School of Public Service

Honor Society

Pi Alpha Alpha
Pi Alpha Alpha is the National Honorary Society for Public Administration and Public Affairs. The Society sponsors events such as the Distinguished Speakers Series in Public Administration. Accelerated undergraduate students and graduate students who have completed 50 percent of their coursework and who have attained a cumulative 3.7 GPA are eligible for induction into the honor society.

Student Organization

American College of Healthcare Executives
At the student chapter level, the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) provides a network for students in healthcare and public administration to meet, exchange ideas and advance the goals of the ACHE on a local level. These goals include staying current on healthcare and public management issues, expanding healthcare and public management knowledge, and helping to shape the current and future environment of healthcare and public management. This is accomplished through educational seminars and meetings and professional publications and newsletters.