Student Handbook 2016

Phi Beta Lambda is a national business organization. PBL’s mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through leadership development programs. As a member of PBL, you will build your resume, meet business leaders in the community, experience the rewards of community service and enjoy travel and special activities. Pi Delta Kappa is a professional association for current and future educators. PDK’s mission is to support education, particularly public education, as the cornerstone of democracy. Its vision is to be the experts in cultivating great educators for tomorrow while continuing to ensure high-quality education for today. Pi Gamma Mu is the largest international honor society in the social sciences. Chartered in 2001 at Bluefield College, the purpose of the society is to encourage excellence in the social sciences, to inspire an intelligent approach to social problems, and to promote mutual understanding among people of differing opinions. The society recognizes good scholarship and encourages it through enriching programs, a lectureship program, and student-faculty fellowship. Psi Chi is the national honor society in Psychology. The purpose of Psi Chi is to encourage, stimulate, and maintain excellence in scholarship, as well as to advance the science of Psychology. Sigma Beta Delta is an international honor society for students in Business, Management, and Administration at schools and colleges with regional accreditation. Membership is limited to business students ranked in the upper twenty percent of the junior and senior class and must be invited to membership by the faculty officers. The purposes of Sigma Beta Delta are to encourage and recognize scholarship and achievement among students of business, management, and administration, and to encourage the promote personal and professional improvement and a life distinguished by honorable service to mankind. Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society is one of the largest members of the Association of College Honor Societies. Its central purpose is to confer distinction upon students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies. Sigma Tau Delta also recognizes the accomplishments of professional writers who have contributed to the fields of language and literature. Theta Alpha Kappa is the only national honor society serving the needs of those involved in the study of religion and/or theology at both the baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate levels of higher education. Honoring excellence in these academic fields is its primary purpose, and it currently hosts over 200 local chapters throughout the United States at institutions both large and small, public and private. Bluefield College is home to the Alpha Beta Lambda chapter. Academic Honors and Awards Bluefield College awards students for their academic excellence in various ways including Graduation Honors, President’s list, Dean’s list, and Who’s Who. For more information, please refer to the Honors and Awards section of the 2012-2013 academic catalog located on the college website.

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