OCC Offers More Opportunities to Distinguish Yourself as an Honors Student than Any Other College in California!

Click on "What's Honor at OCC All About" for important information.

 

You May Join One or More Honor Societies if you Qualify:  request a transcript review to find out which societies and at what correct level of membership you qualify to join.  Fill out our request form:  https://forms.gle/qkh5QJpvFX58dkn77 

 

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Keep Up with Honor Society Events and News: Add Any of the Honors CANVAS Sites to Your Dashboard

Just Click on the Society's logo below

(Joining the Canvas Page is NOT the same as applying for membership)

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Monday thru Thursday  12 noon -- 5 pm (holiday and other closures will be announced here or at Zoom login)
  

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To apply for membership in any of the honor societies:  

PLEASE complete and submit the General Information form plus the application(s) for one or more of the societies you wish to join using the links below. (Note: LInks are inactive at times when applications are not accepted:  March 16 - July 15 and October 31 - January 15).  All honor societies require the payment of membership fees, also called "dues."  Some OCC programs offer membership payment assistance to their students: EOPS, Student Equity, Guardian Scholars, Umoja, and CalWORKS must approve payments for their students before society memberships are fully activated at the end of the semester.  All applicants: please be sure you are using current application forms linked below and that you know which level of membership you qualify for. Not sure?  Ask us:  garrisonhonorscenter@occ.cccd.edu

 

GENERAL INFORMATION FORM:    https://forms.gle/Ra6yyARFXxZ2cJ4d6 

PAYMENT LINK AND QR CODE:   https://occtickets.universitytickets.com  

QR code to OCC Tickets for Honors Payments

Here is a brief summary of established honor societies at OCC. CURRENT students only (enrolled in OCC classes) may apply to one or more society memberships for which they qualify.  

THE FALL 2023 DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS IS OCTOBER 31

THE SPRING 2024 DEADLINE IS MARCH 15 

ABG logoALPHA BETA GAMMA – business honor society; national; focus on business success, management style, business ethics, etc.  Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard. President 2023-24: Ashkan Noori-Esfandiari:  anooriesfandiari@student.cccd.edu 

Apply to Alpha Beta Gamma    ABG_Application(PDF)

 

AGS logoALPHA GAMMA SIGMA – all study interests; California; focus on community and campus service. Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard. President: Haley Lewis: hlewis17@student.cccd.edu 

Apply to Alpha Gamma Sigma  AGS Application (PDF)

 

AMG logoALPHA MU GAMMA  – foreign language honor society; national; focus on the study of foreign languages and cultures, including English as a second language and sign language.  Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard.  President: VACANT

Apply to Alpha Mu Gamma   AMG Application (PDF)

 

HHO logo ETA ETA OMICRON  – marine science honor society; OCC campus-wide; focus on supporting improvements to the marine ecology, especially in Southern California. Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard. President:  Jennifer Robison  jrobison5@student.cccd.edu 

Apply to Eta Eta Omicron  EEO Application (PDF)

 

MAT logoMU ALPHA THETA – math honor society; national; focus on math literacy and competency, supporting math education on and off campus, celebrating math excellence among high school and college students.  Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard.  President: Jack D'Aiello  jdiaello@student.cccd.edu 

Apply to Mu Alpha Theta   MAT Application (PDF)

 

MDR logoMU DELTA RHO - pre-health professions honor society; OCC campus-wide; focus on preparation for transfer and graduate programs in medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and all allied-health professions. Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard.  President: Katie Doan  kdoan54@student.cccd.edu 

Apply to Mu Delta Rho:  MDR APPLICATION (PDF) 

 

NHTS logo

NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY HONOR SOCIETY  - focus on Career and Technical Education certificate programs.  Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard. President: Emma Kurcina  ekurcina@student.cccd.edu  

Apply to the National Technical Honor Society  NTHS Application (PDF)

  

OPS logoOMEGA PSI SIGMA – political science honor society; OCC campus-wide; focus on social issues, public policy, election law, related careers, and matters of interest to poli-sci, pre-law, and other related majors.  Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard.  President: Katy Fyvie:  kfyvie@student.cccd.edu 

Apply to Omega Psi Sigma:   OPS Application (PDF) 

 

Pam. Stack of book with graduation cap on a tablePHI ALPHA MU – social and behavioral sciences honor society; OCC campus-wide; focus on social issues and recognition of student excellence in the social/behavioral sciences. Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard.   (NO STUDENT OFFICERS)

Apply to Phi Alpha Mu  PAM Application (PDF)

 

PTK KeyPHI THETA KAPPA – all study interests; international; largest honor society for two-year colleges in the world; special scholarship opportunities for members and transfer-planning tools for members and non-members alike.  Special Note: Recipients of invitations to membership from PTK headquarters who will pay for their own memberships (not using EOPS, Student Equity, Guardian Scholars, or CalWORKS), may submit applications online directly to PTK headquarters until the deadline stated in the invitation. Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard. WEEKLY MEETINGS MONDAYS AT 6PM:   https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/83641946104   President: James Schwab   jschwab4@student.cccd.edu 

Apply to Phi Theta Kappa   PHTK Application (PDF)

 

PRS logo PI RHO SIGMA – music honor society; OCC campus-wide; focus on music and musicianship, music careers, etc.  Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard.  President: Diana Vu  dvu18@student.ccd.edu 

Apply to Pi Rho Sigma  PIRHO APPLICATION (PDF)

 

PTE Canvas PI TAU EPSILON - film and visual arts honor society; OCC campus-wide; focus on film, video, fine arts, photography. Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard.  President: Micah Inouye  jinouye@student.cccd.edu 

Apply to Pi Tau Epsilon   PITAUEP_APPLICATION (PDF)

 

Psi Beta logoPSI BETA – psychology honor society; national; focus on psychological issues and phenomena, careers in psychology, etc.  Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard. President: Emily Cao  ecao2@student.cccd.edu 

Apply to Psi Beta   PSIB Application (PDF)

 

SALUTE logoS.A.L.U.T.E. - veteran's honor society to recognize academic achievement and persistence. Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard. Veterans and Active Duty Reservists.  President: VACANT

Apply to SALUTE   SALUTE Application (PDF)

  

SCE LogoSIGMA CHI ETA – communications honor society; national; focus on academic excellence in communication studies. Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard.  President: VACANT

Apply to Sigma Chi Eta   SCE Application (PDF)

 

SKD Key logo SIGMA KAPPA DELTA – English honor society; national; focus  on humanity’s expressive imprint through literature and poetry. Click on our logo to add our Canvas site to your dashboard.  President: Sarah Arrosagaray  sarrosagaray@student.cccd.edu 

Apply to Sigma Kappa Delta:  SKD APPLICATION (PDF)

Students are welcome to request assistance with this process from the Garrison Honors Center