National Honor Societies

National and International Honor Societies

Association of College Honor Societies
	The Association of College Honor Societies is the coordinating agency for collegiate honor societies. Its objective is to maintain high standards for the recognition and promotion of academic excellence in higher education. Member societies of the Association of College Honor Societies are as divergent as knowledge itself. From forestry to physics, mathematics to music, these organizations exist for one primary purpose: to encourage superior achievement.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
	For 220 years the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has been honoring excellence and providing service to the nation and the world. Through independent, non-partisan study, its ranks of distinguished "scholar-patriots" have brought the arts and sciences into constructive interplay with the leaders of both public and private sectors. The founding of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1780 by the new nation’s leaders, including John Adams, James Bowdoin, and John Hancock, was a singular act of faith and foresight. The Revolutionary War had not ended, the Constitution was being drafted, yet the founders were already looking to the future, anticipating the need of a young republic for new knowledge and practical ideas.
The American Scholars National Honor Society
	The American Scholars National Honor Society is an academic honors organization dedicated to encouraging, recognizing, and rewarding high academic achievement in all areas of study. The Society also strives to reward and encourage personal growth and development, as well as engender a sense of civic responsibility and active dedication to our nation's great political process.
Golden Key National Honor Society
	The mission of Golden Key National Honor Society, a nonprofit academic honors organization, is to recognize and encourage scholastic achievement and excellence in all undergraduate fields of study, to unite with faculty and administrators in developing and maintaining high standards of education, to provide economic assistance to outstanding members by means of both undergraduate and graduate scholarships, and to promote altruistic conduct through voluntary service.
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
	Established in 1897, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is a century-old nonprofit organization dedicated to the recognition and promotion of academic excellence in all disciplines of higher education. With more than 900,000 members from across the globe and 282 chapters located on university campuses throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, Phi Kappa Phi is one of the oldest and most respected academic honor societies. Those elected to membership in Phi Kappa Phi include the upper five-percent of last-term juniors and the upper ten-percent of seniors, along with outstanding graduate students, faculty, and alumni.
Alpha Chi Honor Society
	Alpha Chi is a national honor society for undergraduate juniors and seniors in all academic disciplines. It was founded in 1922. Over 500 student and faculty delegates attended Alpha Chi's 1999 national convention in New Orleans. The objectives of Alpha Chi are the stimulation, development, and recognition of scholarship and those elements of character that make scholarship effective for good. These objectives have been strengthened over the seventy-five years of Alpha Chi's existence.
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
	Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most respected undergraduate honors organization in the United States. The Society has pursued its mission of fostering and recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences since 1776.
Alpha Lambda Delta National Academic Society for First Year Students
Phi Eta Sigma National Freshman Honor Society
	This society has a UNCW chapter.
Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society
	Mortar Board, Inc. is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for distinguished ability and achievement in scholarship, leadership, and service. Mortar Board began in 1918 as the first national organization honoring senior college women. When the Society opened its membership to men in 1975, the organization maintained a tribute to the founders and its heritage by strengthening the Preamble to the Constitution by including a commitment to the advancement of the status of women.
Alpha Epsilon Lambda Graduate and Professional School Honor Society
	Alpha Epsilon Lambda was founded in 1990 by John Capece, Carole Glover, and Suresh Ramamurthi, all former officers of the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, with the specific objective of recognizing the academic and leadership accomplishments of graduate and professional school students. The mission of Alpha Epsilon Lambda is to confer distinction for high achievement, promote leadership development, promote scholarship and encourage intellectual development, enrich the intellectual environment of graduate education institutions, and encourage high standards of ethical behavior. Alpha Epsilon Lambda chapters may be installed in graduate or professional schools which support this mission. Graduate and professional school students who meet the selection criteria may be elected to membership.
Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Society
	This society has a UNCW chapter.
Alpha Beta Gamma International Business Honor Society
	Alpha Beta Gamma^Ž International Business Honor Society is the sole business honor society for accredited junior, community and technical two year colleges. The society exists to recognize and reward academic excellence among business honor students from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. ABG^Ž is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies, is a participating institute in the Association of Canadian Community College Affiliates Network (Membre participant au Reseau d'Affilies Internationaux de L'ACCC), and educational affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). The society was founded in 1970 and currently has over 35,000 members.
Delta Mu Delta Business Honor Society
	Becoming a member of Delta Mu Delta is an honor indicative of earnest, intelligent purpose and rewarding achievement. This should be the goal of every person pursuing a degree in business administration where Delta Mu Delta membership is possible. The standards of Delta Mu Delta are high. Although many may not gain the Key, they should remember that the hard work done will bring its own reward
Lambda Pi Eta Communication Studies Honor Society
	Lambda Pi Eta (LPH) is the official communication studies honor society of the National Communication Association (NCA). As an accredited member of the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS), Lambda Pi Eta has over 240 active Chapters at colleges and universities worldwide.
Upsilon Pi Epsilon Internaional Honor Society for the Computing Sciences
	This Society has a UNCW chapter.
Alpha Pi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society
	Alpha Phi Sigma is the only Criminal Justice Honor Society for Criminal Justice Majors. The society recognizes academic excellence by undergraduate, as well as graduate students of criminal justice.To become a member, the student must have completed one-third of the total hours require for graduation at his or her institution. The student must be recommended by the local chapter advisor or faculty member. Undergraduates must maintain a 3.0 overall GPA and a 3.2 GPA in their criminal justice courses. The student must also rank in the top 35% of their class and have completed a minimum of 4 courses within the criminal justice curriculum. The honorary is open to students with a declared criminal justice major or minor. Graduate students are required to maintain a 3.4 GPA in all courses.
Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society

Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
	The Engineering Honor Society was founded in 1885 to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their alma mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as undergraduates in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges.
Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society
	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. Engineering, the application of scientific principles to the practical needs of society, is assuming a constantly increasing responsibility for the well-being of all people, and thus calling for competence of the highest order. This responsibility can be discharged only by a professional group whose members are possessed of a good basic technical ability, intelligence, moral integrity, and effective social poise in their relationship with the larger community of which they are part. To contribute to the improvement of the profession, Chi Epsilon fosters the development and exercise of sound traits of character and technical ability among civil engineers, and its members, by precept and example, toward an ever higher standard of professional service
Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society
	This society has a UNCW chapter.
Gamma Theta Upsilon Geographical Honor Socity
	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 chapter activities support geography knowledge and awareness.
Sigma Delta Pi National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society
	This society has a UNCW chapter.
Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society in History
	This society has a UNCW chapter.
Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
	This society has a UNCW chapter.
Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society
	Pi Mu Epsilon, Inc., or PME, is an honorary national mathematics society, was founded on May 25, 1914 at Syracuse University. It is a non-secret organization, whose purpose is the promotion of scholarly activity in mathematics among the students in academic institutions and among the staffs of qualified non-academic institutions. This society has a UNCW chapter.
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
	Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing, is dedicated to improving the health of people worldwide through increasing the scientific base of nursing practice. Its members are nursing scholars committed to the pursuit of excellence in clinical practice, education, research and leadership. This society has a UNCW chapter.
Rho Phi Lambda National Honor Society for Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services Majors
	This society has a UNCW chapter.
Pi Sigma Pi National Physics Honor Society
	Founded in 1921, Sigma Pi Sigma is a member honor society of the Association of College Honor Societies. Our society has some 75,000 historical members. Election to Sigma Pi Sigma is a lifetime membership. Sigma Pi Sigma exists to honor outstanding scholarship in physics; to encourage interest in physics among students at all levels; to promote an attitude of service of its members towards their fellow students, colleagues, and the public; to provide a fellowship of persons who have excelled in physics. Sigma Pi Sigma’s mission is not completed in the induction ceremony with the recognition of academic accomplishment. In the four dimensions of Honor, Encouragement, Service, and Fellowship, the mission of Sigma Pi Sigma takes a longer view. This society has a UNCW chapter.
Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology
	Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests, and who meet the minimum qualifications. Psi Chi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Society (APS). This society has a UNCW chapter.
Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society
	Pi Sigma Alpha was founded in 1920 at the University of Texas for the purpose of bringing together students and faculty interested in the study of government and politics. The Articles of Incorporation of Pi Sigma Alpha state as one of its purposes "to stimulate scholarship and intelligent interest in political science." The society functions at the national level, sponsoring programs and events of value to the profession and teaching of political science, and at the chapter level. Each chapter is encouraged to provide a framework for enriching the exposure of its members and the wider university community to the study of government and issues of public concern. This society has a UNCW chapter.
Sigma Xi Science Research Honor Society
	Sigma Xi was founded in 1886 as an honor society for science and engineering. Today, it is an international research society whose programs and activities promote the health of the scientific enterprise and honor scientific achievement. There are more than 80,000 Sigma Xi members in over 500 chapters at colleges and universities, industrial research centers and government laboratories. The Society has its headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. In addition to honoring scientific achievement, Sigma Xi also endeavors to encourage support of original work in science and technology and promote an appreciation within society at large for the role research has played in human progress. During its centennial celebration in 1986, Sigma Xi adopted an additional mission: to foster worldwide interactions among science, technology and society.
Phi Alpha Honor Social Work Honor Society
	The purposes of Phi Alpha Honor Society are to provide a closer bond among students of social work and promote humanitarian goals and ideals. Phi Alpha fosters high standards of education for social workers and invites into membership those who have attained excellence in scholarship and achievement in social work.