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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, including Alpha Omega Alpha , the Order of the Coif , Phi Beta Kappa , Phi Kappa Phi , Sigma Xi , and Tau Beta Pi .
Alpha Chi National College Honor Society (or ΑΧ) is an American collegiate honor society recognizing achievements in general scholarship. It was formed in 1922 by nineteen schools in Texas; however, the first official meeting to discuss the founding of an intercollegiate honor society, held on February 22, 1922, only saw five schools represented. [1]
Its first chapter was chartered at St. Joseph Junior College in Missouri, in 1926. On November 19, 1929, Phi Theta Kappa petitioned the American Association of Junior Colleges (now the American Association of Community Colleges) to be recognized as an official national honor society for junior colleges, alongside Phi Rho Pi and others. While ...
Elisha Parmelee, an alumnus of Yale College and Harvard College, passed through Williamsburg and took charters from the Phi Beta Kappa to establish branches of the society at these schools. A second chapter was founded at Yale College in late 1780; a third, at Harvard College in 1781; and a fourth, at Dartmouth College in 1787. [10]
Pages in category "Association of College Honor Societies" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
ACHS indicates members of the Association of College Honor Societies. ΦΒΚ - Phi Beta Kappa , 1882, academic honors [ 14 ] ΣΞ - Sigma Xi , 1886, graduate science & engineering honors [ 14 ]
In 1948, the college's president, Herbert John Davis, outlawed secret societies because he believed they were “undemocratic.” [72] [73] Davis required groups to stop “all official activities.” [72] [73] However, Smith College Special Collections says, “records indicate that both organizations continued unofficially until the mid-1960s ...
The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) is an association of undergraduate honors programs, colleges, directors, deans, faculty, staff, and students. The organization has its national headquarters at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It was formed in 1966 in response to the dissolving of a previous honors association.