Honor and Recognition Societies

• Marketing Honor Society
• Founded in Chicago, Illinois, Spring 1981
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1988

Purpose

To acknowledge outstanding scholastic achievement on a highly competitive basis.

Eligibility

American Marketing Association with a 3.5 or higher GPA, Marketing Majors with Senior Status.

Advisor

• Bob Vevang

New Inductees

• Emily Bernardo
• Alexander Eddy
• Dana Fritz
• Bailey Joachim
• Klaudia Piechocka
• Eleni Revel
• Barbrianna Russo
• Wiktoria Sitko

• Foreign Language Honor Society
• Founded at Los Angeles City College in 1931
• Active Chapters: 316
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1978

Purpose

To recognize achievement in the field of foreign language study; to stimulate a desire for linguistic attainment; to encourage a continuing interest in the study of foreign languages, literature, civilizations; and to foster sympathetic understanding of other peoples.

Eligibility

Students must offer at least two grades of A in college-level courses in a specific foreign language and have a B average overall.

Advisor

• Dr. Beatriz Gómez Acuña

New Inductees

• Sofia Batala                   Spanish
• Elizabeth Garcia            Spanish
• Sonja Gill                      French
• Natalia Gonzalez           Spanish
• Mahek Javed                 Spanish
• Monserrat Lopez           Spanish
• Giselle Mello                 Spanish
• Mia Merrell                   Spanish
• Tania Musso                 Spanish
• Melanie Rogel               Spanish
• Olivia Reamer               Spanish
• Madison Rivera             Spanish
• Valeria Uribe                 Spanish

Honorary Inductees

Faculty

• Professor Vania Adams (School of Business)

Community Members

• Sandra Michelau (French)
• Mary Odwazny (Spanish)
• Richard Odwazny (Spanish)

• Criminal Justice Honor Society
• Founded in Washington State in 1942
• Chapters: More than 500 nationwide

Purpose

To honor and promote academic excellence, community service, educational leadership, and unity.

Eligibility

A 3.2 GPA overall and in criminal justice courses for students who have completed four courses.

Advisor

• Andrea Krieg

New Inductees

• Giana Aiello
• Mary Brown
• Ivanna Correa
• Emma Garrett
• Noreidy Gomez
• Morgan James
• Justyna Kiluk
• Zeel Mody
• Corinna Salmon
• Mikayla Zinkel

• Continuing Education Honor Society
• Founded at Northwestern University, December 1945
• Active Chapters: 300
• Elmhurst University Chapter (part of the Mu Lambda Chapter) Established in September 2003

Purpose

Dedicated to the advancement of scholarship and recognition of high scholastic achievement in an adult student’s career. By doing so, this Society encourages students to continue toward and to earn associate and baccalaureate degrees. Through leadership born of effort, both scholastically and fraternally, it inspires its candidates to give of their strengths to their fellow students and communities through their academic achievements. To the newcomer in higher education, it stands as an inspiration to scholastic growth and an invitation to associate with similarly motivated students.

Eligibility

Members must be matriculated and have a minimum of twenty-four graded semester hours or the equivalent and shall be matriculated students in an undergraduate degree program. These college credits must not include transfer credits. At least twelve of the student’s total credit should be earned in the Liberal Arts/Sciences. Transfer credits may be used to meet this requirement.

Members should be selected for the highest twenty percent of the class who has twenty-four graded credits and are matriculated in an undergraduate degree program. Students must have a minimum grade-point average of 3.2 on 4.0 scale or its equivalent.

Advisor

• Kimberly Lawler-Sagarin

New Inductees

• Biology Honor Society
• Founded at Oklahoma City University, 1922
• Active Chapters: 256
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1965

Purpose

To promote interest in and further the objectives of the biological sciences by reserving membership for college students who have met certain scholastic standards and completed a required amount of work in biology.

Eligibility

Open to students who are biology majors and have completed at least three courses in biology with an average GPA of 3.0.

