Black & gold honor cord
Alpha Epsilon — national honor society of agricultural, biological and food engineers; juniors and seniors in agricultural and biosystems engineering must be in the top one-fourth and one-third, respectively, of their class in the College of Engineering and uphold high standards of character and leadership.
Blue & gold cord
Beta Gamma Sigma — international business honor society; juniors who are top 7% in class, seniors who are top 10% of class and graduate students who are top 20% of class.
Blue & red tassels with gold cord
Eta Kappa Nu — IEEE honor society; recognizes outstanding character, attitude and scholarship among electrical and computer engineers; students must be in the top one-fifth of sophomore class, top one-fourth of junior class, top one-third of senior class or graduate students recommended by faculty.
Forest green & light tan cord
Gamma Sigma Delta — international agriculture honor society; students must demonstrate superior teaching, research or service to agriculture while maintaining a 3.5 GPA and represent agriculture excellence at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.
Gold medallion (blue & gold ribbon)
Golden Key — international honor society; recognizes juniors and seniors from all disciplines who are in the top 15% of their class.
Forest green & black ribbon pin
Lambda Beta — national respiratory care honor society; students must have completed at least 50% of their coursework and rank within the top 25% of the respiratory care class.
Gold cord
Lambda Pi Eta — national communication honorary society; students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and 3.25 in their communication major courses.
Gold medallion (red ribbon)
McNair Scholars Program — recognizes outstanding undergraduate research and commitment to doctoral study.
Pale blue & red cord
Phi Alpha Theta — national history honor society; represents excellence in historical research at all levels.
Black & gold cord
Phi Eta Sigma — national honor society; 3.5 GPA at the close of any full-time semester within first year.
Gold stole
Phi Kappa Phi — honorary scholastic society; students must be within top 10% of their class.
Purple, white & yellows cords
Phi Upsilon Omicron (Phi U) — human development and education honor society; academic achievement must be within top 35% of majors in the field who qualify for membership.
Gold cord (worn over left)
Pi Lambda Theta — international education honor society; recognizes undergraduate juniors, seniors and graduate students who are pursuing degrees in education-related fields; must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Cloisonne medallion (red ribbon)
Pi Sigma Alpha — national political science honor society; students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a 3.0 GPA in all political science courses.
White stole with Pi Tau Sigma emblem
Pi Tau Sigma — mechanical engineering honor society; juniors in top 25% of their class; as non-graduating seniors, members must be in the top 35% of their class.
Silver stole
Psi Chi — national psychology honor society; must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA, a 3.5 GPA in major coursework and rank in the top 35% of their class.
Purple & white cord
Rho Chi — national pharmacy honor society; must have completed second year of professional program and be ranked in the top 20% of their class.
Orchid & white cord
Sigma Theta Tau — international nursing honor society; must have a 3.0 GPA, rank in the top 35% of their class and meet the expectation of academic integrity.
Red stole
Sigma Tau Delta — international English honor society; undergraduate members must rank in the top 35% of their class; graduate members must have at least a 3.3 GPA.
Green & gold cord
Student Government — member of student government and must have achieved a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Silver, light blue & purple cord
Student Nurses’ Association Board Member — symbolizes insight, inspiration and ingenuity; to qualify, board members must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA and be an active member of the local chapter for three consecutive semesters, participating in at least two service activities and at least three meetings per semester.
White satin collar with gold embroidery
Tau Beta Pi — national engineering honor society; to qualify as juniors, members must be in the top one-eighth of their class; as seniors, members must be in the top one-fifth of their class.
White stole with gold embroidery
Tau Sigma Delta — national architecture honor society; to qualify, juniors and seniors must have a 3.0 GPA and be in the top 20% of their class.
Medallion (burgundy ribbon)
Upsilon Pi Epsilon — computer science honor society; to qualify, undergraduate students must be upperclass status in the top 35% of their class and have a minimum GPA of 3.3, with at least a 3.5 GPA in 24 or more credits of computer science courses; graduate students must have at least 18 upper-division computer science credits with a minimum GPA of 3.5.
