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"Honor Societies", illustration from the 1909 Tyee (yearbook of the University of Washington). In the United States, an honor society is an organization that recognizes individuals who rank above a set standard in various domains such as academics, leadership, and other personal achievements, not all of which are based on ranking systems.
Sigma Sigma Phi (ΣΣΦ or SSP), is the national osteopathic medicine honors fraternity for medical students training to be Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.). The National Osteopathic Medicine Honors Fraternity is a group united in the interest of preserving the highest class of medical scholastic excellence and includes community service.
Pledging is not required, and new candidates may be immediately inducted into membership after meeting predetermined academic criteria and paying a one-time membership fee. Because of their recognition purpose, most honor societies will have much higher academic achievement requirements for membership than professional societies.
Sigma Phi Beta: ΣΦΒ: 1920 – 1933: National NPC: Traditional Inactive [ab] Sigma Phi Lambda: ΣΦΛ: 1988 National Independent Christian Active Sigma Phi Omega: ΣΦΩ: 1949 National Independent Asian Active Sigma Pi Alpha: ΣΠΑ: 1996 National Independent Chicana/Latina Active Sigma Psi: ΣΨ: 1896 Local Case Western Reserve University ...
Phi Rho Sigma: ΦΡΣ: 1890 Medicine National (US) Fraternity, coed Active Phi Sigma Gamma: ΦΣΓ: 1890 Osteopathic National (US) Fraternity Active Pi Mu: ΠΜ: 1892–1922 Medical honor society National (US) Fraternity Inactive, Merged [f] Psi Omega: ΨΩ: 1892 Dentistry National (US) Fraternity Active Rho Psi Eta: ΡΨΗ: 2007 Pre-Health ...
Omega Nu (ΩΝ) was founded in 1897 at San Jose High School. The group continues with twelve active chapters as a service organization. [1] Phi Sigma Beta, (ΦΣΒ) was founded in 1910. It became ΤΔΦ - Tau Delta Phi collegiate fraternity. [2] [a] Phi Sigma Chi, (ΦΣΧ) was founded on November 28, 1900, in Zanesville, Ohion. It chartered 117 ...
Sigma Phi Omega was founded at the University of Southern California in 1949, and is the oldest Asian American sorority at USC and UT Austin and third oldest Asian sorority in the United States. It was originally established as a social organization for Japanese and Japanese American women at USC and has since then come to consist of a diverse ...
Alpha Phi Omega: Omicron Phi: May 21, 1965: Service. Active Alpha Phi Epsilon: 1922: National Literary Society with which Mu Sigma Rho affiliated Inactive Alpha Chi Sigma: Delta Kappa: Chemistry Active Alpha Psi Omega: Eta: May 21, 1928: Theater Active Beta Beta Beta: Beta Theta: May 19, 1939: Biology Honor Society Active [a] Beta Gamma Sigma ...