Fellowships & Scholarships

Alpha Chi (AC) is a national honorary society devoted to the promotion and recognition of scholarship effective among the undergraduate students in the academic division of the colleges and universities in the United States.  Each year the faculty elects to the Alpha Chi membership the appropriate number of qualified candidates. Candidates for Alpha Chi are elected from the top ten percent of the senior class and the top five percent of the junior class. 

Alpha Psi Omega (AYW) is a national honorary society for those doing standard work in dramatics. 

Beta Beta Beta (BBB) is a national honorary society for students in the biological sciences. Its purpose is three fold: stimulation of sound scholarship, dissemination of scientific knowledge and promotion of biological research. 

Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity is an organization whose mission is to promote and support excellence in music and musicianship. 

Delta Phi Alpha (DFA) is a national honorary society recognizing students who excel in the study of the German language. 

Eta Sigma Phi (ESF) is a national honorary fraternity for junior and senior students of Latin and/or Greek. To become a member in the Austin College chapter, Gamma Upsilon, a student must have completed at least four semesters of Latin and/or Greek with a “B” average of better. 

Math Club is an organization that seeks to build up academic development and interest in the field of mathematics and welcomes anyone with an interest in math to join! 

Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE) an international honor society for students in economics. 

Phi Alpha Theta is a national honor society for students interested or majoring in History. 

Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) is a national honor society for students exhibiting excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. 

Phi Sigma Iota (FSI)is the national foreign language honor society. This society recognizes outstanding ability and high standards in the fields of foreign languages, literatures, and cultures. Members must be junior and senior undergraduate students of foreign languages who have at least a “B” average in their entire college work and all foreign language courses. 

Pi Delta Phi (PDF) is a national honor society in French for advanced students of the French language and literature. To be eligible for membership a student must have the equivalent of a “B” average for all courses taken and must have gone into advanced French courses. Thus recognition is given to excellent scholarship in general and to scholarship in the French language and literature in particular. 

Pi Gamma Mu (PGM) is an international honor society in the social sciences for superior junior and senior students who have completed at least six courses in history, politicgoal science, sociology, anthropology, and/or economics, and have shown campus leadership.

Pi Sigma Alpha (PSA) is a national honor society for political science students. Students in international studies are also eligible for membership. 

Psi Chi (YC) is the national honor society for psychology students. Membership is restricted to those students who have at least a 3.0 in all psychology courses. Additionally, eligibility is limited to those students who have completed Experimental Psychology and at least two other psychology courses. 

Sigma Delta Pi (SDP) is a national honor society for advanced students of the Spanish language and culture. Its purpose is to foster appreciation and knowledge of the cultural manifestations of Spanish speaking people. Junior and senior students whose GPA is “B” or above and who have had at least one course in Spanish literature are eligible for membership. 

Sigma Pi Sigma (SPS) is the national honor society for outstanding students in physics. Membership is restricted to students who have demonstrated superior achievement in advanced courses. 

Sigma Tau Delta is an International English Honor Society. Dedicated to making literature more accessible to the masses and pushing the boundaries of the literary canon.