Sigma Pi Sigma exists to honor outstanding scholarship in physics; to encourage interest in physics among students at all levels; to promote an attitude of service of its members towards their fellow students, colleagues, and the public; to provide a fellowship of persons who have excelled in physics.

Sigma Pi Sigma is the official honor society of the physics profession. Through election to Sigma Pi Sigma, distinctive achievement and high scholarship in physics is recognized and celebrated. The Eastern Michigan University Chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma was chartered in 1985. Since that time we have inducted:

• 18 faculty members
• 4 alumni
• 47 graduate students
• 104 undergraduate students
• 2 high school physics teachers

Prospective members are nominated by the faculty advisor and a committee of active Sigma Pi Sigma members. The minimum requirements for nomination can be obtained from the advisor, Dr. Diane Jacobs. Those for undergraduate students are:

• student shall have completed at least the equivalent of three semesters of full-time college work.
• student shall have completed at least three semester courses in physics, each of at least three credit hours, which may be credited toward a physics major.
• student shall rank in the upper one-third of their college class.
• student shall have attained at least an overall cumulative 3.0 grade point, and at least a 3.2 in the physics curriculum.
• student shall have a positive attitude toward the scholarship of physics and toward hers/his colleagues.

Nicholas Arnold
Margaret Bacon
Dae-Ha Joung
Ira Sanborn
Kevin Siehl