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Membership

Benefits of Membership

  • Your membership in this Statewide Community College Scholastic Honor Society is recorded on your official college transcript. This greatly benefits you when applying for scholarships, transferring to a university or even when applying for a job!
  • As an Initial or Continuing member, you are entitled to wear the officially adopted silver pin of the organization. Permanent members are entitled to wear the gold pin awarded at the Banquet.
  • Graduation with Honors: Permanent members graduate with honors and are entitled to wear the AGS gold honors cord and stole.
  • The official gold seal is embossed on the diplomas of graduating permanent members.
  • Awards and Scholarships: AGS offers several statewide awards and scholarships for which any qualified member may apply. In addition, our chapter – Sigma Phi also offers various scholarships to the membership who meet the various established criteria for each respective award.
  • Opportunity to discover and develop leadership abilities as an officer or a committee chairperson.
  • Opportunity to meet new and exciting people, network with and expand your circle of friends; attendance at the annual local and statewide conferences.
  • Opportunities to be recognized as both a scholar and a student who cares and contributes to the betterment of the college and local community via volunteer services participation.

Membership Types

Initial Membership

You have completed at least 12 semester units  of college work and have a 3.0 GPA

Temporary Membership

  • This is your first semester in college and you graduated from a high school with at least 3.5 GPA.
  • Or you are a lifetime member of the California Scholarship Federation (CSF) entering your first semester of college.

Continuing Membership

  • Good standing with the club
  • Maintain a 3.0 GPA or better
  • Grace Period: Continuing members will receive one (1) grace period  if enrolled in at least 9 units the last semester and had at least a 3.0 GPA at the beginning of that last semester. Membership is recognized only if a 3.0 GPA is restored by the end of the current semester.

Permanent Membership

  • Any member who has completed 60 semester units of recognized college courses, with a minimum of 30 units completed at a community college (not necessarily RHC).
  • Has maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better on all college courses completed and has been an ‘Active’  member of AGS in good standing for at least one (1) semester.

OR

  • Any member who has completed 60 semester units of recognized college courses, with a minimum of 30 units completed at a community college (not necessarily RHC).
  • A continuing member who has maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or better and has been an ‘Active’ member of AGS in good standing for at least two (2) semesters.

Membership Status

A request to change membership classification or status will be accepted by the Advisor, only within 14 days of submission of application; after which it shall remain so for the remainder of the current semester. No further changes will be made thereafter.

Active

Must complete 25 service points during the current semester applied for; 15 of these service points must be on-campus volunteer hours, with 8 points dedicated to an AGS-sponsored event or fundraiser; the other 10 service points specifically for off-campus community service.

Inactive

Must complete 10 service points during the current semester applied for; with a minimum of 4 service points devoted to AGS functions and events; the remainder to be either all on or off-campus volunteer time contributed. Inactive members are ineligible to apply for any AGS scholarships, nor attend the regional and/or state conference; as well as forfeit their right to vote or run for any leadership position.

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