The calendar below should provide a guide for your chapter to follow throughout the academic year.  Following this calendar will allow you to meet all basic criteria for Honor Chapter requirements.

September

• Meet with chapter officers and advisors to plan the year
• Organize chapter committees
• Attend the National Presidents’ Leadership Conference
• Review and update chapter bylaws
• Meet with campus advisor for student organizations, if necessary

October

• Assign and write article for fall Diamond, due by Nov. 1

November

• Submit article for fall Diamond and send to Becki Leonard, becki@psu.edu, due Nov. 1
• Submit copy of chapter bylaws to Terri Mando, tbm10@psu.edu, due Nov. 1
• Write to your National Executive Board liaison and update them on your semester

December

• Decide on the amount of your scholarship contribution to be sent with dues in June
• Plan timeline for new member selection and initiation in the spring

January

• Review selection process for new members and rituals
• Complete Mid-Year Status Report and Report on Rituals online, due Jan. 31
• Start selection process for new members after submitting Report on Rituals

February

• Assign and write article for spring Diamond, due by Mar. 1
• Select an applicant for the Lambda Sigma national scholarships from your chapter (One applicant per chapter may be submitted, each chapter determines the selection process)
• Continue selection process for new members

March

• Submit an article for the website and send to Becki Leonard, becki@psu.edu due Mar. 1
• Continue selection process for new members and plan initiation ceremony

April

• Complete selection process and hold initiation ceremony
• Elect new officers and executive board
• Set up meeting between new and old officers to help with transition
• Submit Lambda Sigma national scholarship application and all materials

May

• Lambda Sigma national scholarship application and all materials due May 1
• Outgoing officers and current advisors complete President’s Report, Advisor’s Report, and Treasurer’s Report online after initiation ceremony, due June 1
• Send initiate list and dues to the Executive Secretary, due June 1

June

• All reports, initiate list, and dues must be submitted by June 1. Please contact the Executive Secretary with any problems or issues submitting reports or sending dues.

Note: All reports and forms are  submitted electronically