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Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society Comes to Buffalo State College!

The Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society was founded in 2004 to recognize high-achieving college and university students with disabilities. Undergraduate students must carry a GPA of 3.10 and a minimum of 24 credits; graduate students must carry a GPA of 3.30 and a minimum of 18 credits to meet the criteria for Delta Alpha Pi. In addition to recognizing academic achievement, Delta Alpha Pi seeks to lessen and eventually eliminate the stigma and negative stereotyping that have been associated historically with disability. The members of Delta Alpha Pi challenge society to view disability as an aspect of diversity, existing on a continuum throughout an individual’s lifespan, and encourage the implementation of universal design, so that the environment (learning, physical, attitudinal), not the individual, adjusts to provide access to all individuals.

Students who become members of Delta Alpha Pi identify themselves as honor students who have a disability. By their open acknowledgment of their disability status, they serve as role models for other students with disabilities and advance the goals of Delta Alpha Pi on their campuses and in the community.

Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society offers further information on their website including their scholarship fund!

Inaugural members of the Buffalo State College Epsilon Chi chapter*: