of practice and ethical behavior, and promote attitudes of professional responsibility for the public good.” –ACHS Web site Kappa Tau Alpha Lambda Iota Tau “The purpose of Lambda Iota Tau is to recognize and promote excellence in the study of literature of all languages.” –Lambda Iota Tau Web site Lambda Pi Eta “Lambda Pi Eta is the official communication studies honor society of the National Communication Association (NCA). LPH was founded in 1985 at the University of Arkansas. LPH became a part of the National Communication Association (NCA) in 1988, and the official honor society of the NCA in July 1995.” –Lambda Pi Eta Web site Mortar Board “Mortar Board is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership and service. Mortar Board members represent the top scholars and leaders on their campuses.” –Mortar Board Web site Mu Kappa Tau “Mu Kappa Tau is the only Marketing Honor Society to offer both international recognition and chapter affiliation to its members. Founded by members of Pi Sigma Epsilon in 1966, its purpose is to recognize academic excellence and to encourage individuals seeking a lifelong commitment to an exceptional standard of ethics and achievement within the marketing discipline.” –Mu Kappa Tau Web site National Honor Society of Collegiate Scholars “The National Society of Collegiate Scholars is the nation’s premiere honor organization for high-achieving students. Founded in 1994 at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., NSCS recognizes outstanding academic achievement among first- and second-year college students. Membership is based on grade point average and class standing, and is by invitation only. NSCS aims to honor, inspire and engage its members, and offers benefits including scholarships, leadership development, travel opportunities and career resources.” –National Honor Society of Collegiate Scholars Web site Omicron Delta Epsilon “Omicron Delta Epsilon is one of the world's largest academic honor societies. The objectives of Omicron Delta Epsilon are recognition of scholastic attainment and the honoring of outstanding achievements in economics; the establishment of closer ties between students and faculty in economics within colleges and universities, and among colleges and universities; the publication of its official journal, The American Economist, and sponsoring of panels at professional meetings as well as the Irving Fisher and Frank W. Taussig competitions.” –Omicron Delta Epsilon Web site Omicron Delta Kappa “Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, was founded December 3, 1914 at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia by 15 student and faculty leaders. The founders formulated the idea that leadership of exceptional quality and versatility in college should be recognized, that representatives in all phases of college life should cooperate in worthwhile endeavors, and that outstanding students, faculty, and administrators should meet on a basis of mutual interest, understanding and helpfulness. ODK® was the first college honor society of a national scope to give recognition and honor for meritorious leadership and service in extracurricular activities and to encourage development of general campus citizenship. Chapters, which we call Circles, are located on over 300 campuses throughout the nation. The Society recognized achievement in the following five areas: scholarship; athletics; Campus/ Community Service, Social/Religious Activities, and Campus Government; Journalism, Speech and the Mass Media; and Creative and Performing Arts.” –Omicron Delta Kappa Web site Omega Chi Epsilon “To give recognition and to promote high scholarship, original investigation, and professional service in chemical engineering.” –ACHS Web site Omega Rho “To encourage the study of operations research and management science related disciplines, to recognize and honor excellence in such studies, and to further professional interests.” –ACHS Web site Order of Omega “The Order of Omega was founded at the University of Miami in the fall of 1959 by a group of outstanding fraternity men, who felt that individuals in the Greek community should be recognized for their service to the fraternity system and the University.” –Order of Omega Web site Phi Alpha Epsilon “PAE is the honorary society of the School of Public Health. The organization serves to recognize academic achievement and promote professional growth by sponsoring activities in the fields of physical education, kinesiology, family studies and health. Members make a commitment to provide service to the school, the University and the community.” –UMD Phi Alpha Epsilon Web site Phi Alpha Theta “We are a professional society whose mission is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians. We seek to bring students, teachers and writers of history together for intellectual and social exchanges, which promote and assist historical research and publication by our members in a variety of ways.” –Phi Alpha Theta Web site Phi Beta Kappa “Five students at the College of William & Mary founded Phi Beta Kappa in 1776, during the American Revolution. For over two and a quarter centuries, the Society has embraced the principles of freedom of inquiry and liberty of thought and expression. Laptops have replaced quill pens, but these ideas, symbolized on Phi Beta Kappa's distinctive gold key, still lay the foundations of personal freedom, scientific inquiry, liberty of conscience and creative endeavor.” –Phi Beta Kappa Web site Phi Chi Theta "Phi Chi Theta is a National Coeducational Professional Fraternity in Business and Economics. The fraternity was founded on June 16, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. University of Maryland's Alpha Mu chapter of Phi Chi Theta is the ONLY business fraternity recognized by the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Phi Chi strives to provide an environment for collegiate and alumni members to develop critical business skills as well as an opportunity to build a social and professional network with other men and women. The organization prides itself in fostering new business leaders by creating value and professional growth in each member." Phi Chi Theta - UMD Chapter Web site Phi Eta Sigma “Phi Eta Sigma was founded by three distinguished Phi Beta Kappa members, professors, and administrators at the University of Illinois on March 22, 1923, to encourage and recognize high scholastic achievement among members of the freshman classes. Phi Eta Sigma is the third most senior member of the Association of College Honor Societies.” –Phi