Honors Societies represented at Mount Saint Mary College:
Alpha Chi is a national honor society for
full-time juniors and seniors of all disciplines. The purpose of
the organization is to promote and recognize academic excellence
and exemplary character. Among requirements for admission is that a
student must rank in the highest 10% of the class. The New York
State Kappa Chapter of Alpha Chi was established on this campus in
1981.
Alpha Sigma Lambda is the national honor society
for students in continuing higher education. It was established at
the Mount in the spring of 1982. Alpha Sigma Lambda is dedicated to
the advancement of scholarship and recognizes the high scholastic
achievement of the adult student in light of the competing
interests of home and work on the academic life of the non-
traditional student. Members are elected from the highest 10% of
those eligible in the sophomore, junior and senior classes and from
among alumni who graduated as non-traditional students with honors
from Mount Saint Mary College.
Beta Beta Beta is the national biological honor
society; it was established at the Mount in 1975. Active membership
in the Lambda Theta chapter is open to biology majors who have
completed the first semester of their sophomore year and attained a
cumulative average of 3.0 or better in all courses in biology;
active membership is considered to be evidence of superior
scholastic and professional achievement. Associate membership is
open to all students interested in the life sciences. The society
strives to stimulate scholarship, promote biological research and
disseminate scientific knowledge.
Delta Mu Delta is the national honor society for
accounting and business administration majors. The Epsilon Iota
Chapter was established at Mount Saint Mary College in 1990.
Membership is accorded to junior and senior students with a 3.4
cumulative grade average. Delta Mu Delta strives to recognize
eligible students who have distinguished themselves
scholastically.
Gamma Sigma Epsilon is a national honor society
in chemistry. The Kappa Epsilon chapter was established at Mount
Saint Mary College in 1999. The purpose of the society is to
recognize outstanding academic achievement in chemistry and to
increase interest, scholarship and research in the discipline.
Students who have completed a minimum of 16 credits in chemistry
with a cumulative average of at least 3.0 both overall and in
chemistry courses are eligible for membership.
Kappa Delta Pi is the International Honor Society
in Education. The Sigma Tau Chapter was established at the Mount in
1992. Kappa Delta Pi promotes excellence in, and recognizes
outstanding contributions to, education. The society endeavors to
maintain a high degree of professional fellowship among its
members, quicken professional growth and honor achievement in
educational work. Active membership is open to upperclass and
graduate students who have completed the appropriate number of
credits with the required scholastic average. Membership is open to
Mount alumni and faculty.
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Kappa Mu Epsilon is the honor society in
mathematics. The Pi Chapter was founded at Mount Saint Mary College
in 2007 to promote interest in mathematics among undergraduate
students. Chapters are located in colleges and universities of
recognized standing that offer a strong mathematics major. The
chapters’ members are selected from students of mathematics and
other closely related fields who have maintained standards of
scholarship, have professional merit, and have attained academic
distinction.
Lambda Pi Eta is the communication arts honor society of
the National Communication Association. The Phi Pi Chapter was
established at Mount Saint Mary College in 2007.Eligibility for
membership is open to students in communications majors who have
completed minimum of 12 credits in the major while maintaining a
GPA of 3.0 and GPA in the major of 3.25. Phi Pi recognizes
scholarship in communication studies; promotes and encourages
professional development; provides for opportunities to discuss
ideas in the fields of communication; and provides opportunities to
be of service to the community.
Phi Alpha Theta is the International Honor
Society of History. It was established at the Mount in the spring
of 1993. Phi Alpha Theta is a professional society, the purpose of
which is to promote the study of history through the encouragement
of research, good teaching, publication, and the exchange of
learning and ideas among historians. All students who have
completed the required number of history courses and are
maintaining high standards in their college studies are
eligible.
Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in
Psychology. It was established at the Mount in the spring of
1994.
Sigma Tau Delta is the International English
Honor Society that confers distinction on outstanding students
majoring or minoring in English. The Alpha Mu Upsilon Chapter at
Mount Saint Mary College promotes excellence and a spirit of
fellowship in the study of language and literature.
Sigma Theta Tau is the International Honor
Society of Nursing. The Mu Epsilon Chapter was chartered in 1989.
The purpose of Mu Epsilon is to recognize superior achievement and
leadership, to foster high professional standards, to encourage
creative work, and to strengthen commitment to the ideals and
purposes of the nursing profession. Eligibility in Mu Epsilon is
determined by several criteria including grade point average,
leadership qualities, scholarship and contributions to the nursing
profession. Membership in Mu Epsilon is by invitation to upperclass
nursing students, faculty and community leaders in nursing.
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