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Alpha Upsilon Alpha (or ) is an academic honor society recognizing excellence in reading and language arts at the undergraduate and graduate level. Founded in 1985, it is governed by the International Literacy Association (ILA)

Mission

The mission of the society is to "recognize and encourage scholarship, the development of personal and professional leadership, and service to the field of reading" among its chapters.

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Membership

There are five different categories of membership in Alpha Upsilon Alpha: Undergraduate, graduate, faculty, professional, and honorary. To be an undergraduate member, an applicant must have finished 5 semesters or 76 credit hours of undergraduate work and be in the top 25% of their class. This would typically put all undergraduate applicants at the third-year level; however, students at two-year community colleges, such as West Virginia University - Parkersburg, are able to join. Applicants must also be recommended by a professor in the field of reading or language arts after completing at least one course in that area. To be a graduate member, applicants must major in reading or language arts, be recommended by faculty, finish at least 9 credit hours, and carry a 3.5 GPA or higher after completing at least half of their graduate coursework. To be a faculty member, applicants need to be significantly active (or have been) in reading or language arts as an academic subject and either have 1) a doctoral degree or 2) met the graduate-level membership GPA requirement during their Master's work. Professional members, such as elementary and secondary school teachers must be voted upon by the chapter they are seeking to join and also meet the requirements for the highest of the above categories that would apply to them. Honorary members can be selected by the individual chapters upon voting. All applicants, regardless of level, must be members of the IRA.

Alpha Upsilon Alpha

Symbols

Like many honor societies, it selected its name based on significance attached to particulars letters of the Greek alphabet. The first Α stands for Anagnosis, meaning "reading"; the Υ stands for Upotrophia, meaning "scholarship"; and the second Α stands for Archon, meaning "leadership."

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Alpha Upsilon Alpha's motto is the Horace quote "Lege sapere aude," which translates as "Read, dare to be wise."

Chapters

Adelphi University – Beta Theta

Arizona State University – Beta Beta

Boston College – Omicron

Buffalo State College – Alpha Iota

Canisius College – Beta Nu

Central Connecticut State University – Beta Kappa

Chicago State University – Rho

Dowling College – Alpha Beta

Fayetteville State University – Alpha Sigma

Florida Memorial University – Beta Rho

Fordham University – Beta Iota

Framingham State University – Alpha Pi

Georgia State University – Alpha Gamma

Governors State University – Alpha Omega

Hofstra University – Alpha Delta Alpha

Holy Family University – Beta Epsilon

Lock Haven University – Beta Lambda

Loyola University Chicago – Pi

Minnesota State University Moorhead – Alpha Tau

Monmouth University – Beta Pi

Murray State University – Eta

New Jersey City University – Delta

North Greenville University – Beta Delta

Northeastern Illinois University – Beta Omicron

Northern Illinois University – Alpha Delta

Philippine Normal University – Alpha Upsilon

Providence College – Alpha Xi

Purdue University – Alpha Kappa

Purdue University Calumet – Beta Gamma

Queens College – Beta Sigma

Roosevelt University – Tau

St. Joseph's University – Alpha Zeta

Saint Xavier University – Zeta

Southern Utah University – Beta Alpha

Troy University at Dothan – Alpha Lambda

University of Georgia – Xi

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign – Beta Eta

University of Nebraska at Omaha – Alpha Eta

University of Northern Iowa – Alpha

University of South Carolina Upstate – Beta Xi

University of Wisconsin–Whitewater – Alpha Theta

Weber State University – Beta Zeta

West Chester University – Epsilon

West Virginia University at Parkersburg – Alpha Chi

Widener University – Alpha Psi

Winona State University-Rochester – Alpha Mu

Worcester State College – Beta Mu

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