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Start a Mortar Board chapter on your campus
 A Mortar Board chapter can be a great addition to your campus,
bringing together students that exemplify the ideals of scholarship,
leadership and service as an active, valuable organization who support their alma mater and contribute to campus life.
Why start a chapter?
- Mortar Board chapters provide leadership to their campus and contribute to their alma mater.
- Mortar Board members are presented with the unique opportunity to join a diverse group of students from vastly different disciplines and interests. Members are keenly aware that they are in league with intelligent and insightful students they may not have otherwise known.
- Mortar Board promotes lifelong service and encourages chapters to participate in projects that better their communities. Annually, members devote thousands of hours of service.
- Mortar Board members are first-rate seniors who are given the opportunity to join, hone their leadership skills and collectively affect campus life.
- Mortar Board is known as one of the few active honor societies that celebrates scholarship, leadership and service – traits that are highly attractive to future employers and graduate schools.
- Mortar Board is committed to the success of individual students, giving them opportunities to participate in national governance, as well as providing fellowship opportunities for postgraduate education.
Requirements
- The institution is baccalaureate degree-granting.
- The institution must be accredited by its regional accreditation association.
- There must be support of the institution’s administration, particularly its president and chief student affairs officer. Essential components for successful chapters are at least two advisors and an administrative liaison (may be faculty, staff, administrators) to work actively with the chapter. The institution must be able to demonstrate that it will welcome the leadership the Mortar Board chapter will provide to enhance campus life.
- Mortar Board will function as an honor society rather than an honorary. The difference is that while an honorary exists solely for the purpose of honoring its members, an honor society, although composed of members who have already distinguished themselves, continues to make significant contributions to college and community life.
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