Phi Alpha Honor Society

Phi Alpha National Social Work Honor Society
Eta Alpha Chapter
"Through Knowledge ~ The Challenge to Serve"

The purposes of Phi Alpha Honor Society are to provide a closer bond among students of social work and promote humanitarian goals and ideals. Phi Alpha fosters high standards of training for social workers and invites into membership those who have attained excellence in scholarship and achievement in social work.

Benefits of Membership

• Formal recognition of academic excellence in the social work profession
• Membership in the world's largest social work honors network
• Noticed by social workers, graduate schools, and employers
• Lifetime membership after induction
• Access to society-wide scholarships and awards from the Society's International Office

BSSW Membership Criteria

1. Admitted to the BSSW program/social work major AND currently enrolled in or have successfully completed SOWK 441 Generalist Social Work Practice.
2. Must be in top 35% of the Social Work major.
3. Agree to participate in Phi Alpha Eta Alpha chapter meetings and activities and perform 3 hours of community service each semester.

MSW Membership Criteria

1. Completed 1 semester of the Minnesot State Mankato MSW program.
2. Achieved at least a 3.5 GPA (overall) for graduate courses taken at, or transferred to Minnesota State Mankato.
3. Must be in top 35% of the MSW Social Work Program.
4. Agree to participate in Phi Alpha Eta Alpha chapter meetings and activities and perform 3 hours of community service each semester
5. NOTE: We invite first semester MSW students to participate in activities, but students need to have completed 1 semester of coursework and earned the requisite GPA to be inducted.

Please check with the Social Work office or faculty listed here for an application or more information.

Questions? 

• Omotola Akinsola, PhD, MS, MSW, LGSW
  Phone: 507-389-1096, omotola.akinsola@mnsu.edu
• Paul Mackie, PhD, MSW, LISW
  Phone: 507-389-6335, paul.mackie@mnsu.edu