Open to all students of all disciplines. Pi Sigma Alpha is the national honor society for undergraduate and graduate students of political science. The purpose of Pi Sigma Alpha is to stimulate scholarship and an interest in political science by providing tangible recognition to students who have excelled in the field. Membership in an honor society is a worthy distinction in itself, and as a measure of academic achievement, can provide a tangible advantage in a competitive world. PI Chi gives students the opportunity for valuable administrative experience as chapter officers or organizers of chapter activities.
Chapters can compete for various grants, scholarships, and best paper awards among other projects.
Political Science majors only with at least 60 credits, a 3.0 cum GPA and 3.3 GPA in the major will be sent letters of invitation. The goals of the OAS are to strengthen the peace and security on the continent, to ensure peaceful settlements of disputes, to seek the solutions to political, juridical, and economic problems, and to promote economic, social, economic, and cultural development in the nations of this hemisphere. The Model OAS travels to Washington, D.C. for one week for a national competition involving thirty-four universities from all over the U.S. and Canada. While in Washington, students attend briefings at embassies and the U.S. State Department, see the U.S. Congress in session, attend committee sessions in the actual OAS building, with OAS diplomats, see George Washington and Georgetown Universities, meet students from all over the United States with similar interests, and attend a formal reception sponsored by the General Secretariat of the OAS in the Hall of the Americas. Each university represents a country and defends it in a series of five committee meetings in which resolutions are presented debated, and voted upon.