Officers

• President: Allyson Swanson
• Vice President: Jacob Bishop
• Treasurer: Faith Geevarghese
• Secretary: Rachel Rios

Advisor

• Patrick Mineo

New Inductees

• No new inductees for 2021, 2022 or 2023.

Active Members

• Jordyn Martinez
• Olivia Hottman
• Moises Gomez
• Hamdan Khan
• Emily Collins
• Ella Riley
• Tayem Qaqish
• Sameer Khan

• Business Administration Honor Society
• Founded at New York University, November 13, 1913
• Active Chapters: 150
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1963

Purpose

To promote higher scholarship in training for business and to recognize and reward scholastic attainment in business subjects.

Eligibility

Student membership must be selected from the top 20 percent of their total class in cumulative grades. Membership is restricted to business or commerce students of good character, day or evening division, who are candidates for the baccalaureate degree, who have completed at least one half of the work required, and who have achieved an average cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better out of 4.0.

Advisor

• Eric Sanders

New Inductees

• Mikaela Armstrong
• Ann Marie Bieda
• Brian Anthony Burke
• Raul Contreras
• Perla Delgado
• Martin Diaz
• Anahi Estrada
• Ali Bridget Falcone
• Joyce Fang
• Christian J. Gleba
• Tanja Gllafce
• Rob Grant
• Crystal Herrera
• Jacqueline Sophia Hurst
• Joseph Salvatore Ingratta
• Giovanni Jimenez
• Fariyal Khan
• Catherine Bisain Ligeza
• Ethan Charles Mason
• Natalie Anne McAvoy
• Serena Moldovan
• Michenzie Munger
• Venezia Munoz
• Gabriela Orlando
• Hilary Perez
• Giselle Sanchez-Guerrero
• Stephanie Santamaria
• Emma Siegfried
• Alexa Simonsis
• Nicholas R. Villarreal

• Luca Ferrantelli

• Jonathan Mueller

• International Education Honor Society
• Founded at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, March 8, 1911
• Active Chapters: 418
• Elmhurst Tau Nu Chapter Established May 7, 1993

Purpose

To recognize sound scholarship, commendable personal qualities, worthy educational ideals, and outstanding contributions to education.

Eligibility

Undergraduate members are students preparing to be certified to teach with at least sophomore standing and a GPA of 3.25 or higher.

Officers

• Co-Presidents: Katherine Lacey, Jenna Melville
• Vice President: Rachel Wallace
• Secretary: Maggie Wojtowicz
• Membership Chair: Joslyn Galeaz
• Historian: Daniela Ruelas
• SGA Legislator: Cassandra Diaz

Advisor

• Lisa Burke
• Linda Dauksas

New Inductees

• Nausheen Ajmeri
• Angelina Andreozzi
• Macaiah Brown
• Jaqueline Carrera
• Alexa Coglianese
• Emily Cuevas
• Andrew Fapp
• Jazmin Galan
• Julian Gonzalez
• Analy Gutierrez
• Sarah Hansen
• Jonathan Hilario
• Marisol Hernandez
• Gabriella Leon
• Natalia Maniak
• Julia Markowski
• Caitlin Pettino
• Giavanna Pope
• Katherin Sommer
• Yessenia Sotelo Luna
• Hailey Tannheimer
• Alexander Velazquez
• Avery Winking
• Isabella Wrote

• Communications Studies Honor Society
• Founded at the University of Arkansas in 1985 (became a part of the National Communication Association in 1988 and the association’s official honor society in July 1995)
• Active chapters: More than 400 at four-year colleges and universities worldwide
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 2003

Purpose

Lambda Pi Eta represents what Aristotle described in his book Rhetoric, as the three ingredients of persuasion: Logos (Lambda) meaning logic, Pathos (Pi) relating to emotion, and Ethos (Eta) defined as character credibility and ethics.

