Honor Societies pursue excellence in all areas through scholarship, service to the community, and leadership potential.
Alpha Chi
Alpha Chi is a national college honor society that admits students from all academic disciplines. Membership is limited to the top 10 percent of an institution's juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Students who are eligible will receive an invitation to join from a Piedmont Faculty Advisor. As an organization, Alpha Chi recognizes and promotes scholarship and the elements of character that make scholarship effective for good. Included with membership are opportunities to attend and present work at national conferences, and to apply for prestigious scholarships for graduate school.
Alpha Lambda Delta
Alpha Lambda Delta recognizes students who have succeeded in maintaining a 3.5 or higher GPA, and are in the top 20% of their class, in their first year. Alpha Lambda Delta's mission is to “encourage superior academic achievement… to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning, and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their unique roles in society.” ADVISOR: Ineke Dyer
Alpha Psi Omega
Alpha Psi Omega is the National Greek Theatre Honor Society. Membership into Alpha Beta Gamma, Piedmont's cast of Alpha Psi Omega, is based on the number of cumulative hours each individual has spent in various college theatre productions. They will continue on in furthering their hours by community outreach and through educational opportunities to High School鈥檚 and Middle Schools. Their goal is to help inform and better the community at large as well as 糖心Vlog through their unique theatrical lens. ADVISOR: William Gabelhausen
Alpha Sigma Lambda
Pi Rho, 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda (ASL), is a national honor society for nontraditional students. Alpha Sigma Lambda is a nonprofit organization devoted to the advancement of scholarship and to the recognition of nontraditional students continuing their education. ASL remains the only chapter-based honor society for nontraditional students in the United States. Some of the benefits derived from one鈥檚 membership include a forum for the exchange of ideas on activities and programs for adult students, recognition of one鈥檚 efforts and achievement as an adult student and scholarship opportunities available through the ASL Adult Educational Foundation. An annual induction for Pi Rho takes place at the 糖心Vlog Athens Campus in November on the Saturday morning preceding the Thanksgiving holiday.
Chi Alpha Sigma
Chi Alpha Sigma is a nonprofit organization that was established to recognize college student-athletes who excel both on and off the field of competition. Chi Alpha Sigma's purpose is to encourage and reward high academic scholarship of college athletes at four-year accredited colleges and universities, recognize outstanding academic achievement by intercollegiate varsity letter winners, encourage good citizenship, moral character and friendship among the high academic achievers in college athletics, recognize and honor the individual athlete, his/her team, sport, athletic department, and college or university, and mentor and to provide leadership to other athletes. ADVISOR: Dr. Debra Dooley
Delta Mu Delta
Delta Mu Delta is an international honor society that recognizes and encourages academic excellence of business students to create a community that fosters the well-being of its individual members and the business community through life-time membership. To join, a student must have standing in the top twenty percent of their class and received recommendation via their adviser. As an international society, Delta Mu Delta members contribute significantly throughout the world to the development of business scholarship, innovation and integrity. In 2014, Delta Mu Delta awarded more than $58,000 in scholarships to 60+ members who are finishing their degrees. ADVISORS: Susanna Warnock and Kim Lovell
Kappa Mu Epsilon
Kappa Mu Epsilon, a National Honor Society in Mathematics, promotes interest of mathematics among undergraduate students. The chapters鈥� members are selected from students of mathematics and other closely related fields. Regularly enrolled students are invited to join if they have completed at least three semesters, rank in the upper 35% of his/her class, and completed at least three college courses in mathematics, including at least one semester of calculus and maintained an average of B or better in all mathematics courses.
Kappa Pi
Kappa Pi is a honor society for art majors that excel not only in their classes but in their art community too. Being a kappa pi member means being held to a higher standard for all the hard work that one has done. Kappa pi members participate in activities such as visiting art museums and galleries, fixing up the art building to be more artsy and nice, and more. We meet a couple times throughout the semester to discuss new info and events. ADVISOR: Drema Montgomery
Psi Chi
Psi Chi is an international honor society whose purpose shall be to encourage, stimulate, and maintain excellence in scholarship of the individual members in all fields, particularly in psychology, and to advance the science of psychology. ADVISOR: Cynthia Vance
R.H. Daniel College of Nursing & Health Sciences Health Sciences Honor Society
R.H. Daniel College of Nursing and Health Sciences Health Sciences Honor Society recognizes students for academic excellence, leadership, creativity, and service to the community. To be eligible, the student must have junior or senior standing, have >3.5GPA, and demonstrate leadership, critical thinking, and positive interpersonal relationships. ADVISOR: Kristin Randolph
R.H. Daniel College of Nursing & Health Sciences Nursing Honor Society
R.H. Daniel College of Nursing and Health Sciences Nursing Honor Society recognizes nursing students for their academic excellence, leadership, and creativity within the nursing profession. To be eligible for membership, the nursing student must be full-time, have completed at least 22 credit hours in the nursing major, have an overall GPA of at least 3.0, demonstrate leadership qualities and critical thinking skills, exhibit positive interpersonal relationships, and be nominated by the nursing faculty and clinical instructors. Membership is limited to no more than one third of each class. ADVISOR: Kristin Randolph
Sigma Alpha Pi (The National Society of Leadership & Success, NSLS)
Sigma Alpha Pi is the National Society of Leadership and Success. The mission is to build leaders who make a better world. Local chapters offer in-person leadership development and peer-to-peer networking for students around the world. ADVISOR: Cat Wiles
Sigma Tau Delta
Sigma Tau Delta [危韦螖] is an international Honor Society, promoting high academic achievement and the appreciation of literature, literary criticism, languages, and creative writing. The Piedmont chapter [Alpha Delta Phi] meets to discuss ideas, books, and literary research. Members have attended national and regional 危韦螖 conferences, literary conferences, theater productions, poetry readings, and musical events.
Requirements for membership are a minimum of two college courses in English language or literature beyond English 1101 and 1102, at least a 鈥淏鈥� average in all English classes, placement in the top 35 percent of the class, and completion of least three semesters of college course work. ADVISOR: Dr. Stephen Whited
The Society for Collegiate Journalists
The Society for Collegiate Journalists is a National Society of Collegiate Mass Communications. It is the nation's oldest organization designed solely to serve college journalists. SCJ was formed when Pi Delta Epsilon, which was founded in 1909, merged with Alpha Phi Gamma, which was founded in 1919. Today SCJ has approximately 80 active chapters nationwide and 800 members.
Tri-Alpha Honor Society
Tri-Alpha is an honor society for first-generation college students. “First-generation” means that neither parent completed a bachelor's degree. Many of Piedmont's faculty and staff are first-generation. Tri-Alpha offers acknowledgment and a support network that many first-generation students do not have at home and provides students with a community that understands their unique experiences. ADVISOR: Dr. Windy Charles
Torch of Piedmont
The Torch is an honor society for women students at 糖心Vlog. Eligible women must have completed at least four semesters as fulltime students at 糖心Vlog and must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.9. Transfer students who received an associate degree from a two-year college must complete at least two semesters at 糖心Vlog and must have a minimum grade point average of 3.9. Requirements for membership include outstanding academic achievement, qualities of leadership, executive ability, and attendance at the induction/pinning ceremony.
Who's Who
Honorees are selected based on academic achievement, community service and leadership. Each year, a select group of students is called forward to accept one of the most prestigious awards the academic community can bestow 鈥� selection to Who鈥檚 Who Among Students. This exclusive honor is conferred by more than 1,000 schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia and is symbolized by the presentation of an award certificate. Who鈥檚 Who Among Students is one of the most long-standing honors programs in the nation.