Delta Mu Delta – Western International University

Delta Mu Delta

Zeta Iota Chapter

Delta Mu Delta is a national honor society in the field of business administration. Nationally the membership has grown to more than 85,000 undergraduates, graduates, and alumni.  

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Mission

To promote higher scholarship in training for business and to recognize and reward business administration students who have distinguished themselves scholastically.

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Motto

The Greek letters in the Society's name stand for Dia Mathessos Dynamis, signifying Delta Mu Delta's motto: Through Knowledge, Power - the power to manage creatively for social and economic good. 

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Membership Requirements

Undergraduate:

  • Registered in a WIU business administrative program
  • Candidate for a baccalaureate degree
  • Completed at a minimum half of the degree requirements
  • Cumulative grade point average of 3.7 or better
  • Within the top 20 percent of their class, and in good standing
  • Demonstrates integrity

Graduate Degree:

  • Registered in a WIU business administrative program
  • Candidate for a graduate degree
  • Completed at a minimum half of the degree requirements
  • Cumulative grade point average of 3.7 or better
  • Within the top 20 percent of their class, and in good standing
  • Demonstrates integrity 

Becoming a member of Delta Mu Delta is an honor indicative of earnest, intelligent purpose and rewarding achievement. This should be the goal of every person pursuing a degree in business administration where Delta Mu Delta membership is possible. The standards of Delta Mu Delta are high. Although many may not gain the Key, they should remember that the hard work done will bring its own reward. 

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Benefits

Delta Mu Delta membership is a symbol of a student’s readiness to measure up to the responsibilities of the future. It is recognized and even sought by employers’ representatives.  

Membership fulfills one of the requirements for entrance at the GS-7 level (rather that GS-5) in numerous professional and technical occupations in the federal service.  

Thirty-nine scholarships are awarded annually (nationwide) to student applicants in a program of competition based on scholarship, leadership, character, motivation, need, and potential.   

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Lifetime Membership

The lifetime national membership and local initiation fee is $75, which includes a membership certificate, the distinctive key insignia and lifetime contact through the Society’s newsletter. The online newsletter, available at www.deltamudelta.org, keeps members abreast of national chapter news and their colleagues’ activities.  

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National Chapter Activities

The National Executive Council annually awards 39 scholarships to student applicants. The program is a competition based on scholarship, leadership, character, motivation, need, and potential 

The national chapter publishes the Delta Mu Delta Vision, which keeps members abreast of national chapter news and their colleagues' activities. 

Chapter advisers, national officers and members conduct the Society's business and participate in valuable programs at the Triennial National Meeting.

Representatives from the national chapter actively participate in the Association of College Honor Societies.

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History

Five professors from the School of Commerce, Finance and Accounts at New York University founded the Society in 1913. Delta Mu Delta was incorporated in 1952. In 1963 it was admitted to membership in the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS), an organization of 60 member national honor societies whose objective is to maintain high standards for the recognition and promotion of academic excellence in higher education. 

In 1992, the Society established an affiliation with the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Future establishment of Delta Mu Delta chapters will occur at colleges and universities with business programs accredited by ACBSP at the undergraduate / graduate level. 

Delta Mu Delta is classified by the Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit, educational society under code 501(c)(3), which means that all donations to the Society are tax-exempt for the donor. 

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Insignia

The Delta Mu Delta insignia is a gold key in the form of the Greek letter Delta, on which appears a full-rigged ship with sails set and colors flying. The ship symbolizes the activity of business. Below the ship are the Greek letters, which stand for the words Dia Mathessos Dynamis. The local chapter upon induction presents the key and engraved membership certificates. The colors of the national chapter are purple and gold. 

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For More Information

For additional information about Delta Mu Delta, contact Carol Farabee, Faculty Advisor, at dmdwiu@yahoo.com, or 602-616-9866. 

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