Honors Societies
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 the Mount 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 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.
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 whose purpose 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 is psychology. It was established at the Mount in the spring of 1994.
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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