Association of College Honor Societies

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) is a voluntary association of national collegiate and post-graduate honor societies. It was established on December 30, 1925 by six organizations: Alpha Omega Alpha, the Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi.

History

The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) was formed in 1925 to create a network of affiliated societies and promote standards for scholarship and leadership on campus. The founding societies intended to establish and maintain desirable standards for groups wishing to call themselves honor societies. These standards included criteria for membership, governance, and chapter operation.[1]

Representatives of Alpha Omega Alpha, the Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi attended its preliminary meeting held on October 2, 1925. When ACHS was officially established on December 30, 1925, its founding members were Alpha Omega Alpha, the Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi.[2]

Since then, more than 65 honors societies have joined ACHS, becoming an international organization.[3] However, not all legitimate honor societies apply for membership in ACHS. ACHS coordinates member organizations and facilitates communications between them. It also provides both scholarships to members of its member organizations.[4]

The honor society standards set by the Association of College Honor Societies are mentioned by the U.S. government's Office of Personnel Management for entry into government employment at GS-7 Level: "Applicants can be considered eligible based on membership in one of the national scholastic honor societies listed... by the Association of College Honor Societies. Agencies considering eligibility based on any society not included in the following list must ensure that the honor society meets the minimum requirements of the Association of College Honor Societies."[5]

In 2024, ACHS had 65 active member societies located in North America. Its headquarters are at 30 North Gould Street #29147 in Sheridan, Wyoming.

List of member organizations

As of 2024, 65 organizations are affiliated with the ACHS.[6][7]

