Association, and Wesley Fellowship. Students may also propose new organizations of interest during the academic year. The Student Activities Council provides activities and diverse entertainment for students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding community. SAC brings comedians, novelty performers and musical groups to campus as well as works on campus traditions such as Homecoming, Hoop Dreams, and the Big Show. It also plans various other opportunities and activities. Through its programs, SAC provides a sense of campus involvement and unity as well as enrichment of the liberal arts education.
Greek System One third of the students living on campus belong to Greek social organizations: Alpha Xi Delta, Kappa Sigma, Phi Mu, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Zeta Beta Tau, Chi Omicron, and Alpha Psi Epsilon. Fraternities and sororities play an important role in providing an active social climate for the campus. They also emphasize service to the college and the community.
Honor Societies Alpha Chi (juniors and seniors whose GPA’s rank in the top 10%) heads the list of academic honor societies at Lyon. Others include Alpha Psi Omega (national dramatics fraternity), Chi Beta Phi (national scientific honorary fraternity), Kappa Delta Pi (national education honorary fraternity), Kappa Pi (international honorary art fraternity), Omicron Delta Epsilon (economics honorary fraternity), Phi Alpha Theta (national history honor society), Phi Sigma Tau (national philosophy honor society), Sigma Beta Delta (business, management and administration majors), Sigma Delta Pi (national Spanish honor society), Psi Chi (psychology majors), Sigma Tau Delta (national English honor society) and Theta Alpha Kappa (national religion honor society). The College also sponsors Mortar Board, the National Honor Society for college seniors.
Student Government The Student Government Association (SGA) gives Lyon students a voice in shaping institutional priorities. Students present their ideas, opinions, and concerns and become involved in the development of college policies. Through its budgetary resources, the SGA has a direct influence upon the quality of campus life by providing programs, co-sponsoring others, and appropriating funds to support various student initiatives in strengthening the quality of campus life. The four executive officers of the SGA – the president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer – are elected by a vote of the student body. The SGA officers, along with elected representatives of all campus residences, commuter students, and elect-
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