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The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) is a national non-profit academic honor society for college students in the United States.NSCS has active chapters at nearly 300 colleges and universities in the United States, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
"Honor Societies", illustration from the 1909 Tyee (yearbook of the University of Washington). In the United States, an honor society is an organization that recognizes individuals who rank above a set standard in various domains such as academics, leadership, and other personal achievements, not all of which are based on ranking systems.
Phi Theta Kappa originated from Kappa Phi Omicron, an honor society established at Stephens College in Missouri, a two-year college for women. As similar honor societies formed in Missouri, the college presidents and students of eight Missouri women's colleges came together in 1918 to create a single honor society—Phi Theta Kappa.
In 1929, the NHS furthered its reach by introducing the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) for middle school students. This expansion was complemented in 2008 with the creation of the National Elementary Honor Society , a collaboration between the NASSP and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), aimed at elementary ...
There are three types of elephants: the African forest elephant, the Asian elephant, and the African savanna (or bush) elephant. Elephants in the African savanna are larger than those in the ...
Starting a blog helped me document my experience and find solace. When I was diagnosed, I couldn’t find any information about some of the ins and outs of going through cancer treatment, beyond ...
New Orleans Saints tight end Taysom Hill is reportedly out for the rest of the season after suffering an ACL injury on Sunday, per multiple reports.
Golden Key National Honour Society was founded by James W. Lewis at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977. [2] The original intent of the society was to create a new academic honor organization that was the equal of longstanding honor societies such as Phi Beta Kappa, but which did not carry the same perceived elitism of older institutions, operating more strictly on merit ...