The Six Goals of Lambda Pi Eta

1. Recognize, foster, and reward outstanding scholastic achievement in communication studies
2. Stimulate interest in the field of communication
3. Promote and encourage professional development among communication majors
4. Provide an opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas in the field of communication
5. Establish and maintain closer relationships between faculty and students
6. Explore options for graduate education in communication studies

Eligibility

Membership privileges are extended to those students who have completed at least 15 course credits, three course credits in communication, and who have maintained a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 overall and 3.25 in communication courses.

Advisor

• Tom Salek

New Members

• Natalie Aquino
• Diana D’Astice
• Itzel De La Torre
• Joseph De Luca
• Fernanda Diaz
• Anahi Estrada
• Gianna Failla
• Sophia Haraus
• Elizabeth Michniak
• Clairissa Moloczyj
• Lily Morgan
• Emma Siegfried
• Alexa Simonsis
• Bethany Simpson
• Samay Verma
• Heather Vesely

• Music Recognition Society
• Founded at Elmhurst University as a local music recognition society on October 29, 1981

Purpose

It shall be the purpose of the organization to be recognized as a music recognition society; to promote a high level of academic achievement in music courses; to encourage participation and attendance at Elmhurst University music events; to recognize outstanding academic achievement and excellence in music performance at Elmhurst University; and to make available to members the opportunity for professional development.

Eligibility

Members shall be music majors or minors with 10 hours in music courses (2.5 courses), have completed 2 semesters at Elmhurst University (1 semester for transfer students), maintain a minimum 3.50 grade point average in music and a 3.25 grade point average overall, be in good standing with the music department, and shall have accepted an invitation for membership.

Officers

• President: Charlie Rossi
• Vice President: Paulina Walczak
• Secretary: Lissette Hernandez
• Treasurer: Noah Christiansen

Advisor

• David DeVasto

New Inductees

• Zayd Acevedo
• Cassadie Comiskey
• Andrew Fapp
• Lissette Hernandez
• Sebastian Martinez
• Ethan Soltys
• Paulina Walczak

•  Leadership and Scholarship Honor Society
• Founded at Washington and Lee University, December 3, 1914.
• Active Circles: 219
• Elmhurst Circle established 1976

Purpose

To recognize and encourage exemplary character and superior quality in scholarship and leadership and join with faculty members on a basis of mutual interest, understanding, and service. Membership is as much an obligation and responsibility as it is a mark of highest distinction and honor.

Eligibility

Membership is awarded to junior and senior students on the basis of character and eligibility in five pillars of campus life: academics and research, athletics, service to campus and community, communications, and creative and performing arts. Faculty and alumni members are chosen on the basis of character, distinguished attainments in college and community life, and consecration to democratic ideals. Students may be selected from the graduate and postgraduate professional schools. (Honorary members are selected honoris causa by a circle of the Society).

Advisors

• Michael Bryant
• Sarah Strom Kays

• Psychology Honor Society
• Founded at Yale University, September 4, 1929
• Active Chapters: 588
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1965

Purpose

To advance the science of psychology; and to encourage, stimulate and maintain scholarship of the individual members in all fields.

Eligibility

For active student membership, the student must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and must have completed at least three semesters of college work, and nine semester hours of psychology. He or she must be registered for major or minor standing in psychology. Students must rank in the upper 35 percent of their class in general scholarship and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5. Students must demonstrate superior scholarship in psychology earning a minimum GPA in psychology courses of 3.5.

Advisor

• Liz Majka

Fall 2023 Psi Chi Inductees

• Grace Anderson
• Karolina Biskup
• Gianluca Di Nunno
• Megan Engstrom
• Anahi Galindo Rodriguez
• Tyler Garza
• Christopher Gonzalez Ruiz
• Alessia Guglielmi
• Ansley Hirth
• Gillian Husack
• Fariyal Khan
• Nicole Kudlacz
• Susan Martinez
• Brianna Migaczewski
• Maia Paderon
• Kali Phillips
• Muniba Shafi
• Anahi Galindo Rodriguez

