Alpha Upsilon Chapter of Idaho State University
The Rho Chi Society is an organization which recognizes academic
excellence. In order to be considered for this academic honor society,
students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 in all course work and be in
the top 20% of their professional pharmacy class. Candidates are
asked to join in the second semester of the P2 year and initiation
is held that spring. For more information on eligibility requirements,
please contact the National Rho Chi Society website at www.rhochi.org.
Rho Chi Activities
Members of Rho Chi sponsor the back to school picnic in the fall
and the “brown bag” booth at the ISU Health Fair in
the spring.
The Mission
The Rho Chi Society, Pharmacy's academic honor society, encourages
and recognizes excellence in intellectual achievement and fosters
fellowship among its members. Further, the Society encourages
high standards of conduct and character, and advocates critical
inquiry in all aspects of pharmacy.
The Rho Chi Society will achieve universal recognition of its
members as lifelong intellectual leaders in pharmacy. As a community
of scholars, the Society will instill the desire to pursue intellectual
excellence and critical inquiry to advance the profession.
The Objective
The fundamental objective of Rho Chi has always been to promote
the advancement of the pharmaceutical sciences through the encouragement
and recognition of sound scholarship. High standards of intellectual
and scholarly attainments have been demanded for election to membership;
and such election, symbolized by the award of the Rho Chi key,
supplies a unique scholarship incentive.
Rho Chi seeks to promote scholarly fellowship in pharmacy by bringing
professional students, graduate students, and faculty members
together in fraternal and helpful association. Regular chapter
meetings, and other activities, emphasize the professional aspects
of pharmacy and point the way to instructive study and research.
By such means, Rho Chi, like its sister honor societies, seeks
to increase the awareness of the ethical and social responsibilities
of the profession, and thereby, to enhance the prestige of the
profession.
The Society has also sought to encourage research in pharmacy
and has established a first-year graduate scholarship in conjunction
with the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE)
Board of Grants. This scholarship is awarded, on a competitive
basis, to a student in the final year of professional studies
or to a member who has completed professional studies. It is limited
to members of the Rho Chi Society who enter graduate programs
in accredited schools/colleges of pharmacy leading to the Ph.D.
degree. A post-doctoral clinical fellowship award is anticipated.
It too will be awarded in conjunction with AFPE but to a Rho Chi
member entering the second year of fellowship training. Cash awards
are presented to chapters who are selected in the Chapter Awards
Program based upon competitive theme entries suggested each year
by the Society's Executive Council and/or sustained activities
of the chapter.Some explanatory text goes here.
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