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SIGMA ZETA ... a national honorary science society. Its purposeis twofold: to encourage and foster the attainment of knowledge ofthe sciences; to recognize the attainment of high scholarship amongthose fitted for membership in this society. To be eligible formembership, students above the sophomore level must have a majorin any one of the natural sciences or mathematics and havecompleted 12 semester hours in the major. The Alpha Mu Chapterwas established March, 1971. Its motto is “Seek diligently togetherfor truth.”PSI CHI ... a national psychology honor society seeks toencourage, stimulate, and maintain scholarship and to advance thescience of psychology. Eligibility for the Immaculata Chapter,established in May, 1977, requires that the student: a) must havecompleted at least nine credits in psychology; b) achieve acumulative grade point average of 3.0; and c) attain at least a 3.25grade point average in all psychology courses.PI DELTA PHI ... a national French honor society, open to studentswho are enrolled in upper-division French courses. Theta OmegaChapter was founded at Immaculata in October, 1978, to recognizeoutstanding scholarship in French language and literature and tofoster leadership in the promotion of cultural activities. Eligibilityrequires that the student must have taken at least five French coursesincluding at least one upper-level literature course, maintain a creditratio of 3.50 in these courses, and have a grade point average of3.00.SIGMA DELTA PI ... a national Spanish honor society. Eligibilityfor the Nu Omega Chapter, established at Immaculata in September,1979, requires that the student a) maintain a credit ratio of 3.25 orover in upper-level Spanish courses and a minimum grade pointaverage of 3.00; and b) demonstrate enthusiasm in promotinginterest in the Spanish language and the culture of Spanish-speakingcountries.PI KAPPA LAMBDA ... a national music honor societyestablished to provide an organization dedicated to furtherance ofmusic in education and education in music, whose motto is “Strivealways for the beautiful.” Seniors and juniors who achieve thehighest level of musical performance and academic scholarship areeligible for faculty nomination and election. The local chapter,Delta Psi, was founded at Immaculata in April, 1980.PHI ALPHA THETA ... an international honor society in historythat seeks to bring together intellectually students, teachers, andwriters of history. It encourages and assists, in a variety of ways,historical research and publication by its members. Eligibility forthe Alpha Rho Chapter, established at Immaculata in March, 1983,requires that the student a) maintain a 3.10 grade or above in historycourses; b) maintain a minimal grade point average of a 3.00 orabove; and c) rank in the highest 35% of the class.ALPHA SIGMA LAMBDA ... a national honor society forstudents in continuing higher education. Its purpose is to provide anassociation of continuing education students who havedemonstrated academic excellence. To be eligible for membership,students must have completed a minimum of 30 semester hours (atleast 15 semester hours outside the major field in the liberal arts andsciences), have been in attendance at Immaculata University for atleast four semesters, and maintain a 3.20 grade point average. DeltaXi Chapter was founded at Immaculata University in November,1984.THETA ALPHA KAPPA … Theta Alpha Kappa (TAK) is thenational honor society for religious and/or theological studies and astudent must have a 3.0 cumulative average and a 3.5 in Theology.She/he must have completed three full semesters at ImmaculataUniversity.SIGMA BETA DELTA … An international honor societyrecognizing outstanding scholastic achievement in the areas ofbusiness, management and administration. Additionally, the societyencourages and promotes aspirations toward personal andprofessional improvement and service to humankind. To be eligiblefor membership, students must be above sophomore level, havecompleted at least 18 credits at Immaculata University, anddemonstrate academic excellence.LAMBDA PI ETA … the National Communication Associationstudent honor society. Its goals are to recognize, maintain, andreward communication majors and minors who have established a3.0 overall grade point average, as well as achieved a 3.25 in theircommunication courses.SIGMA THETA TAU … the International Honor Society ofNursing was founded in 1922 which provides leadership andscholarship in practice, education and research to enhance the healthof all people. The Delta Tau Chapter– At –Large of ImmaculataUniversity was chartered in November, 2005. The honor societysupports the learning and professional development of ourmembers, who strive to improve nursing care worldwide. To beeligible for membership undergraduate candidates are required tohave completed at least one-half of the nursing curriculum, have atleast a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale, rank in the upper 35% of thegraduating class and meet the expectation of academic integrity.WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS INAMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGESNomination to Who’s Who is another vehicle by which a selectgroup of Immaculata students is given national recognition foroutstanding accomplishments. Eligibility for the distinction ofselection and acceptance by this national organization is confined totop-ranking students preparing to graduate. Nominations are madeby faculty vote on the basis of excellence and sincerity inscholarship, leadership, and participation in extracurricular andacademic affairs, citizenship and service to the university, andpromise of future usefulness to business and to society.30