Psi Chi
The Union College Chapter PSI CHI,
The National Honor Society in Psychology
Founded December 1, 2004
The purpose of Psi Chi is to “encourage, stimulate, and maintain excellence in scholarship, and to advance the science of psychology.” Membership is open to undergraduate and graduate psychology students who are making psychology one of their major interests, and who meet the following minimum qualifications:
- Upper 35% of their respective classes in general scholarship, earn an overall cumulative GPA of at least 3.0, and also demonstrate superior scholarship in psychology by earning a GPA of at least 3.0 or better in psychology courses
- Major or minor standing in psychology
- Completion of at least three full college semesters and hours of psychology;
- High standards of personal behavior
- Two-thirds affirmative vote of active members present at a regular meeting of the chapter.
Psi Chi Induction Ceremony
PSI CHI serves two major goals: one immediate and visibly rewarding to the individual member, the other slower and more difficult to accomplish, but offering greater rewards in the long run. The first of these is the Society’s obligation to provide academic recognition to its inductees by the mere fact of membership. The second goal is the obligation of each of the Society’s local chapters to nurture the spark of that accomplishment by offering a climate congenial to members’ creative development.”