Spring 2024 Psi Chi Inductees

• Armina Avera
• Anishmah Banu
• Elizabeth Barnes
• Gabriela Bonilla
• Leah Fallon
• Alejandra Galvan
• Morgan Keller
• Alexandra Kiriakopoulos
• Izabella Krolicki
• Monserrat Lopez
• Katelyn Matrise
• Erin McArdle
• Kayla Bella Mitria
• Saba Mohiuddin
• Viviane Motta de Mello
• Kaitlin Mungia
• Paige Pariso
• Jenna Rekart
• Jessica Silva
• Josiah Varghese
• Marisa Brown
• Angela Gallo-Birkley
• Kellyn Kennedy
• Michelle Rihani

• Founded at Southwestern College in Kansas in 1924
• Active Chapters: 150
• Illinois XI Chapter established in 1962

Purpose

To encourage and promote excellence in the social sciences and to uphold the ideals of scholarship and service.

Officers

• President: Emily Navarro
• Secretary: Constance Mixon

New Inductees

• Armina Avera
• Anishmah Banu
• Ann Bieda
• Diana D’Astice
• Joseph De Luca
• Megan Engstrom
• Andrew Fapp
• Alejandra Galvan
• Emma Garrett
• Calvin Greene
• Morgan Keller
• Kellyn Kennedy
• Fariyal Khan
• Izabella Krolicki
• Leandro Lambert
• Carlos Maldonado
• Nora Mangan
• Elaine Manning
• Saba Mohiuddin
• Jenna Rekart
• Emma Wasilk
• Riley Whittenhall
• Ana Zaragoza
• Mikayla Zinkel

• All Academic Fields Honor Society
• Founded at University of Maine, 1897.
• Active Chapters: 275
• Elmhurst Chapter established 1977

Purpose

To recognize and encourage superior scholarship and good character in all academic disciplines of the University, to honor those who have achieved such excellence, and to stimulate others to strive for it.

Eligibility

Seniors in the top 10% percent of the class may be elected; most chapters elect fewer than this. Students in the top 7.5% percent of class may be elected in their junior year.

Fall 2024 Officers:

• President: Colleen Munro-Leighton
• Secretary: Bridget O’Rourke
• Treasurer: Gina Patten
• Public Relations Office: Rev. H. Scott Matheney
• Awards & Grant Coordinator: Mary Kay Mulvaney
• Executive Assistant: Lisa Hartley
• Student Representatives: Kaseyleen Bernardo, Ambrozia Itellari

Faculty and Staff Initiates:

• Avraham I. Baranes
• Laura Bjerga
• Erika Anne Kroll McCombs

New Inductees

• Giana Aiello
• Theresa Alberth
• Doris Anton
• Armina Avera
• Madison Breck
• Ayanna Brown
• Emily Chan
• Noah Christiansen
• Blake Curtis
• Cassandra Diaz
• Erin Evans
• Olivia Feldkamp
• Jocelyn Filiyaro
• Josie Finney
• Alejandra Galvan
• Sarah Hansen
• Grace Heisen
• Eaden Hvarre
• Tyler Keane
• Izabella Krolicki
• Abigail Kunz
• Saba Mohiuddin
• Viviane Motta De Mello
• Firas Mustafa
• Katherine Nalley
• Olivia Reamer
• Zoe Renee Rodriguez
• Victor Rogowski
• Daniela Ruelas
• Corinna Salmon
• Jessica Sanderson
• Davis Schuller
• Marvin Tchangwa
• Nicholas Villarreal
• Dominika Zak

Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship Chapter Nominee

• Ambrozia Itellari

• Mathematics Honorary Society
• Founded at Syracuse University in 1914
• Active Chapters: 330
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1986

Purpose

To promote scholarship and mathematics.

Eligibility

Students must have at least one year of college mathematics beyond calculus, have a B average in mathematics, and rank in the top one-third of the class.

Officers

• President: Troy E. Mock Jr.

Advisor

• Dr. Catherine Crawford

New Inductees

• Leah E. Haft
• Troy E. Mock Jr.
• Anna Tracz
• Alfredo Mojica-Juarez

• National Political Science Honorary Society
• Founded at the University of Texas in 1920.
• Active Chapters: 621
• Elmhurst Chapter established in 2006

Purpose

To stimulate scholarship and intellectual interest in political science and promote worthwhile curricular and extracurricular activities related to political science.