Eta Sigma Web site Phi Kappa Phi “Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective honor society for all academic disciplines. Membership is by invitation only to the upper 7.5 percent of last-term juniors (having completed at least seventy-two semester hours) and the upper 10 percent of seniors, along with outstanding graduate students, faculty, professional staff, and alumni.” –Phi Kappa Phi Phi Sigma “Devoted to the promotion of research and academic excellence in the biological sciences.” –ACHS Web site Phi Sigma Iota “Phi Sigma Iota recognizes outstanding ability and high standards of students and faculty of foreign languages, literatures and cultures (including classics, linguistics, philology, comparative literature, ESL, bilingual education, and second language acquisition). It is the highest academic honor in the field of foreign languages.” –Phi Sigma Iota Web site Phi Sigma Pi “Our coeducational National Honor Fraternity was established in 1916. For over 90 years we have strived to achieve the goal of founding fathers envisioned: To be the leader in the fraternity world. We are dedicated to the ideals of scholarship, leadership and fellowship, while providing quality lifelong contacts for our members.” –Phi Sigma Pi Web site Phi Sigma Theta “Phi Sigma Theta is a National Honor Society dedicated to recognizing and rewarding academic achievement in undergraduates at institutions of higher learning. PST also encourages its members to participate in community service, to take advantage of leadership opportunities, and to continue to excel scholastically.” –Phi Sigma Theta Web site Pi Alpha Alpha “The purposes of this Society shall be to encourage and recognize outstanding scholarship and accomplishment in public affairs and administration, to promote the advancement of education and practice in the art and science of public affairs and administration, and to foster integrity, professionalism and creative performance in the conduct of governmental and related public service activities.” –ACHS Web site Pi Gamma Mu “The purpose of Pi Gamma Mu is to encourage the study of the social sciences among graduate and undergraduate students and faculty members in colleges and universities throughout the world, and to recognize outstanding achievement through election to membership and the presentation of various awards for distinguished achievement.” –ACHS Web site Pi Kappa Lambda “To provide an organization dedicated to the furtherance of music in education and education in music in colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning which offer programs in music instruction in one or more fields; and to recognize and encourage scholarship and musicianship.” ACHS Web site Pi Mu Epsilon “The purpose of PME is the promotion of scholarly activity in mathematics among the students in academic institutions.” –Pi Mu Epsilon Web site Pi Sigma Alpha “Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, is the only honor society for college students of political science and government in the United States.” –Pi Sigma Alpha Web site Pi Tau Sigma “Pi Tau Sigma is a Mechanical Engineering Honor Society, instituted in order to establish a closer bond of fellowship among its members which will result in mutual benefit to those men and women in the study and in the profession of mechanical engineering.” –Pi Tau Sigma Web site Primannum Honor Society “The Primannum Honor Society is a University of Maryland Honor Society which represents two national honor societies, Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma. Both of these national honor societies recognize academic excellence during a student's first year in college.” –Primannum Honor Society Web site Psi Chi “To encourage, stimulate, and maintain scholarship of the individual members in all fields, particularly in psychology, and to advance the science of psychology.” –ACHS Web site Sigma Alpha Lambda “Sigma Alpha Lambda is a National Leadership and Honors Organization dedicated to promoting and rewarding academic achievement and providing members with opportunities for community service, personal development, and lifelong professional fulfillment. Service is the foundation of our leadership development model as well as the leadership of the organization itself. Through service, individuals look outside themselves and lives are changed, not only for the one being served but even more so for the one serving.” –Sigma Alpha Lambda Web site Sigma Delta Pi Sigma Gamma Epsilon “The Society was established to recognize scholarship and professionalism in the Earth Sciences. It has for its objectives the scholastic, scientific, and professional advancement of its members and the extension of relations of friendship and assistance among colleges and universities which are devoted to the advancement of the Earth Sciences.” –Sigma Gamma Epsilon Web site Sigma Gamma Tau “Founded in 1953, Sigma Gamma Tau is the honor society for Aerospace Engineering. It seeks to identify and recognize achievement and excellence in the Aerospace field. Sigma Gamma Tau's affiliate chapters elect annually to membership chapters those students, alumni, and professionals who by conscientious attention to their studies or professional duties uphold this high standard for the betterment of their profession.” –Sigma Gamma Tau Web site Sigma Pi Sigma Sigma Tau Delta “Sigma Tau Delta's central purpose is to confer distinction upon students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies. Sigma Tau Delta also recognizes the accomplishments of professional writers who have contributed to the fields of language and literature.” –Sigma Tau Delta Web site Tau Beta Alpha Tau Beta Pi “The Tau Beta Pi Association was founded at Lehigh University in 1885 by Edward Higginson Williams, Jr., to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as students in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges.” –Tau Beta Pi Web site Tau Beta Sigma "Tau Beta Sigma National Honorary Band Sorority provides service to collegiate bands, encourages the advancement of women in the band profession, and promotes and enriches an appreciation of band music through recognition, leadership development, and education of its members." -Tau Beta Sigma Web site Upsilon Pi Epsilon “UPE was first organized at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, in 1967. The mission of UPE is to recognize academic excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Computing and Information Disciplines.” –Upsilon Pi Epsilon Web site
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