Membership Requirements
Undergraduate students must have completed at least fifty percent of the credit requirements for their baccalaureate degrees and rank not lower than the highest twenty percent of their class in scholarship. Graduate students shall have completed one-half of the credit requirements for their degree and shall have a minimum grade point of average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent.
Benefits of Membership
In addition to fellowship members enjoy in a national scholarly community, members are entitled to a life-long subscription to the Delta Epsilon Sigma Journal. Membership in the society is continuing and transferable from chapter to chapter. National dues are limited to initiation fee. Each member is entitled to vote for and to stand for nomination as a national officer or member of the Executive Committee.
Because Delta Epsilon Sigma has been admitted into the Association of College Honor Societies, members at graduation are eligible for employment in Federal Civil Service GS-7 positions instead of GS-5 if they fulfill all other requirements for the position.
Delta Epsilon Sigma Journal
Published three times a year, the Delta Epsilon Sigma Journal contains essays, scholarly articles, poetry, and short stories, as well as news of members and chapters. Members are encouraged to submit their own work for consideration for publication.
Distinguished Lecturers Program
The Society makes available a fund to help subsidize lecturers by local Delta Epsilon Sigma chapters with a maximum award of $200. In addition, there is an award of $1,000 for speakers at major meetings sponsored or co-sponsored by chapters of the Society or by professional societies.
Further Information
More information can be found at the national website of http://socrates.barry.edu/des/. Correspondence and questions regarding to Delta Epsilon Sigma may be addressed to
National Secretary-Treasurer
Delta Epsilon Sigma
Barry University
Miami, FL 33161