Membership Chapters Awards Mott Book Award Starting a Chapter History Adviser's page Kappa Tau Alpha is a college honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism and mass communication. Membership must be earned by excellence in academic work at one of the 93 colleges and universities that have chapters.
Membership is thus a mark of high distinction and honor.
The seventh oldest of national honor societies, Kappa Tau Alpha was founded at the University of Missouri in 1910 at the world's first school of journalism . It is one of 67 members of the Association of College Honor Societies . The emblem of Kappa Tau Alpha is the key, the oldest symbol of knowledge and communication. The Society's colors are light blue, significant of truth, and gold, emblematic of worth and high standards.