Society Greek letters Discipline Founded Joined ACHS References
Alpha Beta Gamma Script error: No such module "Lang". Business and Professional Studies Template:Dts Template:Dts
Alpha Chi Script error: No such module "Lang". All Academic Fields Template:Dts Template:Dts
Alpha Epsilon Script error: No such module "Lang". Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering Template:Dts Template:Dts (Associate);
1970 (Full)
Alpha Epsilon Delta Script error: No such module "Lang". Premedical Template:Dts Template:Dts [8]
Alpha Epsilon Rho Script error: No such module "Lang". Electronic Media Template:Dts Template:Dts [9]Template:Efn
Alpha Eta Mu Beta Script error: No such module "Lang". Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering Template:Dts Template:Dts
Alpha Iota Delta Script error: No such module "Lang". Decision, Information, and Operations Sciences Template:Dts Template:Dts
Alpha Kappa Delta Script error: No such module "Lang". Sociology Template:Dts Template:Dts
Alpha Kappa Mu Script error: No such module "Lang". General Scholarship Template:Dts Template:Dts
Alpha Lambda Delta Script error: No such module "Lang". First-year Success/Freshmen Template:Dts Template:Dts
Alpha Phi Sigma Script error: No such module "Lang". Criminal Justice Template:Dts Template:Dts
Alpha Pi Mu Script error: No such module "Lang". Industrial Engineering Template:Dts Template:Dts (Associate);
Template:Dts (Full) 		[10]
Alpha Sigma Lambda Script error: No such module "Lang". Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning Template:Dts Template:Dts
Alpha Sigma Mu Script error: No such module "Lang". Materials Science and Engineering Template:Dts Template:Dts
Alpha Sigma Nu Script error: No such module "Lang". General Scholarship - Jesuit Institutions of Higher Education Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Efn
Beta Gamma Sigma Script error: No such module "Lang". Business and Management Template:Dts Template:Dts;
1990 (Readmitted)
Beta Kappa Chi Script error: No such module "Lang". Natural Sciences and Mathematics Template:Dts Template:Dts
Beta Phi Mu Script error: No such module "Lang". Library and Information Studies and Information Technology Template:Dts Template:Dts
Chi Sigma Iota Script error: No such module "Lang". Counseling Template:Dts Template:Dts
Delta Epsilon Sigma Script error: No such module "Lang". General Scholarship in Colleges and Universities with a Catholic Tradition Template:Dts Template:Dts
Delta Mu Delta Script error: No such module "Lang". Business Administration Template:Dts Template:Dts
Epsilon Pi Phi Script error: No such module "Lang". Emergency Management Template:Dts Template:Dts
Epsilon Pi Tau Script error: No such module "Lang". Professions in Technology Template:Dts Template:Dts
Gamma Theta Upsilon Script error: No such module "Lang". Geography Template:Dts Template:Dts
Kappa Mu Epsilon Script error: No such module "Lang". Mathematics Template:Dts Template:Dts
Kappa Omicron Nu Script error: No such module "Lang". Human Sciences Template:Dts Template:Dts [11]Template:Efn
Kappa Tau Alpha Script error: No such module "Lang". Journalism and Mass Communication Template:Dts Template:Dts [11]
Lambda Pi Eta Script error: No such module "Lang". Communication Template:Dts Template:Dts [12]
Lambda Sigma Script error: No such module "Lang". Student Leadership, Scholarship and Service Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Efn
Mortar Board Scholarship, Leadership, and Service Template:Dts Template:Dts
Mu Kappa Tau Script error: No such module "Lang". Marketing Template:Dts Template:Dts
National Society of Collegiate Scholars Scholarship, Leadership, and Service Template:Dts Template:Dts
Omega Chi Epsilon Script error: No such module "Lang". Chemical Engineering Template:DtsSpring 1931 Template:Dts
Omega Rho Script error: No such module "Lang". Operations Research, and Management Science Template:Dts Template:Dts (Associate);
1986 (Full)
Omicron Delta Epsilon Script error: No such module "Lang". Economics Template:Dts Template:Dts;
1981 (Readmitted) 		[9]
Phi Alpha Script error: No such module "Lang". Social Work Template:Dts Template:Dts
Phi Alpha Theta Script error: No such module "Lang". History Template:Dts Template:Dts –2012;
2017 (Readmitted) 		[8]
Phi Beta Delta Script error: No such module "Lang". International Education Template:Dts Template:Dts [13]
Phi Eta Sigma Script error: No such module "Lang". Freshman Scholarship Template:Dts Template:Dts – 2011;
2018 (Readmitted)
Phi Lambda Sigma Script error: No such module "Lang". Pharmacy Leadership Template:Dts Template:Dts [14]
Phi Sigma Script error: No such module "Lang". Biological Sciences, All Pure and Applied Fields Template:Dts Template:Dts
Phi Sigma Iota Script error: No such module "Lang". Foreign Language, Literature, and Cultures Template:Dts Template:Dts
Phi Sigma Tau Script error: No such module "Lang". Philosophy Template:Dts Template:Dts [9]
Phi Upsilon Omicron Script error: No such module "Lang". Family and Consumer Sciences Template:Dts Template:Dts
Pi Delta Phi Script error: No such module "Lang". French Template:Dts Template:Dts
Pi Gamma Mu Script error: No such module "Lang". Social Sciences Template:Dts Template:Dts
Pi Kappa Lambda Script error: No such module "Lang". Music Template:Dts Template:Dts [8]
Pi Sigma Alpha Script error: No such module "Lang". Political Science Template:Dts Template:Dts
Pi Tau Sigma Script error: No such module "Lang". Mechanical Engineering Template:Dts Template:Dts
Pi Theta Epsilon Script error: No such module "Lang". Occupational Therapy Template:Dts Template:Dts [15]
Psi Beta Script error: No such module "Lang". Psychology at Two-Year Colleges Template:Dts Template:Dts
Psi Chi Script error: No such module "Lang". Psychology Template:Dts Template:Dts
Rho Chi Script error: No such module "Lang". Pharmacy Template:Dts Template:Dts
Sigma Beta Delta Script error: No such module "Lang". Business, Management, and Administration Template:Dts Template:Dts
Sigma Delta Pi Script error: No such module "Lang". Spanish Template:Dts Template:Dts
Sigma Lambda Alpha Script error: No such module "Lang". Landscape Architecture Template:Dts Template:Dts (Associate);
1986 (Full) 		[16]
Sigma Lambda Chi Script error: No such module "Lang". Construction Management Technology Template:Dts Template:Dts
Sigma Pi Sigma Script error: No such module "Lang". Physics and Astronomy Template:Dts 1945 [8]
Sigma Tau Delta Script error: No such module "Lang". English Language and Literature Template:Dts Template:Dts [9]
Sigma Theta Tau Script error: No such module "Lang". Nursing Template:Dts Template:Dts
Tau Beta Pi Script error: No such module "Lang". Engineering Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Efn
Tau Sigma Delta Script error: No such module "Lang". Architecture and Allied Arts Template:Dts Template:Dts [17]
Theta Alpha Kappa Script error: No such module "Lang". Religious Studies and Theology Template:DtsFall 1976 Template:Dts (Associate);
1986 (Full)
Upsilon Pi Epsilon Script error: No such module "Lang". Computing and Information Disciplines Template:Dts Template:Dts [18]
Xi Sigma Pi Script error: No such module "Lang". Forestry Template:Dts Template:Dts–1999;
2017 (Readmitted)

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Former members

While the Association of College Honor Societies remains the largest trade association of honor societies, some former members have resigned from ACHS membership to operate independently. Of these, several have emerged into successor groups that remain part of the ACHS or have gone dormant.

