Sigma Pi Sigma is part of the Society of Physics Students. Although a major purpose of the society is the recognition of high scholarship in physics, emphasis is placed upon the objective of maintaining the chapters as working organizations throughout the academic year. Each chapter is expected to be a self-governing organization that will function as an integral part of the physics department in the promotion of a number of worthwhile extracurricular activities. Sigma Tau Delta confers distinction in English in order to foster the discipline in all of its aspects, particularly the study of literature and language and the craft of creative and critical writing. Sigma Theta Tau is the International Honor Society of Nursing that was established in 1922 to enhance and support nursing scholarship.
Students become eligible for membership after completion of their junior year.
The purposes of this society shall be to recognize academic achievement, recognize the development of leadership qualities, foster high professional standards, encourage innovations in nursing, and strengthen commitment to the ideals and purposes of the profession. Widener University s chapter of Tau Beta Pi was formally granted its charter on March 30, 1968. Tau Beta Pi was founded at Lehigh University in 1885. The purpose of the organization, as set forth in the constitution, is to mark in a fitting manner, those who have conferred honor upon their alma mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as undergraduates in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in the engineering colleges of America.