Honor Societies

The College of Arts and Sciences at Pacific University hosts chapters of each of the following national honor societies. Membership in these organizations is based upon criteria such as grade point average, scholarship, service and leadership. For information about joining an honor society in your discipline, please contact the appropriate faculty advisor.

General Societies

Sigma Xi – Research in the Sciences

Stephen Hall | Faculty Advisor
503-352-2280 | hall0892@pacificu.edu

Sigma Xi is an international, multidisciplinary research society whose programs and activities promote the health of the scientific enterprise and honor scientific achievement.

Discipline Specific Societies

Anthropology: Lambda Alpha

Aaron Greer| Faculty Advisor
503-352-2169 | gree5679@pacificu.edu

The purpose of Lambda Alpha is to encourage and stimulate scholarship and research in Anthropology by recognizing and honoring superior achievement in the discipline among students, faculty and other persons engaged in the study of Anthropology.

Biology: Beta Beta Beta

Joanne Odden | Facutly Advisor
503-352-2967 | joanne.odden@pacificu.edu

Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) is dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending the boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research.

Psychology: Psi Chi

Dawn M. Salgado | Faculty Advisor
503-352-1548 | dsalgado@pacificu.edu
 

Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology.

Social Work: Phi Alpha – Omicron Kappa Chapter

Don Schweitzer | Faculty Advisor
503-352-3036 | dons@pacificu.edu

The Purpose of Phi Alpha Honor Society is to provide a closer bond among students of social work and promote humanitarian goals and ideals. Phi Alpha fosters high standards of education for social workers and invites into membership those who have attained excellence in scholarship and achievement in social work.

Sociology: Alpha Kappa Delta

Adam Rafalovich | Faculty Advisor
503-352-3172 | rafa3254@pacificu.edu
 

Alpha Kappa Delta is an international organization dedicated to promoting, facilitating, and recognizing academic scholarship in sociology.

Physics: Sigma Pi Sigma

James Butler | Faculty Advisor
503-352-2035 | butl5530@pacificu.edu
 

Sigma Pi Sigma exists to honor outstanding scholarship in physics; to encourage interest in physics among students at all levels; to promote an attitude of service of its members towards their fellow students, colleagues, and the public; to provide a fellowship of persons who have excelled in physics.