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Phi Beta Lambda
is a national business organization. PBL’s mission is to bring business
and education together in a positive working relationship through leadership development
programs. As a member of PBL, you will build your resume, meet business leaders in the
community, experience the rewards of community service and enjoy travel and special
activities.
Pi Delta Kappa
is a professional association for current and future educators. PDK’s mission
is to support education, particularly public education, as the cornerstone of democracy. Its
vision is to be the experts in cultivating great educators for tomorrow while continuing to
ensure high-quality education for today.
Pi Gamma Mu
is the largest international honor society in the social sciences. Chartered
in 2001 at Bluefield College, the purpose of the society is to encourage excellence in the
social sciences, to inspire an intelligent approach to social problems, and to promote mutual
understanding among people of differing opinions. The society recognizes good scholarship
and encourages it through enriching programs, a lectureship program, and student-faculty
fellowship.
Psi Chi
is the national honor society in Psychology. The purpose of Psi Chi is to encourage,
stimulate, and maintain excellence in scholarship, as well as to advance the science of
Psychology.
Sigma Beta Delta
is an international honor society for students in Business, Management,
and Administration at schools and colleges with regional accreditation. Membership is
limited to business students ranked in the upper twenty percent of the junior and senior
class and must be invited to membership by the faculty officers. The purposes of Sigma
Beta Delta are to encourage and recognize scholarship and achievement among students
of business, management, and administration, and to encourage the promote personal and
professional improvement and a life distinguished by honorable service to mankind.
Sigma Tau Delta
International English Honor Society is one of the largest members of the
Association of College Honor Societies. Its central purpose is to confer distinction upon
students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional
studies. Sigma Tau Delta also recognizes the accomplishments of professional writers who
have contributed to the fields of language and literature.
Theta Alpha Kappa
is the only national honor society serving the needs of those involved
in the study of religion and/or theology at both the baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate
levels of higher education. Honoring excellence in these academic fields is its primary
purpose, and it currently hosts over 200 local chapters throughout the United States at
institutions both large and small, public and private. Bluefield College is home to the Alpha
Beta Lambda chapter.
Academic Honors and Awards
Bluefield College awards students for their academic excellence in various ways including
Graduation Honors, President’s list, Dean’s list, and Who’s Who. For more information,
please refer to the Honors and Awards section of the 2012-2013 academic catalog located
on the college website.
Academic Appeal Procedure