An Invitation to all Pace Undergraduate Nursing Students
In keeping with its motto “Opportunitas,” the mission of Pace University is to provide its students
with the opportunity to discover and fulfill their potential. At Pace University, supportive and
challenging programs prepare students for meaningful lives and successful careers in a rapidly
changing world. The University’s commitments combine respect for traditional academic values with
readiness to meet the challenges of the future with energy and innovation.
Pace University strives to foster intellectual growth, ethical maturity, civic responsibility, and
professionalism in specific disciplines. National honor societies play a vital role in advancing these
goals. All honor societies recognize academic excellence, promote scholarship, and enrich the
undergraduate educational experience. Members benefit from fellowship between students, faculty,
and active professionals. Honor societies are keys that open doors to graduate school, career
opportunities, and professional development. Membership in an honor society bestows honor,
recognition, and lifetime distinction. Honor societies keep members informed of changing
developments in their field through meetings and publications. Finally, members may be eligible for
scholarships offered by national honor societies that support special activities and undergraduate
and graduate school education.
Nursing Students are encouraged to strive to meet the eligibility requirements of the appropriate
honor societies listed in this booklet. For further information, please contact the society’s faculty
advisor.
ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA
National Honor Society for First-Year students
Mission: Founded in 1924, Alpha Lambda Delta is an honor society for students in their first year at an institution of
higher education. Alpha Lambda Delta's mission is to encourage superior academic achievement... to promote
intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning, and to assist students in recognizing and developing
meaningful goals for their unique roles in society. This prestigious honor society is a lifetime membership and
promotes high scholarship, service, integrity, and the use of education to benefit the world.
Requirements: Alpha Lambda Delta membership is limited to the top 20% of first-year students. Students must have a
3.50 GPA or higher to be invited to join at the end of their first semester.
Advisor (PLV): Cathy Raynis Meeker
Contact: E-mail: craynismeeker@pace.edu
Phone: 914-773-3756
National Website: http://www.nationalald.org/
ALPHA CHI
The National College Honor Scholarship Society
Mission: Alpha Chi is a general honor society that admits students from all academic disciplines. The purpose of this
honor society is to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students and to
honor those who achieve such distinction. Membership in Alpha Chi recognizes previous accomplishments and
provides opportunity for continued growth and service. Some 400 chapters, located in almost every state and in Puerto
Rico, induct more than 11,000 members annually. Alpha Chi is distinctive in that it involves members in all aspects of
its operation: chapter officer leadership, student representation on the National Council, local chapter event planning,
and presenting scholarly programs at regional and national conventions.
Requirements: Alpha Chi membership is limited to the top 10% of juniors and seniors. Students must have 60 credits
(at least 30 credits must be from Pace University) and a 3.50 GPA to be invited to join.
Advisor (PLV): Carl Malinowski
Contact: E-mail: cmalinowski@pace.edu
Phone: 914-773-3996
Advisor (NYC): Michael Rosenfeld
Contact: E-mail: mrosenfeld@pace.edu
Phone: 212-346-1285
National Website: www.harding.edu/alphachi/
GOLDEN KEY INTERNATIONAL HONOUR SOCIETY
Mission: Golden Key International Honour Society, founded 1977, recognizes and encourages scholastic achievement
and excellence among college and university students from all academic disciplines. Golden Key is a mission-focused,
values-based, and demographics-driven organization. With years of rich tradition, Golden Key remains committed to
scholarship, career development, leadership, and service.
Requirements: Golden Key International Honour Society requires a 3.5 QPA or higher and junior or senior status (64
credits or more competed).
Advisor (PLV): Christopher Walther
Contact: E-mail: cwalther@pace.edu
Phone: 914-773-3961
Advisor (NYC): Elizabeth Colon
Contact: E-mail: ecolon@pace.edu
Phone: 914-773-3347
National Website: www.goldenkey.org/
LAMBDA SIGMA
National Honor Society for Second-Year students
Mission: Lambda Sigma, a National Honor Society for second year students, is dedicated to the purpose of fostering
leadership, scholarship, fellowship, and services among its members as they promote the interests of the colleges and
universities they represent.
Requirements: Students inducted into Lambda Sigma must have a GPA higher than a 3.5, and must demonstrate
leadership potential and a strong record of service to their community.
Advisor (PLV): Vinnie Birkenmeyer
Contact: E-mail: vbirkenmeyer@pace.edu
Phone: 914-923-2791
Advisor (NYC): Michael Verdino
Contact: E-mail: mverdino@pace.edu
Phone: (212) 346-1219
National Website: www.lambdasigma.org/
SIGMA THETA TAU
The International Honor Society of Nursing
Mission: Sigma Theta Tau International honors those who demonstrate a personal commitment to nursing excellence.
Sigma Theta Tau is committed to fostering excellence, scholarship, and leadership in nursing to improve health care
worldwide. The Society promotes the use of nursing research in health care delivery and makes its resources available
to all people and institutions interested in the latest knowledge in nursing care. Members are committed to providing
the latest research, information, and technology in nursing science, and are instrumental in the profession’s scientific
journey toward improved patient care.
Requirements: Sigma Theta Tau International is for undergraduate and graduate nursing students. Undergraduate
students must complete half of the nursing curriculum, have a GPA of at least 3.0, and rank in the upper 35 % of their
class. RN students must complete 12 credits at Pace University, complete half of the nursing curriculum, have a
minimum GPA of 3.0, and rank in the upper 35 % of their class. Graduate students must complete one quarter of the
nursing curriculum and have a minimum GPA of 3.5.
Advisor (PLV): Esma Paljevic
Contact: E-mail: epaljevic@pace.edu
Phone: 212-618-6012
National Website: www.nursingsociety.org
Nursing students minoring in Psychology or Biology, should explore the Honor Societies below:
PSI CHI
The International Honor Society in Psychology
Mission: Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging,
stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open
to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests,
and who meet the minimum qualifications. Psi Chi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is an
affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS).
Requirements: For Psi Chi undergraduate admission, students must be at least a second semester sophomore and have
a major or minor in the psychology program or a program in nature that is equivalent to a psychology major. They must
also have completed 9 credits of psychology courses and have a GPA that is in the top 35% of their class, a 3.0 GPA
overall and a 3.0 GPA in psychology. Transfer students must have at least 12 credits completed at Pace University.
Advisor (PLV): Sara Juncaj
Contact: Email: sjuncaj@pace.edu
Phone: 914-773-3011
Advisor (NYC): Mercedes McCormick
Contact: Email: mmccormick2@pace.edu
Phone: 212-346-1506
Advisor (NYC): Richard Velayo
Contact: Email: rvelayo@pace.edu
Phone: 212-346-1506
National Website: www.psichi.org
BETA BETA BETA
The National Biology Honor Society
Mission: Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) is a society for students dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation
of biological study and extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research. Since its founding in
1922, more than 175,000 students have been accepted into lifetime membership, and more than 430 chapters have been
established throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
Requirements: Beta Beta Beta membership is limited to students with upper sophomore status, juniors, and seniors.
Students must be in good academic standing and have completed at least 3 courses in biological sciences, of which at
least one is not an introductory course, with an average grade of B in those Biology courses.
Advisor (PLV): Jack Horne
Contact:E-mail: jhorne@pace.edu
Phone:914-773-3513
Advisor (NYC): Erica Kipp
Contact: E-mail: ekipp@pace.edu
Phone: 212-346-1373
National Website: No national website