Honor Societies
The college encourages participation in various clubs and honor fraternities of particular interest to the individual student. The social and intellectual benefits of membership in these organizations can be extremely meaningful.
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Honor Societies On Campus
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SIGMA BETA DELTA
Current officers are as follows: Adviser, Gail M. Newton, Chair Division of Business; Karen Clark, President, and Tim Wilson, Vice President.
Sigma Beta Delta is an honor society for students of business, management, or administration who are pursuing baccalaureate degrees. Martin Methodist College established the charter in 1997. The purposes of this society shall be to encourage and recognize scholarship and accomplishment among students of business, management, and administration, and to encourage and promote aspirations toward personal and professional improvement and a life distinguished by honorable service to humankind. It is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Membership shall be limited to those of high scholarship and good moral character. Candidates for the bachelor’s degree who rank in the upper 20% of their class at the time of invitation to membership may be inducted into membership following completion of at least one-half of the degree program in which they are enrolled.
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SIGMA TAU DELTA
Faculty Sponsor: Professor Steve West
Charter Members: Jennifer Sanders (president); Dawn King (vice-president); Laura Dri (secretary); Kari Stidger (treasurer); Hope Hafner (historian); Matt Perry.
Current Officers for 2005-2006: Rachel Perkins (president); Masimba Mutamba (vice-president; Linda Garth (secretary); Beth Marks; Laura Pickett. Matt Perry is a continuing member.
The International English Honor Society has served the English discipline for more than 75 years. There are more then 600 chapters worldwide and it is the most active honor organization in the field. The Alpha Mu Alpha chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society in English was chartered at Martin Methodist College in April 2004. Sigma Tau Delta fosters excellence in all areas of English and literature studies: it encourages further achievement in the field; it promotes creative and analytical writing, offers scholarships, new-teacher awards, writing awards, internships in publishing houses, and gives students a forum for publishing their scholarly and creative works in an award-winning journal called The Rectangle. Sigma Tau Delta holds regional conventions and an international convention every spring. Membership brings recognition to individuals and to the institutions where they are students. Prospective members must maintain a 3.0 grade point average in English courses and have had at least two courses above the freshman level; they must be in the upper 35 percent of their class after at least three semesters in college.
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GAMMA BETA PHI SOCIETY
The society is a non-secret, service-to-education organization. Membership in the society shall be open to students who have accumulated at least 12 semester hours credit and rank in the top twenty percent of their college class. Students must measure up to the national standards of worthy character, good mentality, creditable achievement, and commendable attitude. The purpose of the society shall be the achievement of educational ideals and encouragement of service to the school and the community. Membership in Gamma Beta Phi shall not be excluded by, nor shall it exclude one from, membership in any other social, academic, or fraternal organization.
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The International Social Science Honor Society encourages excellence in the social sciences. The Society not only provides recognition for scholastic achievement, but also offers enrichment opportunities through service projects, publications, scholarships and lectureship grants. Membership shall be limited to those of high scholarship and good moral character. Juniors and seniors who rank in the upper 35% of their class at the time of invitation to membership, maintain a grade average of “B” or better and have 20 hours in social science courses may be inducted into membership.
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Kappa Delta Pi
Alpha Gamma Omega is the Martin Methodist College chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, international honor society in education. Kappa Delta Pi was founded March 8, 1911, at the University of Illinois. It was incorporated June 8, 1911. The Alpha Gamma Omega Chapter at Martin Methodist College was installed on February 11, 2007. Membership in Kappa Delta Pi implies fostering the high ideals of the teaching profession by assuming trusteeship of a rich, professional legacy. The ideals for which Kappa Delta Pi stands include fidelity to humanity, science, service, and toil. The KDP creed enhances knowledge, duty, and power. “So to teach that our words inspire a will to learn; so to serve that each day may enhance the growth of exploring minds; so to live that we may guide young and old to know the truth and to love the right.” Membership in the Alpha Gamma Omega chapter is open to Martin students and faculty who exemplify worthy educational ideals and give evidence of leadership abilities. Student candidates are those with a 3.0 or higher GPA on at least 50 college credit hours (at least 12 at MMC); they have also been admitted to the MMC education program with an expressed intention of entering the education profession. For more information contact Dr. Kerbe Lee, chapter counselor.
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