Alpha Gamma Sigma (honor society)

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Alpha Gamma Sigma (ΑΓΣ) (AGS), founded in 1925, is the honor society of the California Community Colleges system. It was conceived as "an intellectual stimulus, comparable to that of Phi Beta Kappa in the higher colleges" [1] for what were then called junior colleges in California.

AGS supports its members in defining and reaching their goals by encouraging achievement and community service, building social and professional networks, and providing the information and focus needed for success.

1 Eligibility
2 Purpose
3 Participation
4 Motto
5 Campus AGS Chapters
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Eligibility

Current enrollment at a California Community College
Completion, within the past two years, of 12 graded units, in a maximum of 3 semesters or 5 quarters, at any recognized institution of higher education
A grade point average of 3.0 or better from the previous semester and a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better, or Life Membership in the California Scholarship Federation (the State High School Honor Society)
Transfer from high school to the community college level with a minimum of a 3.5 grade point average (varies with each chapter)

[edit] Purpose

To encourage and foster student scholarship and educational attainments
To recognize students' high scholastic achievements
To make students more aware of the advantages of high scholarship
To bring together, for their mutual benefit, students attaining high scholastic records