Honor Society - Public Administration
Pi Alpha Alpha
UIS has established a chapter of the national public administration honor society—Pi Alpha Alpha. Membership initiation dues are $50.00, which includes a membership certificate and pin. Interested? Read to see if you have what it takes to be a member!
Membership Criteria
Membership in PAA is limited to persons who demonstrate academic achievement in public affairs and administration program in NASPAA member schools and/or outstanding public service, and who fall within the following classes: student, alumni, faculty and honorary. All memberships are national memberships with a local chapter affiliation. All categories of membership enjoy the same rights and privileges.
The categories of membership are:
Undergraduate Student Memberships - Candidates for undergraduate degrees who rank in the upper ten percent (10%) of their graduating class may be inducted provided:
1. They have completed 15 semester hours of course work required for the public affairs or public administration major or its equivalent;
2. They have maintained an average grade of 3.5 on a scale of 4.0 in all courses in public affairs and public administration, and at least a 3.0 in all course work;
3. They have met the requirements of (a) and (b) above and are in at least the last semester or quarter of their junior year.
Transfer students who meet the qualifications for undergraduate membership may be inducted after they have completed a minimum of one full year of course work in the school or college to which they transfer and in which the chapter is located.
Masters Degree Student Memberships – Students may be inducted from among the master’s degree students in the department, institute, or school wherever the Pi Alpha Alpha chapter membership is based provided:
1. They have maintained a GPA of at least 3.7. A chapter may set higher GPA requirements if it chooses.
2. Master degree students must have completed at least fifty percent (50%) of the required course work (a minimum of 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours). A chapter may set a higher percent of completion if it chooses.
Doctoral Students - Doctoral students who meet the requirements for Pi Alpha Alpha masters degree student membership or who have completed all the requirements for the MPA or its equivalent, may be inducted without restriction as to number.
- E-mail Dr. Patrick Mullen at pmull2@uis.edu if you meet enrollment qualifications and would like to join. Checks should be made out to University of Illinois at Springfield and may be given to Dr. Mullen or Gael Carnes in PAC 420.
- More information is available at their Web site at http://www.naspaa.org/initiatives/honor.asp
