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A Brief History |
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The concept of a national social work honor society came from a group of
undergraduate social work students at Michigan State University in 1960.
Investigation revealed that local chapters existed at three schools.
Those three schools along with a few other schools formed a National Honor
Society Committee in November, 1960. For more than a year this
committee worked on the constitution and other administrative matters.
The name Phi Alpha and the keys were adopted from the local chapter which
existed at Florida State University. The constitution and formal organization was completed in 1962, and six chapters qualified to become "charter chapters." There were: Florida State University, Michigan State University, Ohio North University, Central State College, University of Dayton and the University of Tennessee. Over 380 chapters are now in existence, and the addition of new chapters is continuing. |
