Golden Key International Honour Society is proud to be a member of the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS).

The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS), founded in 1925, is the nation's only certifying agency for college and university honor societies. ACHS sets standards for organizational excellence and for scholastic eligibility for the various categories of membership: general, specialized, leadership, freshman, and two-year honor societies. To assure member participation in governance, honor societies must be structured on a membership basis so that the interests of individual members are advanced.

Members and the society-at-large are protected by the standards of excellence of the Association of College Honor Societies. Not all organizations calling themselves "honor societies" subscribe to the high honors' standards of ACHS. Members and prospective members of Golden Key should be assured that the Society has met the rigorous standards of ACHS - both the business model and the scholastic eligibility criteria.

The mission of the Association of College Honor Societies is to build a visibly cohesive community of national and international honor societies, individually and collaboratively exhibiting excellence in scholarship, service, programs, and governance.

For more information on the ACHS, please visit www.achsnatl.org.

Golden Key's membership in the ACHS allows Golden Key members to take advantage of benefits and services such as:

• Student members of each ACHS member society may qualify for internship scholarships with The Washington Internship Institute, The Fund for American Studies, and The Washington Center of Internships and Academic Seminars.

• Membership in an ACHS member society carries with it a tangible acknowledgment of merit for Federal employment. As long as the applicant meets the requirements as described in the job announcement, honor society membership may fulfill one of the requirements for entrance at the GS-7 level in numerous professional and technical occupations in the Federal Service.