Eligibility

Students must be juniors who have completed 10 semester hours in political science including one upper-level course with no grade lower than B and have a cumulative GPA in the upper one-third of their class.

Advisor

• Dr. Mary Walsh
• New Inductees
• Joseph Deluca
• Matthew Nigro

New Inductees

• Joseph Deluca
• Matthew Nigro

• Nursing Honor Society
• Founded at Indiana University in 1922
• Active Chapters: 221
• Elmhurst Chapter Established in 1982

Purpose

To recognize superior achievement and leadership qualities, to foster high professional standards, to encourage scholarly work and research, and to strengthen individual commitment to the ideals and purposes of the profession.

Eligibility

Junior and senior nursing students who have demonstrated superior scholastic achievement and evidence of professional leadership potential. Also eligible are full-time faculty members and nurses in the community who have received a baccalaureate or higher degree and have shown achievement in the nursing field.

UNDERGRADUATE CRITERIA: Each undergraduate candidate for membership is required to meet the criteria for the undergraduate category of membership. Undergraduate students are required to have completed half of the nursing curriculum, have at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 grading scale, rank in the upper 35% of the graduating class, and meet the expectation of academic integrity.

GRADUATE CRITERIA: Each graduate (master’s or doctoral) candidate for membership is required to meet the criteria for the graduate category of membership. Graduate students are required to have completed one-quarter of the required graduate curriculum, have at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 grading scale or its equivalent, and meet the expectation of academic integrity.

NURSE LEADER CRITERIA: A nurse leader is eligible for membership if the leader is a registered nurse, legally recognized to practice in his/her country with a minimum of a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent in any field, and has demonstrated achievement in nursing.

Officers

• President: Laury Westbury
• Vice President: Molly Taylor
• Secretary: Ms. Kimberly Pawlowski
• Treasurer: Dr. Penny Reiss
• Treasurer Elect: Professor Sara Mulka
• Faculty Counselor: Professor Laura Brennan
• Convention Delegate: Dr. Ruth Schumacher

New Inductees

• Helen Abioye
• Kayla Mae Anderson
• Nancy Andino
• Josie Ann Babicz
• Melissa A. Bartels
• Kyasi Kayla Elise R. Bayani
• Cynthia Mendoza Belen
• Kaseyleen Fababaer Bernardo
• Lily Brooks
• Ayanna Janae’ Brown
• Sonia Caban
• Gabriella Marie Cardinale
• Haley Nicole Carpenter                    
• Pey Shyan Choong
• Brenna Daley
• Bridget Sandra Devaney
• Emily Diaz
• Maria Hailey Di Gerlando
• Soline Dikranian
• Anta Diop
• Grace Emerson Drianane
• Samuel Hart Driver
• Ibukun Durosanya
• Arabelle A. Esperanza
• Erin Evans
• Zachary Favia
• Jocelyn Samani Filiyaro
• Julianne Elizabeth Finley
• Brianna Marie Froehling
• Hannah Gajewski
• Kristin Gemkow
• Isabella Chiara Giordano
• Amanda Hagan
• Alaisia Dominique Hunt
• Valerie Jean Johnson
• Hannah Leigh Jones
• Jessica Ellen Joseph
• Brett Patrick Kentnich
• Safiya Khatoon
• Katelynn Faith Klunder
• Delilah Lewerenz
• Aoife Lyons
• Nicole Elizabeth Lyskawka
• Angelina Diana Manfredini
• Jessica Eleanor Marszalek
• Abigail Mathew
• Lali Mekvevrishvili
• Brianna Nicole Migaczewski
• Mina Mizoguchi
• Ashley Kira Moran
• Lillia Mrza
• Morgan Maryal Mueller
• Kaitlin Mae Mungia
• Alitza Munoz
• Katherine Lynn Nejdl
• Maegan Christine Nero
• Amanda Nicole Notter
• Temitope Ogunkoya
• Megan Marie Owens
• Brittia M. Parker
• Heather Marie Pendleton
• Len Lee Phuong
• Jessica Constance Prosser
• Amanda Przybylski
• Emily Therese Reilly
• Michelle Amy Rihani                                 
• Yolanda Rivera
• Danielle Otto Rivers
• Jacqueline Jane Robertson
• Zoe Renee Durana Rodriguez
• Emily Ross
• Annika Rachel Ruppert
• Katarzyna Maria Sadowska
• Alondra Sainz
• Sarah Eileen Schwacher
• Sheila Marie Himpesao Sestoso
• Catherine Sewoyeba
• BreAnna Lee Skinner
• Arisbel Pauline Solis
• Denise Sotelo
• Anastasia Spenos
• Holly Stark
• Tyrnnon Kayla Steffen
• Taylor Anne Tenaglio
• Miguel Angel Torres
• Josiah Jacob Varghese
• Anna Joy Vickery
• Lindsey Reed Vierow
• Julissa Villegas
• Veronica Sofija Wegner
• Jennifer Frances Weitzel
• Jessica Wolf
• Dominika Zak
• Cynthia Brianna Zaragoza

