Honor Societies
Alpha Beta Gamma Honor Society
Alpha Beta Gamma is an International Business Honor Society established in 1970 to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year colleges students in business curricula. The society’s purpose is to nurture academic excellence among community, junior, and technical college students enrolled in a business program, to provide opportunity for leadership training, to foster an intellectual climate for ideas and ideals, and to imbue scholars with desire for continuing education.
The requirements for membership in Blue Ridge’s Nu Alpha Chapter of Alpha Beta Gamma are:
- have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above;
- be enrolled in a business or business-related program;
- have completed at least 15 semester hours in a business or business-related program at BRCC.
Qualified students receive a letter of invitation to join the honor society at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Phi Theta Kappa is a national honor society for community colleges. The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa is to recognize and to encourage scholarship among associate degree students.
The requirements for membership in Blue Ridge’s Alpha Xi Xi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa are:
- have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or above for induction, and must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.25 thereafter;
- be enrolled in a degree program;
- have completed at least 12 semester hours in a degree program at BRCC.
Qualified students receive a letter of invitation to join the honor society at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters.