Honor & Recognition Societies
Honor and Recognition Societies are open to individuals who maintain outstanding academic records and serve to promote intellectual and professional interests of their members.
ARÊTE HONORS SOCIETY
Adviser: Dr. Deborah Hoskins, (608)
785-8734
Adviser E-mail: hoskins.debo@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Lindsay Mather, (608) 785-5250
Organization E-mail: uwl_arete@yahoo.com
Web Address: www.uwlax.edu/honors/
This is an honors student social group which promotes academic excellence and continued interaction among University Honors Program students with various areas of specialization and interest. Activities include annual holiday card making for local nursing homes, board game nights with team competitions, theme movie nights, and pizza parties.
Adviser: Dr. Ken Winter, (608) 785-6830
Adviser E-mail: winter.kenn@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Derek Steinmetz, (262) 689-8507
Organization E-mail: uwlbap@gmail.com
Web Address: www.uwlax.edu/BetaAlphaPsi/
Beta Alpha Psi is an honor society for accountancy students that help them professionally and intellectually. Guest speakers help students understand the accounting profession.
Advisers: Dr. Thomas Krueger, (608) 785-6652
Adviser E-mail: krueger.thom@uwlax.edu
The international honor society recognizing outstanding academic achievements of students in collegiate business programs. Membership by invitation, open to juniors in the top 7%; seniors in the top 10% and graduate students in the top 20%. Founded in 1913. Signifies Honor, Wisdom and Earnestness.
ETA PHI ALPHA
Adviser: Dr. Joseph Van Oss (608) 785-6709
Adviser E-mail: vanoss.jose@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Jessica Satran, (608) 345-6436
Primary Representative E-mail: satran.jess@students.uwlax.edu
The Eta Phi Alpha Honors Fraternity shall provide a social, cultural, and intellectual stimulation for interested and qualified students of the College of Science and Allied Health, College of Liberal Studies, and the School of Arts and Communication.
Adviser: Dr. Marcie Wycoff-Horn, (608) 785-6786
Adviser E-mail: wycoff-h.marc@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative:
Organization E-mail: uwl_eta@yahoo.com
Organization website: http://www.uwlax.edu/EtaSigmaGamma/
The main purpose of the Beta Phi Chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma is to promote health education through teaching, service, research and advocacy. Students are involved in various projects on campus, in local schools, and the community. Additional goals of the honorary include promotion of professional standards and ethics, networking activities among health educators, recognizing academic achievement, etc.
GOLDEN KEY
INTERNATIONAL HONOUR
SOCIETY
Adviser: Ms. Carla Burkhardt, (608) 785-8218
Adviser E-mail: burkhard.carl@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Sara Klasinski, (715) 340-8060
Organization E-mail: goldenkey@uwlax.edu
Web Address: http://www.uwlax.edu/goldenkey/
Golden Key is an academic honor society that recognizes UW-L students for their academic achievements. Members focus on community and campus service projects. Golden Key is also a great way to meet other motivated and dedicated students through social events.
Adviser: Dr. Robert Richardson, (608) 785-8663
Adviser E-mail: richards.rob2@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Samantha Hermann, (262) 206-4271
Organization Email: kappadeltapi@uwlax.edu
Web Address: http://www.uwlax.edu/kappadeltapi/
The purpose of the Beta Tau Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi is to promote excellence in and recognize outstanding contributions to education. It shall endeavor to maintain a high degree of professional fellowship among its members, quicken professional growth, and honor achievement in education work, The group shall invite to membership such persons as exhibit commendable professional qualities, worthy educational ideals, and sound scholarship.
LAMBDA
PI ETA
Adviser: Dr. Linda Dickmeyer, (608) 785-6715
Adviser E-mail: dickmeye.lind@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Teri Passow, (715) 297-7036
Primary Representative E-mail: passow.teri@students.uwlax.edu
Lambda Pi Eta is the communication studies honor society. UW-La Crosse is one of several hundred Lambda Pi Eta chapters affiliated with the National Communication Association. Lambda Pi Eta is an undergraduate organization aimed to bring together outstanding communication studies students for a variety of academic, service, and social activities.
NATIONAL
RESIDENCE HALL HONORARY, UW-L (NRHH)
Adviser: Ms. Ruth Kurinsky, (608) 785-8973
Adviser E-mail: kurinsky.ruth@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Lindsay Watson, (608) 789-4365
Organization E-mail: nrhh@uwlax.edu
Web Address: http://reslife.uwlax.edu/NRHH/
We are an organization made up of the top 1% of student leaders on campus. NRHH members work hard throughout the year to uphold the four pillars of NRHH: Academics, community, service, recognition, and leaderhship.
Adviser: Ms. Kaye Schendel, (608) 785-8869
Adviser E-mail: schendel.kaye@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Tracy Machtan, (608) 393-3614
Primary Representative E-mail: machtan.trac@students.uwlax.edu
Web Address: www.uwlax.edu/greeklife/
Order of Omega is a national honor society for men and women belonging to social Greek organizations. Order of Omega recognizes those students who have attained a high standard of leadership in intra- and inter-Greek activities, community, campus involvement, and have performed above the "all-Greek" average in academics.
Adviser: Dr. Alan Bigel, (608) 785-8435
Adviser E-mail: bigel.alan@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Erin LaVoie, (608) 214-1777
Primary Representative E-mail: lavoie.erin@students.uwlax.edu
Pi Sigma Alpha is an honorary political science fraternity that encourages intellectual effort and community service and offers a means by which political science can be publicized more adequately to the general public. Pi Sigma Alpha represents the pinnacle of achievement in the field of political science.
Adviser: Dr. Betsy Morgan, (608) 785-8159
Adviser E-mail: morgan.bets@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Cassandra Belcher, (262) 949-1398
Primary Representative Email: belcher.cass@students.uwlax.edu
Psi Chi is a national honor society for Psychology. Members invite professionals to speak at meetings on a variety of topics related to careers and issues in Psychology. This group promotes personal, professional, and social growth through different activities, including volunteering and fundraising. Psi Chi also sponsors student researchers attending the annual Midwestern Regional Convention.
RHO PHI LAMBDA
Adviser: Dr. Susan Murray, (608) 785-8199
Adviser E-mail: murray.sus2@uwlax.edu
This national honorary organization recognizes Recreation Management and Therapeutic Recreation major students, encourages the development of professional standards for the recreation field, and stimulates the personal development of the individual member's professional growth.
SIGMA DELTA PI
Adviser: Dr. Darlene Lake, (608) 785-8313
Adviser E-mail: lake.darl@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Kim Byrnes, (612) 770-7516
Primary Representative E-mail: byrnes.kimb@students.uwlax.edu
Sigma Delta Pi recognizes and promotes the academic excellence of those students who study Spanish as a foreign language. The La Crosse Chapter develops a sense of pride, respect, and appreciation of the written and spoken language and encourages other students of Spanish to improve their work towards membership. This organization has two initiation ceremonies per year. Once a year a $175 scholarship is awarded to a student who fulfills the requirements and is selected by a committee of professors and students.
Adviser: Dr. Sharon Jessee, 785-6942
Adviser E-mail: jessee.shar@uwlax.edu
Primary Representative: Ryan Resch, (608) 516-5588
Organization Email: alpha_nu_upsilon@yahoo.com
Sigma Tau Delta is an Honor Society Chapter for English here at UW-L for English majors and minors. Along with other English related activities, students can publicize their writing and knowledge through conferences and publishing their work in various academic publications.