Student academic honor societies exist to recognize superior academic performance, provide academic enrichment to the Vanguard community, and to provide opportunity for students to gain greater exposure to academic disciplines. Undergraduate students may be accepted into the University’s chapter of the academic honor societies listed below.  For more information on the society, please contact the sponsoring academic department.

Honor Societies

Honor Society	Subject
Alpha Kappa Delta	Sociology
Lambda Pi Eta	Communication
Phi Alpha Theta	History
Phi Epsilon Kappa	Kinesiology
Pi Lambda Theta (Division of Phi Delta Kappa)	Education
Pi Sigma Alpha	Political Science
Psi Chi	Psychology
Public Relations Student Society Of America	Marketing
Sigma Beta Delta	Business
Sigma Tau Delta	English
Sigma Theta Tau	Nursing
Tau Kappa, National Honor Society for Alpha Sigma Lambda	Adult Learners (all subjects)

NOTE: Each academic honor society is governed by national bylaws and has standard requirements for acceptance. Acceptance in to the university's chapter of an academic honor society does not automatically grant the student institutional academic honors for graduation.  Refer to the graduation section of the catalog for more information on institutional academic honors.