Alpha Epsilon Rho
Alpha Epsilon Rho is a national broadcasting honor society for majors in communications. The objectives of this society are to encourage and reward scholarship and accomplishment among broadcasting students and high-level accomplishments in the art and science of broadcasting by both student and industry professionals; to promote the advancement of broadcast education; to establish meaningful communication between student and professional broadcasters; and to foster integrity in the use of the powerful instruments of radio, television, and film. Student memberships are limited to undergraduate broadcasting students who have completed the first year of academic requirements and are currently enrolled at the University of Indianapolis. Students must have earned a minimum of a B average in broadcasting courses and a minimum of a C in all other college courses. Students must meet all other requirements outlined by the chapter.
Alpha Kappa Delta
Alpha Kappa Delta is the international honor society in Sociology. The purpose of Alpha Kappa Delta is to promote excellence in scholarship in the study of sociology, research of social problems, and other social and intellectual activities leading to improvement in the human condition. Invitation to membership is based on having officially declared sociology as a major or demonstrating a serious interest in sociology, having junior status, having taken four or more sociology courses, and having accumulated a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale both overall and in sociology. New members are initiated into Pi Chapter at the annual Social Sciences Department Spring Banquet.
Delta Mu Delta
Delta Mu Delta is a business honor society established at New York University in 1913 to recognize superior scholastic achievement by students in business administration. The Delta Psi Chapter of the University of Indianapolis recognizes bachelor degree students and graduate business students who meet the criteria for membership. Criteria include a 3.3 or higher GPA at the undergraduate level and 64.5 credit hours completed. Students who have declared business education or economics as majors are not eligible for membership. An initiation ceremony honoring academic excellence is held each spring.
Kappa Delta Pi
Kappa Delta Pi is the oldest and largest international honor society in education in the United States. Membership in the Sigma Omicron Chapter is by invitation only and is awarded to the top 20 percent of the education majors. Undergraduate education majors must have completed 60 hours of study with a 3.5 GPA and received faculty recommendation. Graduate students will be nominated for membership by the education faculty once they have completed half of the program in the top 20 percent of their cohort.
Once joining this organization, an individual remains a member for life with his or her name recorded permanently in the society headquarters files, with active membership maintained through payment of annual dues. Benefits include publication, conferences, scholarships, and other services from the international society. The Sigma Omicron Chapter offers its members additional opportunities in leadership, service, and professional development and was recently recognized as an ACE (Achieving Chapter Excellence) chapter, placing it among the top five percent of the 600 active chapters.
Mu Phi Epsilon
Mu Phi Epsilon is an international professional music fraternity, having as its purpose the advancement of music throughout the world, the promotion of musicianship and scholarship, loyalty to the alma mater, and the development of friendship. The fraternity is composed of collegiate chapters, alumni chapters, and allied members. Election to membership is based on scholarship (minimum of 3.0 in music classes), musicianship, and character. Members are eligible for local and national scholarships and awards based on outstanding performance, scholarship, musicological research, composition, and service to the profession. Eligible students are invited each year to join the University's Beta Psi Chapter.
Phi Alpha Theta
Phi Alpha Theta is an international honor society in history. It is composed of students and professors who have been elected to membership on the basis of excellence in the study and writing of history. Phi Alpha Theta is also a professional society, the objective of which is the promotion of the study of history by the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication, and the exchange of learning and thought among historians. It seeks to bring students, teachers, and writers of history together intellectually and socially.
Phi Sigma Iota
Phi Sigma Iota is the international foreign language honor society. It recognizes outstanding ability and high standards in the foreign languages, literature, and cultures. The University of Indianapolis chapter is Iota Omega.
Psi Chi
Psi Chi is the national honor society in psychology. The purpose of Psi Chi is "to encourage, stimulate, and maintain excellence in scholarship of individual members . . . in psychology and to advance the science of psychology." Requirements are completion of at least nine credits in psychology with a 3.0 GPA or better, an overall GPA within the top 35 percent of the University, and active participation in Psychology Club.
Sigma Tau Delta
Sigma Tau Delta, a national English honorary, recognizes excellence in English studies. Students eligible for invitation to membership must have a B average in English classes (beyond the freshman level), rank in the top 35 percent of their class in general scholarship, and have completed at least three semesters or five quarters of college work. Sigma Tau Delta members may submit their creative writing, essays, and photographs to the Rectangle, the national honorary's official journal.
Sigma Theta Tau
Sigma Theta Tau is an international honor society in nursing. The Lambda Epsilon chapter of this honor society promotes and recognizes academic excellence, leadership ability, and scholarly activities in nursing. It is composed of leaders in nursing education, practice and research, and baccalaureate- and graduate-level nursing students who demonstrate academic excellence and leadership potential. Baccalaureate nursing students are required to have completed one-half of the nursing curriculum to be considered for membership.
Students invited to membership shall have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0, rank within the upper 35 percent of the graduating class, and meet the expectation of academic integrity. Eligible students are invited each year by the chapter to join the society. An induction ceremony honoring new members is held each year. Members may participate in all local and international activities.
Sigma Zeta
Sigma Zeta is a national science honor society established to encourage and foster the attainment of knowledge in science and to recognize the achievement of those selected for membership.To be eligible for membership in Sigma Zeta, a student must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in at least 20 hours of natural science, mathematics and/or computer science courses, and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0. The University of Indianapolis Rho chapter of Sigma Zeta initiates new members each year.
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