Academic Honor Societies

W. Robert Everett Business Achievement Award: The W. Robert Everett Business Achievement Award Fund is given to an outstanding sophomore chosen by the business faculty. Academic Honor Societies

Students are invited to join an academic honor society based on certain criteria. There is a spring induction ceremony. Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society promotes academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students and honors those who achieve such distinction. The William Peace University chapter is North Carolina Psi. To be eligible for membership in Alpha Chi, students must have completed at least 59 hours of credit and must rank in the top 10 percent of their class. In the case of transfer students, at least 24 hours must have been completed at William Peace University. Beta Beta Beta is a National Biological Honor Society, dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research. To be eligible for membership, a student must have 1) a minimum average of “B” in at least four biology courses, 2) declared a major in biology, and 3) good academic standing overall. Phi Alpha Delta is an international professional law society started at William Peace University in the spring of 2014. As its primary mission, Phi Alpha Delta seeks to develop and advance professional ideals by emphasizing its core values of integrity, compassion, courage, and common interest in the law. Moreover, Phi Alpha Delta boasts of a proud tradition uniting students and professors of the law with members of the Bench and the Bar in friendship; promoting excellence in legal scholarship; fostering professional competence; upholding the welfare of its members; and, lastly, encouraging intellectual and moral advancement so that each member may enjoy a lifetime of honorable engagement with the law. Phi Beta Lambda is a national organization for all students in post-secondary schools and colleges enrolled in programs designed to develop vocational and professional competencies and who accept the purpose of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) and subscribe to its creed. Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology. Its purpose is to encourage, stimulate, and maintain excellence in scholarship and advance the science of psychology. Membership is open to students who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests, and who meet the minimum qualifications, including: second-semester sophomore status, completion of 9 credit-hours of psychology classes, established GPA at Peace of at least 3.0, and a rank within the top 35% of the class (within sophomore, junior or senior year). Psi Chi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Sigma Beta Delta is an international Honor Society in Business, Management, and Administration with the purpose of recognizing the scholarship and achievement of students in these fields. To be eligible for membership, 1) students must have at least 60 hours of college credit; 2) be majoring in Business Administration, Business Analytics, Leadership and Nonprofit Administration, or Marketing, and 3) be ranked in the top 20% of their class. Transfer students who meet these qualifications can be inducted after completing at least 15 credit hours at WPU, provided they have maintained good academic standing throughout their college careers. Sigma Tau Delta’s central purpose is to confer distinction upon outstanding students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies. Membership in this honor society is available to juniors and seniors who have completed at least two English courses beyond introductory composition, who have at least a B average in English and who rank in the highest 35 percent of their class in general scholarship. A member of the Association of College Honor Societies, Sigma Tau Delta