Zeta Upsilon, Union’s chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, recently received a Best Chapter Award for colleges with enrollments under 6,000 students.
Pi Sigma Alpha recognizes only three chapters in this size category each year, from more than 700 chapters in colleges and universities across the nation. The award is given to chapters that demonstrate extraordinarily high levels of activity and creativity in furthering the goals of the honor society.
From 2007 to 2010, Zeta Upsilon hosted the Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics, a national journal that publishes outstanding undergraduate research. Zoe Oxley, associate professor and chair of the Political Science Department, was the faculty advisor. The Editorial Board was made up of Union Pi Sigma Alpha students.
Zeta Upsilon was founded in 1974 by the late Professor Charles Tidmarch.