Masters Students Inducted as Undergraduates

• no one for 2024

• English Honor Society
• Founded at Dakota Wesleyan University, 1924
• Active Chapters: More than 450
• Elmhurst University Chapter established in 1973

Purpose

To confer distinction for high achievement in undergraduate, graduate and professional studies in English language and literature; to provide cultural stimulation on college campuses through its local chapters; to furnish community interest within English departments through its local chapters; to impose upon members high citizenship responsibilities; and to encourage creative and critical writing.

Eligibility

Undergraduate students must have either a major, minor, or area of specialization in English; must have completed two English courses beyond their freshman writing requirements; they must maintain at least a 3.2 GPA overall and a 3.5 in English. New students are inducted in the fall term of each year.

Officers

• President: Alyssa DiVarco
• Vice President: Ashley Rushing
• Secretary-Treasurer: Giana Aiello

Advisor

• Dr. Bridget O’Rourke

New Inductees

• Giana Aiello
• Alyssa DiVarco
• Chloe Greenbauer
• Evelynn Hvarre 
• Alexis Rizos
• Ashley Rushing

• Religious Studies and Theology Honor Society
• Founded at Elmhurst University as a local chapter (Alpha Delta Zeta) in 1998

Purpose

To recognize, maintain and nourish excellence in theological and religious studies within baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate degree programs, and within the academic profession of these studies. The Society promotes such excellence by encouraging theological research, teaching, publications and exchange of learning among scholars. It seeks to bring students, teachers, and other theological scholars together intellectually and socially.

Eligibility

Open to both students and professors. Students must have completed a minimum of two semesters at Elmhurst University; completed a minimum of twelve credit hours in the Department of Religious Studies; have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 for all college courses; and a GPA of at least 3.5 for religious studies courses.

Advisor

• Dr. Andrew Das

New Inductees

• No new inductees for 2021-2022

• National Theatre Honor Society
• Founded in 1919 at the National Association of the Teachers of Speech in Chicago
• Active Chapters: 38
• Elmhurst University Chapter Established in 1967

Purpose

To increase interest, stimulate creativeness, and foster artistic achievement in all of the allied arts and crafts of the theatre.

Eligibility

Students must successfully meet a prescribed minimum of experience in design, technical work, stage management, directing and/or performance in plays, and a GPA of 2.75.

Officers

• President: Linnea Grooms
• Vice President: Rebecca Munoz

Advisors

• Professor Janice Pohl
• Professor Alan Weiger

New Inductees

Spring 2022

• Emma Byrne
• Claire Christie
• Jenna Melville
• Kevin Patrick

Fall 2021

• Amber Bretana
• Alexis Colatorti
• Bridget Delaney
• Matt Dumz
• Angelina Hermiz
• Ashley Liljeberg