The Honor Society of Jesuit Colleges and Universities since 1915

What is Alpha Sigma Nu?

Alpha Sigma Nu is the national honor society of Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States. The society was founded in 1915 at Marquette University to honor a select number of students each year on the basis of scholarship, loyalty and service. Alpha Sigma Nu merged with Gamma Pi Epsilon in 1973 and now has active chapters on all 30 Jesuit campuses and theologates in the United States and at Sogang University in Seoul, Korea, initiating some 1,500 new members each year.

A Brief History

Jesuit colleges and universities were not yet coeducational when Alpha Sigma Nu was founded in 1915. the society, known as Alpha Sigma Tau until 1930, spread from Marquette to Creighton University, to St. Louis University and to the University of Detroit in its first decade. By 1924 Marquette University had become coeducational and Gamma Pi epsilon was founded to honor outstanding women. Alpha Sigma Nu and Gamma Pi Epsilon pursued separate but similar paths for almost 50 years, expanding nationally and cooperating on campuses where they existed together. The society born of their merger in 1973 is open to men and women at the 28 Jesuit colleges and universitities in the United States, two graduate schools of theology, and Sogang University in Seoul, Korea.

Alpha Sigma Nu is unique among honor societies in that it seeks to identify the most promising students of the Jesuit schools who demonstrate an intelligent appreciation of and commitment to the ideals of Jesuit higher education - intellectual, social, moral and religious. Selection to Alpha Sigma Nu is one of the highest honors that can be given on a Jesuit campus.

Who is Eligible to Join?

Juniors, seniors and students in graduate and professional schools who rank in the top 15 percent of their classes may be considered for membership. Each chapter can nominate no more than 4 percent of the junior and senior classes from each school or college of a university. The method of selection varies from campus to campus, but is based always on scholarship, loyalty and service. Chapters may also initiate honorary members, persons who are not students in the school but who display the outstanding qualities sought in Alpha Sigma Nu members.

What are the Chapter Activities?

Activities vary from chapter to chapter. Some ASN chapters have long-standing traditions of activity in such areas as orientation programs, tutoring services, honors convocations, leaderships conferences, seminars, lecture series, outstanding teacher awards, reports to the university administration and community service.

Other Chapters limit activity to the annual selection and initiation of new members, recognizing those who prove themselves outstanding in their other campus activities.

What Is Expected?

Acceptance into Alpha Sigma Nu is recognition that the student has achieved a high level of academic accomplishment and also shown leadership by embodying, in word and deed, the values of service to others and loyalty to the ideals and goals of Jesuit education. ASN members promise to continue to do so throughout their lives.

ASN alumni participate in community and national activities as individuals and through alumni chapters.

What is the Cost?

The initiation fee, which covers the cost of the Alpha Sigma Nu pin, certificate and graduation medallion, is paid by Regis University. There are no national dues but Alpha Sigma Nu members are generous in their support of the society through the Annual Sustaining Fund, which supports scholarships, National Book Awards, and the administration of the society.

Chapter Roll

Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	1939
Canisius College	Buffalo, NY	1955
College of the Holy Cross	Worcester, MA	1940
*Creighton University	Omaha, NE	1921
Fairfield University	Fairfield, CT	1961
Fordham University	Bronx, NY	1982
Georgetown University	Washington, D.C.	1950
Gonzaga University	Spokane, WA	1939
Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	1993
John Carroll University	Cleveland, OH	1939
Le Moyne College	Syracuse, NY	1951
Loyola College in Maryland	Baltimore, MD	1942
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, CA	1939
Loyola University Chicago	Chicago, IL	1938
Loyola University New Orleans	New Orleans, LA	1936
*Marquette University	Milwaukee, WI	1915
Regis University	Denver, CO	1966
*Rockhurst College	Kansas City, MO	1953
St. Joseph's University	Philadelphia, PA	1939
St. Louis University	St. Louis, MO	1923
St. Peter's College	Jersey City, NJ	1967
Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, CA	1942
Seattle University	Seattle, WA	1940
Sogang University	Santa Clara, CA	1942
Spring Hill College	Mobile, AL	1937
University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit, MI	1924
University of San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	1941
Weston Jesuit School of Theology	Cambridge, MA	1993
Xavier University	Cincinnati, OH	1939

* Alumni chapter membership includes all Alpha Sigma Nu and Gamma Pi Epsilon alumni in the chapter's geographic area.

For more information about Alpha Sigma Nu at Regis University, please contact faculty advisor or your dean.

National Office
ALPHA SIGMA NU, INC.
Marquette University
P. O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Phone: 414-288-7542
http://www.marquette.edu/dept/ASN/

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