GovState Honor Societies

Lambda Pi ETA is the National Communication Association honor society for four-year higher education institutions. Membership in this honors society is by invitation only. For more information, please email cseip@govst.edu and visit the Lambda Pi ETA website.

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) is the international honor society for computing and information disciplines. The faculty advisor for the Governors State University UPE Theta Chapter is Tamisha Rose. Membership in UPE is offered by invitation to students who meet credit hour and academic standing. Qualified students will be contacted by the faculty advisor. For more information, please visit the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Theta Chapter website.

Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) is an international honor society that values academic and professional excellence in counseling. The mission of CSI is to promote scholarship, research, professionalism, leadership, advocacy, and excellence in counseling, and to recognize the high attainment in the pursuit of academic and clinical excellence in the profession of counseling.

CSI has over 400 chapters across the globe. Governors State University has an active chapter, CSI - Gamma Sigma Upsilon. Dr. Ahmet Can, Chapter Faculty Advisor, can be reached at acan@govst.edu@govst.edu. Dr. Leonis Wright, Co-Chapter Advisor, can be reached at lwright11@govst.edu.  

Prospective applicants must be endorsed and approved by the CFA. To be considered for endorsement and approval, prospective students must be currently enrolled in a CACREP-accredited counseling graduate program and completed at least 9 credit hours with a minimum 3.5 GPA. Prospective applicants must receive an invitation for membership before applying for membership. For more information, please visit the Chi Sigma Iota website.

Alpha Phi Sigma is the National Criminal Justice Honors Society. Membership in this honors society is by application only. For more information, please email: cseip@govst.edu and visit the the Alpha Phi Sigma website.

Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) is the International Honor Society for Education and education-related fields. The advisor for the Alpha Iota Alpha chapter at Governors State University is Dr. Katy E. Hisrich. Her email is khisrich@govst.edu. Membership in this honor society is by invitation only. For more information, please visit Governors State's dedicated Student Education Association (SEA) KDP page and the official KDP website.

Upsilon Phi Delta is a national academic honors society for students in health administration. The advisor for the GovState chapter is Dr. Jennifer Groebner who can be reached at 708.534.4028 or jgroebner@govst.edu. Membership is by application. For more information please visit the Department of Health Administration and Informatics - Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society web page.

THE ALPHA ETA SOCIETY is the national scholastic honors society for allied health professionals. The advisor for GovState Chapter 67 is Ivonne Kanko. She can be reached at ikanko@govst.edu. Membership in this honors society is by invitation/nomination only. For more information, please visit the Alpha ETA Society website.

Alpha Iota Sigma is the international honor society of interdisciplinary studies. For more information, please contact cseip@govst.edu

The NSLS is an organization that provides a life-changing leadership program that helps students achieve personal growth, career success, and empowers them to have a positive impact in their community. The advisor for the Governors State University chapter is Dr. Damon Sloan. His email is dsloan@govst.edu. Membership in this honor society is by invitation only. For more information, please contact nsls@govst.edu or visit the NSLS website

Mu Beta Alpha is dedicated to the promotion of GovState's MBA program. The advisor is Dr. Phyllis Anderson. She can be reached at 708.534.4956 or panderson@govst.edu. Membership in this honors society is by application. For more information, please contact Dr. Anderson.

The purpose of the organization is to encourage, stimulate, and maintain scholarship in the field of psychology and to advance the science of psychology. The co-advisors are Sasja Cervantes, who can be reached at scervantes2@govst.edu and Alli Cipra, who can be reached at acipra@govst.edu. For more information, please visit the Psi Chi International Honor Society website.

Pi Theta Epsilon is a specialized honors society for occupational therapy students and alumni. The advisor for the GovState chapter is Catherine Brady. She can be reached at 708.534.4135 or cbrady@govst.edu. For more information, please visit the Pi Theta Epsilon website.

Pi Alpha Alpha (PAA) is the National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration that recognizes outstanding undergraduate as well as graduate students in public administration, public policy, and public affairs. The advisor for the GovState chapter is Dr. Mary Bruce. She can be reached at 708.534.4978 or mclark@govst.edu. Membership in this honors society is by invitation only. For more information , please visit Pi Alpha Alpha's website.

Phi Alpha is the National Honor Society for Social Work students. The advisor for the GovState Omicron Beta Chapter is Dr. Lydia Falconnier. She can be reached at 708.534.4038 or lfalconnier@govst.edu. Membership in this honors society is by request for initiation. For more information, please visit the Department of Social Work - Phi Alpha National Honor Society web page.

Tau Sigma is the national honors society of transfer students. The advisor for the GovState chapter is Jessica Specht. She can be reached at jspecht@govst.edu. For more information, please visit the Tau Sigma website.

SALUTE is the Veterans National Honors Society. If you are interested in joining SALUTE, email the advisor, Paige Dulkowski at pdulkowski@govst.edu. Membership in this honors society is by application. For more information, please visit the SALUTE website.