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Rho Chi
Rho Chi (ΡΧ) is an international honor society for pharmaceutical sciences. It was founded on May 19, 1922, to "encourage high scholastic achievement and fellowship among students in pharmacy and to promote the pharmaceutical sciences".
The organization evolved from the Aristolochite Society which had been established at the University of Michigan as a local honor society in 1908. Discussion of national expansion began in 1917, met with urging at that same time from pharmacy faculty, which resulted in a second chapter of Aristolochite being established in 1919 at what is now Oregon State University, and a third at the University of Oklahoma. The Society adopted the name Rho Chi Society that year, with the grant of a charter from the State of Michigan. Further support was provided by an American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties committee chaired by Zada Mary Cooper in 1920–1921. In a show of support for the new honor society, Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Chi provided substantial support for Rho Chi. Rho Chi's first president, vice-president and treasurer had all been members of Phi Delta Chi, the Professional Pharmaceutical Sciences Fraternity, also established at Michigan.
The society grew slowly at first, with eight chapters by 1927, and ten more over the next five years. Expansion continued more rapidly, resulting in a chapter count of 110 as of 2014, and 128 by 2019 (according to the society's website).
Rho Chi Society was admitted to membership in the Association of College Honor Societies, or ACHS, in 1947.
Government is by convention, held annually in conjunction with the meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
The 1991 edition of Baird's Manual noted the Society had 46,500 initiates, while by 2019 ACHS records note 113,646 initiates.
The Society has established 140 chapters since 1922, most of which remain active.
Undergraduates eligible for election as active members of a chapter must have completed a minimum of 75 hours of scholastic work, be ranked in the upper 20 percent of their class, and have attained a scholastic average equivalent to the second highest letter grade. They must also show a "capacity for achievement in the science and art of pharmacy as evidenced by character, personality and leadership." Provisions are made for graduate students and faculty to join, with the intent that chapters encourage all levels of membership.
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Rho Chi
Rho Chi (ΡΧ) is an international honor society for pharmaceutical sciences. It was founded on May 19, 1922, to "encourage high scholastic achievement and fellowship among students in pharmacy and to promote the pharmaceutical sciences".
The organization evolved from the Aristolochite Society which had been established at the University of Michigan as a local honor society in 1908. Discussion of national expansion began in 1917, met with urging at that same time from pharmacy faculty, which resulted in a second chapter of Aristolochite being established in 1919 at what is now Oregon State University, and a third at the University of Oklahoma. The Society adopted the name Rho Chi Society that year, with the grant of a charter from the State of Michigan. Further support was provided by an American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties committee chaired by Zada Mary Cooper in 1920–1921. In a show of support for the new honor society, Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Chi provided substantial support for Rho Chi. Rho Chi's first president, vice-president and treasurer had all been members of Phi Delta Chi, the Professional Pharmaceutical Sciences Fraternity, also established at Michigan.
The society grew slowly at first, with eight chapters by 1927, and ten more over the next five years. Expansion continued more rapidly, resulting in a chapter count of 110 as of 2014, and 128 by 2019 (according to the society's website).
Rho Chi Society was admitted to membership in the Association of College Honor Societies, or ACHS, in 1947.
Government is by convention, held annually in conjunction with the meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
The 1991 edition of Baird's Manual noted the Society had 46,500 initiates, while by 2019 ACHS records note 113,646 initiates.
The Society has established 140 chapters since 1922, most of which remain active.
Undergraduates eligible for election as active members of a chapter must have completed a minimum of 75 hours of scholastic work, be ranked in the upper 20 percent of their class, and have attained a scholastic average equivalent to the second highest letter grade. They must also show a "capacity for achievement in the science and art of pharmacy as evidenced by character, personality and leadership." Provisions are made for graduate students and faculty to join, with the intent that chapters encourage all levels of membership.