Honor Societies
Golden Key is the world’s largest collegiate honor society. Membership into the Society is by invitation only and applies to the top 15% of college and university sophomores, juniors, and seniors, as well as top-performing graduate students in all fields of study, based solely on their academic achievements. As an international honor society with more than 400 chapters at colleges and universities around the world, Golden Key is committed to a high standard of scholastic achievement, and an ethos of integrity, innovation, respect, collaboration, and diversity. With more than 2 million members, including honorary individuals like Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel and Bill Clinton, Golden Key carries an esteemed legacy of achievement. Members are a community with a linkage to widely respected individuals and ideals … all part of the continuum of excellence.
Golden Key offers its members exclusive opportunities and connections through over half a million dollars in scholarships and awards, partnerships with major corporations, career advancement and graduate programs.
Advisors: Drs. Khadijah O. Miller and Dr. Ernestine A.W. Duncan
Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology
PSI CHI is International Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929. Its mission is to encourage excellence in scholarship and advance the science of psychology. Psi Chi’s mission is “Recognizing and promoting excellence in the science and application of psychology. The chief purpose is to encourage, stimulate, and maintain excellence in scholarship of the individual members in all fields, particularly in psychology.
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Franklin
Sigma Tau Delta
Founded in 1924 Sigma Tau Delta is an English honor society created to confer distinction for high achievement in English language and literature studies to promote interest in literature and the English language on campuses, and to foster the discipline of English in all its aspects.
Advisor: Dr. Damani Drew
Beta Kappa Chi
Founded in 1923 Beta Kappa Chi is a collegiate honor society dedicated to the promotion of high scholarship in pure and applied sciences.
Advisor: Ms. Maureen Scott
Alpha Delta Mu Social Work Honor Society
Founded in 1976, Alpha Delta Mu is a student-run organization where members are encouraged to realize their potential and are provided with community service, academic, scholarship and networking opportunities.
Advisor: Dr. Kirsten Erickerson
Programs
HBCU Battle of the Brains, LLC’s mission is to address inequities in industries in which Black and Brown representation is severely lacking by creating and delivering compelling programming that not only brings top students and industry leaders together but allows each entity to showcase its best self through industry-specific skills challenges, mentoring, and professional development.
Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) brings together the whole campus community -- students, faculty, administration and alumni.
The Q & A game combines academic material, popular culture and sports in a format emphasizing quick recall. African American history and culture is prominently featured in the questions.
HCASC is a year-round program with three levels of play-- Campus, National Qualifying Tournaments, and the National Championship Tournament.