Pi Delta Phi
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Pi Delta Phi was founded as a departmental honor society at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1906. After twenty years as a local chapter, Pi Delta Phi declared itself the National French Honor Society and chartered the Beta Chapter at the University of Southern California in 1925.
The society expanded slowly during the next fifteen years. Since the end of World War II, Pi Delta Phi has enjoyed phenomenal growth. It currently numbers more than 325 chapters established at representative public and private colleges and universities in almost every state, as well as chapters in Paris and Aix-en-Provence.
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[edit] Purpose
The purpose of the Society shall be:
(1) to recognize outstanding scholarship in the French language and its literatures,
(2) to increase the knowledge and appreciation of Americans for the cultural contributions of the French-speaking world, and
(3) to stimulate and to encourage French and francophone cultural activities.
[edit] Organization
The National officers include a President, an Executive Director, seven Vice-Presidents (each presiding over a different region), and an Editor of the Newsletter
[edit] Membership
Regular members include graduate and undergraduate students who shall be nominated in recognition of their academic achievement in at least one semester or quarter of upper division French, with a minimum GPA of 3.00 in French and rank in the top 35% of their class. Graduate students who are candidates for an advanced degree in French are eligible for regular membership.
Honorary members include: the French faculty of the sponsoring institution; members of the faculty at large, diplomats and community leaders who have shown a strong support of French cultures.
[edit] Chapters
A list of all of the chapters of Pi Delta Phi is available on the organization's website here