Recently, four of the oldest independent honor societies, including three of the original six founding members of the ACHS, have formed a new coordinating organization called the Honor Society Caucus.[19][20]

Society Greek letters Discipline Founded Joined ACHS Left ACHS Status References
Alpha Delta Mu Script error: No such module "Lang". Social Work Template:DtsFall 1976 Template:Dts (Associate);
1986 (Full) 		Template:Dts Independent [21][22]
Alpha Omega Alpha Script error: No such module "Lang". Medical Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts–Template:Dts Independent [9]Template:Efn
Chi Epsilon Script error: No such module "Lang". Civil Engineering Template:Dts 1953 Template:Dts Independent [9]Template:Efn
Delta Phi Delta Script error: No such module "Lang". Art Template:Dts 1961 Template:Dts–Template:Dts Independent [9]Template:Efn
Delta Sigma Rho Script error: No such module "Lang". Forensics Template:DTS Template:Dts Template:Dts Merged into Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha [23]Template:Efn
Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha Script error: No such module "Lang".-Script error: No such module "Lang". Forensics Template:Dts Template:Dts (Script error: No such module "Lang".);
Template:Dts (Script error: No such module "Lang".) 		Template:Dts–January 2014 Independent [23]Template:Efn
Delta Tau Alpha Script error: No such module "Lang". Agriculture Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts
Eta Kappa Nu Script error: No such module "Lang". Electrical and Computer Engineering Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Independent
Golden Key General Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Independent [3]
Iota Sigma Pi Script error: No such module "Lang". Women in the sciences, especially chemistry Template:Dts or 1902 Template:Dts Template:Dts–Template:Dts Independent [9][24]
Kappa Delta Pi Script error: No such module "Lang". Education Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Independent
Lambda Iota Tau Script error: No such module "Lang". Literature of all Languages Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Merged with Sigma Tau Delta [24]
National Collegiate Players/Pi Epsilon Delta Script error: No such module "Lang". Theatre Honors Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts–Template:Dts Independent
Omicron Delta Kappa Script error: No such module "Lang". Leadership and Scholarship Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Honor Society Caucus
Omicron Nu Script error: No such module "Lang". Human Sciences Template:Dts Template:Dts;
1968 (Readmitted) 		Template:Dts Merged into Kappa Omicron Nu
Order of the Coif Law Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts–Template:Dts Independent [25]Template:Efn
Phi Beta Kappa Script error: No such module "Lang". Liberal Arts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Honor Society Caucus [8]Template:Efn
Phi Kappa Phi Script error: No such module "Lang". All Fields Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts–Template:Dts Honor Society Caucus Template:Efn
Pi Alpha Alpha Script error: No such module "Lang". Public Affairs and Administration Template:Dts Template:Dts (Associate);
1984 (Full) 		Template:Dts Independent
Pi Omega Pi Script error: No such module "Lang". Business Education Teachers Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts
Scabbard and Blade, National Society of Reserve Officer Training Corps Template:DtsFall 1904 Template:Dts Template:Dts Independent
Sigma Gamma Tau Script error: No such module "Lang". Aerospace Engineering Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Independent [26]
Sigma Tau Script error: No such module "Lang". Engineering Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Merged into Tau Beta Pi [9]Template:Efn
Sigma Xi Script error: No such module "Lang". Scientific Research Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Honor Society Caucus [9]Template:Efn
Tau Alpha Pi Script error: No such module "Lang". Engineering Technology Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts
Tau Kappa Alpha Script error: No such module "Lang". Forensics Template:DTS Template:Dts Template:Dts Merged into Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha [23]Template:Efn

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See also

References

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External links

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  2. ↑ Anchora of Delta Gamma January 1929
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  12. ↑ Sample Induction Ceremony for Honors Membership in Lambda Pi Eta
  13. ↑ Oswego - Phi Beta Delta
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  16. ↑ Michael Richard Hodges and Miriam Easton Rutz, "An Historical Summary of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture", Landscape Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Spring 1997), pp. 108–114.
  17. ↑ Tau Sigma Delta Mss.0345 Records of the Grand Chapter Recorder
  18. ↑ Upsilon Pi Epsilon Initiation Ceremony
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  24. ↑ a b Iota Sigma Pi -About
  25. ↑ National conference on college fraternities and societies 1947
  26. ↑ University of Texas - Cactus Yearbook 1968 p 302
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