Collegiate Recognition

The Alpha Sigma Alpha Hermes Society is an academic honors society created exclusively for members of Alpha Sigma Alpha.

To be eligible, a member must:

• Have at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA
• Be an academic standing of junior, senior or graduate student
• Be a member for at least one year

Members wishing to apply should complete and submit the application with all required documents including an official transcript (mail or digital receipt is accepted) and a recommendation letter from a university administrator or faculty member.
Members who are accepted into the Hermes Society are able to purchase a Hermes Society dangle from HJ Greek indicating their acceptance into the academic honors society.
Applications will be accepted twice annually on Sept. 1 and Feb. 1.

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Alpha Sigma Alpha annually honors its collegiate members in a variety of ways. Below is a description of each of our individual collegiate awards. Award submissions are complete by collegiate chapters and are due annually on February 10th.

The Elizabeth Bird Small Award is given annually in memory of Ms. Elizabeth Bird Small, Pi Pi Chapter member and former chapter advisor. It is regarded as the highest honor that our sorority can bestow upon an undergraduate member and was formerly known as the Alpha Girl award. The Elizabeth Bird Small Award recognizes outstanding academic excellence, leadership talents within the chapter and substantial commitments and accomplishments within campus and community environments.

The Outstanding New Member Award was established to honor and recognize a new member who has been an exceptional contributor to her chapter in her first year of membership. The recipient of the annual award has demonstrated an excellent spirit and attitude the first year of membership including willingness to accept responsibility, the ability to work well with other chapter members and a potential for taking leadership roles in the chapter and in the national organization once she graduates.

Alpha Sigma Alpha’s Frost Fidelity Award is based on the more intangible sorority values and ideals. “Fidelity” implies devotion and unswerving loyalty and allegiance. This award goes to a woman with commitment and exemplary service, who demonstrates her regard for others by her actions, who tackles problems large or small and who lends abilities to all projects. This collegiate award was established by Mrs. Emma Coleman Frost of Pi Pi Chapter and her husband, Donald. This award is presented to the collegiate member who has truly gone beyond the call of duty while offering unconditional support and friendship.

Alpha Sigma Alpha created the Outstanding Athlete Award to recognize an undergraduate member who exemplifies the physical aim by representing her college/university as a member of an intercollegiate athletic team NCAA or NAIA (or equivalent bodies). She demonstrates sportsmanship, athletic ability, leadership and teamwork while being actively engaged in Alpha Sigma Alpha

The Generous Spirit Award was established to recognize an undergraduate member who demonstrates the qualities associated with the Alpha Sigma Alpha core value of generosity. She exemplifies character and concern for others while serving her community and living the Creed of Alpha Sigma Alpha in all of her interactions.

Alpha Sigma Alpha annually honors its advisors in a variety of ways. Below is a description of each of our individual advisor awards.

The Outstanding Advisor Award was established in 2004 as a way to recognize the unswerving loyalty and dedication of Alpha Sigma Alpha’s collegiate chapter advisors.

This award was established to recognize a campus professional for exceptional service to Alpha Sigma Alpha and his/her campus community. He/she exemplifies the core values of Alpha Sigma Alpha, serves as a role model for students and has made an outstanding contribution to Greek life.

Alpha Sigma Alpha annually honors its collegiate chapters for their dedication to Alpha Sigma Alpha’s collegiate chapter commitments. These commitments are reflections of the promises made to each member, each chapter’s member and their chapter’s founders. The hard work of collegiate chapters to uphold their responsibilities and energizing the influence of their chapter’s future and Alpha Sigma Alpha’s future are embodied in our purpose. Below is a description of each of our collegiate chapter awards. Award submissions are completed by collegiate chapter officers by the submission of the End of the Year Report due annually on May 1st.

This award recognizes Alpha Sigma Alpha’s most outstanding collegiate chapter on an annual basis. The Four Star Chapter who has the highest overall rating becomes the recipient of the Crown of Excellence Award.

This award annually recognizes those chapters who uphold the high ideals of the Sorority in the areas of membership, academic excellence, finances, membership education, chapter operations, service & charitable giving, national meetings, ritual, chapter image, national bylaws, policies and procedures, advisory board & housing corporation and alumnae involvement.  Chapters who have a high overall score on the end of the year report are recognized with this award.

• Aspire chapters … are chapters that have shown a commitment to each other, their chapter and the national organization by upholding the high ideals of the Sorority.
• Seek chapters…are chapters that have built on that commitment and have embraced the responsibility of membership to ensure that the Sorority remains strong.
• Attain chapters… are chapters that have vowed fully to uphold their role, responsibility and commitment to being an energizing influence in the future of their chapter and Alpha Sigma Alpha.

This award is given on an annual basis to the collegiate chapter that has the highest GPA among its members for the fall and spring semesters.

This award is given on an annual basis to the collegiate chapter that demonstrates exemplary financial management through accurate and timely submission of financial reports and fees to national headquarters. This award was established in 1992 to honor Rose Marie Fellin, Beta Sigma, who served as national treasurer for 3 years and headquarters executive for 24 years.

This award is given on an annual basis to the collegiate chapter that has met its recruitment targets, reached campus Quota and Total while implementing a quality recruitment plan.

This award is given on an annual basis to the collegiate chapter that displays outstanding Panhellenic spirit and participation. The Panhellenic Award was named after Sidney Gremillion Allen, Psi Psi, at the 1994 national convention to honor her 14 years of service as National Panhellenic Conference delegate. During this time, she was the first Alpha Sigma Alpha to rotate through the executive board of NPC, serving as chairman from 1985 to 1987.

This award is given on an annual basis to the collegiate chapter that has performed outstanding service to the Alpha Sigma Alpha national philanthropic partners, its campus and community.

This award is given on an annual basis to the collegiate chapter that has created a recruitment video that depicts membership in Alpha Sigma Alpha through the Sorority’s values, purpose, vision and sisterhood in the promotion of member recruitment.

This award is given biannually to honor a collegiate chapter that demonstrates outstanding use of communications in its chapter operations.