Tri-Alpha Honor Society
Tri-Alpha Officers
Brayden Franklin
President
Sean Rodriguez
Vice President
The third annual Honors Society Induction Ceremony will be held in Spring 2027. Details coming soon.
ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA
A National Honor Society for First-Generation College Students
Simpson University is pleased to announce the formation of a new honor society, Alpha Alpha Alpha (or Tri-Alpha), which recognizes the academic achievements of first-generation college students.
Inductees to the honor society are first-generation students (students whose parents have not completed a bachelor’s degree) who have an overall GPA of 3.2 or higher.
Qualifications for Induction into Tri-Alpha
- The student has earned at least 30 credit/semester hours (or 45 quarter hours) towards an associate’s degree or baccalaureate degree (including half-time) AND
- The undergraduate student has achieved an overall undergraduate GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale. (For schools using a pass, high pass, etc. system, a “high pass” average is required.)
- Neither of the student’s parents, nor step-parents, nor legal guardians, completed a bachelor’s degree (or, for students at a community college, the parents did not complete an associate’s degree)
- Graduate students who are first-generation students can be admitted if they have completed the equivalent of at least one term of study (9 or more graduate credits) and have a GPA in their graduate program of at least 3.5. (NOTE: The executive board voted to change the GPA requirement to 3.5, but now allows for part-time students in graduate programs to be admitted.). (For schools using a pass, high pass, etc. system, a “high pass” average is required.)
Your gift to the Tri-Alpha Honor Society at Simpson University serves to recognize and support these high-achieving students. Please join us in recognizing and celebrating the challenges that these accomplished students have overcome in order to achieve such impressive academic success.
Tri-Alpha Advisors & Administrators
Rosealine Lemette
Professor of Communication & Digital Media
Lucas Bishop
Director of Student Accounts
Shondra Dickson
Dean of People, Culture, and Mission
Director of Financial Aid
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