Semester-by-semseter Timeline:
Semester-by-semseter Timeline:
Setting undergraduate Member Expectations
Setting undergraduate Member Expectations
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Many undergraduate students wonder what it is like to be part of the Sigma Pi Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta. Here is what the average timeline and experience looks like for students enrolled in our undergraduate programs.
Typically students join in their junior or senior year, but we start our timeline earlier to help our first and second year students set their sights high if they have a goal of joining the chapter.
Your First Two Years: Meeting National Requirements
Your First Two Years: Meeting National Requirements
Students who join Lambda Pi Eta must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA and 60 semester credit hours. They must also have a 3.25 GPA in their in-discipline major/minor with at least 12 credit hours completed in their program.
Students at SUNY Oswego often take 15 credit hours a semester, meaning most students spend their first year or two at SUNY Oswego. If you are a transfer student, your work at your prior college have helped you earn your overall credit hours and in-discipline coursework.
If you have not yet surpassed these benchmarks, we invite you to follow our social media channels and focus on your academic achievement in the classroom so you will be eligible to join when the time is right!
The Fall Semester
The Fall Semester
Prospective members that don't wish to wait until the mid-January invitation to arrive are invited to email the chapter advisor and ask to have your records reviewed. Please include your student ID number in this email. If students are verified to meet the national standards for admission, they are extended an official offer of membership and accept this membership by filling out their member acceptance form and pay their dues by September 15. Personalized membership certificates, plus cords and pins, are ordered for a mid-November arrival but as soon as you pay your dues you are considered an active member. You can even nominate yourself for any open board positions!
Typically, our fall semester includes a kick-off meeting. Student executive board officers then work to offer additional programming of interest to student members. If we did not secure a full slate of officers, we will continue to fill board positions in the first few weeks of class.
Members independently keep active with the chapter by attending meetings, reading the newsletter, volunteering on or off campus, and focusing on high achievement in the classroom.
The chapter faculty advisor represents the Sigma Pi chapter at the annual chapter meeting in November. This meeting is held during the National Communication Association's annual convention. Updates are provided to the officers and chapter members as information is relevant to our chapter.
If you are not yet a member and plan to join, we welcome you to attend some of our programming. Note that some events may not be open to all members of the public.
The Spring Semester
The Spring Semester
The chapter advisor reviews all records for students enrolled in our Broadcasting, Journalism, Public Relations, and Communication majors and verifies overall GPA (3.0), completed credit hours (60 credit hours), major/minor GPA (3.25 or higher), and 12 credits (4 courses) in-discipline about communication (e.g., BRC 108, COM 100, etc.).
Qualified members will receive an invitation to join the chapter by February 1 and will respond to and accept this invitation by February 15. Materials will be ordered with enough time for our induction ceremony which occurs in mid-April during QUEST week.
A semester kick-off meeting is often held when students return to campus. Other than that, Fall and Spring look very similar for inducted members - they focus on their achievements in the classroom, volunteer as they find the time to do so, and focus on their next goals in life.
Spring Ceremony
Spring Ceremony
In April, we hold an important ritual and ceremony to fully induct our new members into the Sigma Pi Chapter. This ceremony is where newly inducted members receive their certificate, pin, and cords and affirm their commitment to the organization through an oath and induction ritual. Members who joined in Fall and Spring are both recognized at this ceremony.
We hold this Spring Ceremony on or near QUEST, our campus day to honor and recognize student research and scholarly activity.
This ceremony isn't just for new members: As part of this ceremony, we also honor and recognize our graduating seniors who will receive their cords. We also recognize members for their service to the community and to the organization.
We also solicit a slate of officers for the next year, but if seats are unfilled we may not fill our eboard until the fall semester.
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