Golden Key has chapters at more than 370 institutions around the world at accredited four-year degree granting colleges and universities.  Before initiating the charter process, please check Golden Key’s global map to ensure that your university does not already have a chapter.

If your institution does not have a chapter, there are two routes to becoming a Golden Key member.  Before you get started with the chartering process, click here to learn if you qualify as an individual member and apply today.

CHARTERING A CHAPTER
Chartering Golden Key at your institution benefits not only the lives of your peers, but also the university.  By establishing a Golden Key chapter, your university can identify and develop talented student leaders.  Through Golden Key’s international network, the university can encourage and fund community and university service projects, increase corporate and nonprofit support of a student body, and help improve the recruitment of students and professionals.

The Golden Key Board of Directors, composed of corporate, nonprofit and academic leaders, is responsible for approving new charters.

The steps below are designed to guide you through chartering a Golden Key chapter. Based on student organization requirements at the university, these steps may not necessarily occur in this order. 

1. Search for additional officers and students, if required, who are academically accomplished and enthusiastic leaders with an interest in making a difference.  

2. Identify a full time faculty/staff member to be your Primary Advisor.

3. Complete the Student Organization Registration on Campus

To inquire further about starting a chapter and obtain access to valuable Golden Key resources, please contact:

Asia-Pacific – Andrew Roe

North America – Clinton Lewis

South Africa – Charlene Gunter