Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Later, the honor society was incorporated as a (501)(c)(3) nonprofit corporation to expand to other colleges and universities. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Tri-Alpha recognizes the academic achievements of first-generation colleges students, creates a support network for those students, promotes leadership, and encourages enthusiasm for academics.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
"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.
Phi Theta Kappa originated from Kappa Phi Omicron, an honor society established at Stephens College in Missouri, a two-year college for women. As similar honor societies formed in Missouri, the college presidents and students of eight Missouri women's colleges came together in 1918 to create a single honor society—Phi Theta Kappa.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
More than one stub template may be used, if necessary, though no more than four should be used on any article. Place a stub template at the very end of the article, after the "External links" section, any navigation templates, and the category tags. As usual, templates are added by including their name inside double braces, e.g. {{Honor-stub}}.
Alpha Gamma Sigma (ΑΓΣ; AGS) is the honor society of the California Community Colleges system, founded in 1926 by William T. Boyce at Fullerton College. [1] It was conceived as "an intellectual stimulus, comparable to that of Phi Beta Kappa in the higher colleges" [2] for what were then called junior colleges in California.
To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used: {{Academy Award for Best Original Score | state = collapsed}} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar. {{Academy Award for Best Original Score | state = expanded}} will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.