Info for Interested Future Memberships:
Students invited into membership in this chapter shall be presently enrolled at Tarleton State University and must be committed to excellence in education, to good character, and to service. Any student, full or part-time, who has completed twelve hours of college work, excluding any pass-fail work or hours earned due to placement tests such as CLEP or CEEB, is eligible for membership provided he or she is enrolled in a program leading to the associate, bachelors, or graduate degree and also meets the other requirements for membership.
Any student whose cumulative grade point average is 3.2 or above on a 4.0 meets the scholastic requirement for membership.
Students who were members in good standing of Gamma Beta Phi chapters at other institutions and who transfer to Tarleton State University are automatic members of this chapter upon request. Such transfer members will be subject to the retention standards of this chapter, just as any other member.
Each inductee must pay the one-time membership fee set by the National Senate. He or she must also pay the local dues of 10 dollars per year. (Other local assessments may not be made upon the membership, but voluntary contributions can be requested.) Acceptable forms of payment will be cash, check, or money order. No other forms of payment will be accepted. No part of the membership fee is refundable.
Each inductee must take the membership pledge.
Any student who rejects membership when first invited will not be invited again, except upon appeal to and approval of the chapter officers.
Info for Current Members:
Sec. 1: To remain a member of this chapter, local dues must be paid each year by the deadline set by the chapter officers. Any changes to the deadlines may be made by the Executive Committee. If after the deadline a member still does not meet the dues retention standard, he or she will be dropped from membership.
A member should retain a ranking within his or her class of no less than a 3.2 grade point average. If a member should drop below that, he or she will be allowed one semester of probation to participate in chapter activities. If after that term the member still does not meet the scholastic retention standard, he or she is dropped from membership until the standard is met.
In accordance with the nature and purpose of The Gamma Beta Phi Society, members are expected to participate in the projects, meetings, and other activities of the chapter. A member may be dropped from membership for failure to meet the activity standards that follow.
Tarleton State University Chapter will require each member to complete 6 hours of community service annually. A total of 12 hours or more of group projects will be provided or members may chose to work on individual projects. A document with the name and number of a contact at the individual organization is required as well as a confirmation of the hours worked signed by the organization the member has volunteered for.
Sec 2: In recognition of changing activities and times, the last three items in the above list have been kept general. The Executive Committee may collectively deem an activity worthy of hours and may decide the proper amount of hours to be given for each. This decision must be made with adequate time before the event is scheduled to take place so that the member can be notified of the new hour allocation.
Sec 3: A member dropped from membership may appeal the decision to the State President, and then, if desired, to the Executive Secretary. The name of any member dropped from membership shall be sent to the Executive Secretary immediately, along with the reason for action. A student dropped from membership may later be reinstalled by decision of the local officers, if the officers are satisfied that the student now meets the standard of membership. A member so reinstated will not again pay the national membership fee, but notification of the reinstatement shall be sent at once to the Executive Secretary.
Sec 4: Any member wishing to have the Gamma Beta Phi gold seal on his/her diploma at graduation should have been an active member of the local chapter for two semesters. These need not be consecutive semesters. Any time period shorter than two semesters will disqualify the member from receiving the gold seal, except in the case that the member will graduate before the two semester time limit is achieved. In such a case, that member must be active for every semester that he/she has been involved with Gamma Beta Phi. The member wanting the gold seal should make a written or oral request to the officers for this seal. It shall not be the officers’ responsibility to see that the member receives this seal.
Students invited into membership in this chapter shall be presently enrolled at Tarleton State University and must be committed to excellence in education, to good character, and to service. Any student, full or part-time, who has completed twelve hours of college work, excluding any pass-fail work or hours earned due to placement tests such as CLEP or CEEB, is eligible for membership provided he or she is enrolled in a program leading to the associate, bachelors, or graduate degree and also meets the other requirements for membership.
Any student whose cumulative grade point average is 3.2 or above on a 4.0 meets the scholastic requirement for membership.
Students who were members in good standing of Gamma Beta Phi chapters at other institutions and who transfer to Tarleton State University are automatic members of this chapter upon request. Such transfer members will be subject to the retention standards of this chapter, just as any other member.
Each inductee must pay the one-time membership fee set by the National Senate. He or she must also pay the local dues of 10 dollars per year. (Other local assessments may not be made upon the membership, but voluntary contributions can be requested.) Acceptable forms of payment will be cash, check, or money order. No other forms of payment will be accepted. No part of the membership fee is refundable.
Each inductee must take the membership pledge.
Any student who rejects membership when first invited will not be invited again, except upon appeal to and approval of the chapter officers.
Info for Current Members:
Sec. 1: To remain a member of this chapter, local dues must be paid each year by the deadline set by the chapter officers. Any changes to the deadlines may be made by the Executive Committee. If after the deadline a member still does not meet the dues retention standard, he or she will be dropped from membership.
A member should retain a ranking within his or her class of no less than a 3.2 grade point average. If a member should drop below that, he or she will be allowed one semester of probation to participate in chapter activities. If after that term the member still does not meet the scholastic retention standard, he or she is dropped from membership until the standard is met.
In accordance with the nature and purpose of The Gamma Beta Phi Society, members are expected to participate in the projects, meetings, and other activities of the chapter. A member may be dropped from membership for failure to meet the activity standards that follow.
Tarleton State University Chapter will require each member to complete 6 hours of community service annually. A total of 12 hours or more of group projects will be provided or members may chose to work on individual projects. A document with the name and number of a contact at the individual organization is required as well as a confirmation of the hours worked signed by the organization the member has volunteered for.
Sec 2: In recognition of changing activities and times, the last three items in the above list have been kept general. The Executive Committee may collectively deem an activity worthy of hours and may decide the proper amount of hours to be given for each. This decision must be made with adequate time before the event is scheduled to take place so that the member can be notified of the new hour allocation.
Sec 3: A member dropped from membership may appeal the decision to the State President, and then, if desired, to the Executive Secretary. The name of any member dropped from membership shall be sent to the Executive Secretary immediately, along with the reason for action. A student dropped from membership may later be reinstalled by decision of the local officers, if the officers are satisfied that the student now meets the standard of membership. A member so reinstated will not again pay the national membership fee, but notification of the reinstatement shall be sent at once to the Executive Secretary.
Sec 4: Any member wishing to have the Gamma Beta Phi gold seal on his/her diploma at graduation should have been an active member of the local chapter for two semesters. These need not be consecutive semesters. Any time period shorter than two semesters will disqualify the member from receiving the gold seal, except in the case that the member will graduate before the two semester time limit is achieved. In such a case, that member must be active for every semester that he/she has been involved with Gamma Beta Phi. The member wanting the gold seal should make a written or oral request to the officers for this seal. It shall not be the officers’ responsibility to see that the member receives this seal.