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The National Honor Society (NHS) is one of the oldest, largest, and most widely recognized cocurricular student organizations in American high schools, with 1.4 million members. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The purpose of the NHS is to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to recognize outstanding students, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote ...
From left to right: Eta Kappa Nu stole, pins, and honor cords for inductions, graduations, and membership. An honor cord is a token consisting of twisted cords with tassels on either end awarded to members of honor societies or for various academic and non-academic achievements, awards, or honors. [1]
Kim Kardashian wore Princess Diana’s necklace to the LACMA Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles.. At the gala on 2 November, the American Horror Story: Delicate star stepped out in a white Gucci gown ...
Medieval coif as worn by Aaron of Sur, 1500-1550. The University of Illinois College of Law established what would become the Order of the Coif in 1902. [4] According to the organization's constitution, "The purpose of The Order is to encourage excellence in legal education by fostering a spirit of careful study, recognizing those who as law students attained a high grade of scholarship, and ...
"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.
Golden Key National Honour Society was founded by James W. Lewis at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977. [2] The original intent of the society was to create a new academic honor organization that was the equal of longstanding honor societies such as Phi Beta Kappa, but which did not carry the same perceived elitism of older institutions, operating more strictly on merit ...
The society joined the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) on February 27, 1937. It left ACHS in 2011 but was rejoined in 2018. Phi Eta Sigma has chartered 386 chapters throughout the United States and inducted more than 1,250,000 members since its founding. [1] It is the oldest and largest freshman honor society. [2]
The society was founded in 1926 as the "Highest Honor Attained by Men." In 1937, Nu Kappa Tau, a separate sister organization at the university, was founded as "The Highest Honor Attained by Women." In 1966, Nu Kappa Tau became affiliated with the national honor society Mortar Board, "leaving Iron Arrow to carry the tradition alone." [2] [3]