Alpha Delta Mu

Alpha Delta Mu (ΑΔΜ) is an American social work honor society It was founded in 1976 at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. It has chartered more than ninety chapters across the United States. The society is a former member of the Association of College Honor Societies.

Alpha Delta Mu
ΑΔΜ
Founded	Fall 1976; 49 years ago (1976) Morgan State University
Type	Honor
Affiliation	Independent
Former affiliation	ACHS
Status	Active
Emphasis	Social Work
Scope	National
Motto	"Advocate of the People"
Colors	Black and   Silver
Publication	The Alpha Delta Mu Journal
Chapters	88
Members	10,000+ lifetime
Headquarters	1025 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20036 United States

History

Alpha Delta Mu was founded by Dr. J. Lawrence Feagins at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland in the fall of 1976.^[1][2] Its purpose is to encourage scholarship in the field of social work and to advance the field.^[1] The society was incorporated in April 1977 in Maryland.^[2][3]

A second chapter, Beta, was chartered at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1977.^[4][5] Alpha Delta Mu went on to add chapters at colleges and universities in the United States with social work programs.^[2]

Alpha Delta Mu was previously a member of the Association of College Honor Societies, joining in 1983 and becoming a full member in 1986.^[1] In 1991, the society had 88 active chapters and initiated 8,350 members.^[1] In 2004, it had sixty active chapters and had initiated 10,000 members.^[6]

Symbols

The Alpha Delta Mu motto is "Advocate of the People".^[7] The society's colors are black and silver.^[2] Its members may wear an honor cord at graduation.^[8] Its publication is The Alpha Delta Mu Journal.^[1][6]

Membership

To be eligible for membership, students must be a social work major who have completed six hours of courses in social work with a 3.0 GPA for undergraduate and a 3.5 GPA for graduate students.^[7][9] Colleges and universities with Alpha Delta Mu chapters must hold accreditation from regional and national organizations recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and must offer degrees at baccalaureate or higher levels in social work and maintain program accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education.^[7]

Chapters

The last edition of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities in 1991 stated that the society had 88 chapters.^[1] Following is an incomplete chapter list, with active chapters indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions indicated in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	1976	Morgan State University	Baltimore, Maryland		[1]
Beta	1977	University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wisconsin		[4][5]
	1977	University of South Dakota	Vermillion, South Dakota	Inactive	[10][11]
Epsilon	May 1977	Misericordia University	Dallas, Pennsylvania	Active	[12][13][14]
Zeta	1977	Norfolk State University	Norfolk, Virginia	Active	[15][16]
Theta	May 12, 1977	East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina		[17][18]
Iota	1978 ?	Tennessee State University	Nashville, Tennessee		[19][20][21]
	1978 ?	Kean College	Union, New Jersey		[22]
Rho	1978	North Carolina A&T State University	Greensboro, North Carolina		[2][23]
Sigma	1979 ?	Murray State University	Murray, Kentucky		[24][25]
Upsilon	1978 ?	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		[26]
Chi	1978 ?	Southern University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana		[27][28]
Psi	1978	University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh	Oshkosh, Wisconsin		[29][30]
Alpha Beta	May 1978	Monmouth College	Monmouth, Illinois		[31][32]
Alpha Gamma	1978 ?	University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky		[33][34]
Alpha Epsilon	1978	Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	Active	[35]
Alpha Zeta	1978	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Urbana, Illinois		[36][37][38]
	before fall 1979	Southern Illinois University	Carbondale, Illinois		[39]
Alpha Theta	before 1981	Seton Hall University	South Orange, New Jersey	Active	[40][41][42]
Alpha Lambda	before 1981	Marycrest College	Davenport, Iowa		[43]
Alpha Omicron	May 1980	North Carolina State University	Raleigh, North Carolina		[44]
Alpha Pi	1980	Ferrum College	Ferrum, Virginia		[45]
Alpha Rho	before May 1984	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro, North Carolina		[46][47][48]
Alpha Sigma	1978	East Texas A&M University	Commerce, Texas	Active	[49][50][a]
Alpha Tau	before May 1980	Mount Mary College	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		[51][52]
Beta Beta		Texas Tech University	Lubbock, Texas		[53]
Beta Epsilon		University of St. Thomas	Saint Paul, Minnesota		[54]
Beta Zeta		University of Wisconsin-Waukesha	Waukesha, Wisconsin		[55]
Beta Lambda	198x ?	Harding University	Searcy, Arkansas	Active	[56][57]
Beta Mu	before May 1982	University of South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina		[58]
Beta Nu	before May 1981	Averett College	Danville, Virginia		[59]
Beta Xi	before September 1982–19xx ?; May 2003	Longwood University	Farmville, Virginia	Active	[60][61]
Beta Omicron	198x ?	Southwest Missouri State University	Springfield, Missouri		[62]
Beta Rho	1981	Temple University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active	[9][63]
Beta Tau	198x ?	Prairie View A&M University	Prairie View, Texas	Active	[3]
Beta Phi	198x ?	Elizabethtown College	Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania		[64]
Beta Chi	1982	Rhode Island College	Providence, Rhode Island	Active	[65]
Gamma Alpha	October 1982	Radford University	Radford, Virginia		[66]
Gamma Beta	1983	University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg, Mississippi		[67]
Gamma Gamma		Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	Edwardsville, Illinois		[68]
Gamma Delta		Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana		[69]
Gamma Epsilon	198x ?	Indiana University	Indianapolis, Indiana		[70]
Gamma Zeta	198x ?	Meredith College	Raleigh, North Carolina		[71]
Gamma Eta	1985	Delta State University	Cleveland, Mississippi		[72][73]
Gamma Mu	1986	Augustana College	Sioux Falls, South Dakota		[74]
Gamma Nu	1986	Winona State University	Winona, Minnesota		[75][76]
Gamma Omicron	April 1986	Lamar University	Beaumont, Texas	Active	[8]
Gamma Xi	March 1986	Weber State University	Ogden, Utah		[77]
Gamma Tau		Catholic University of America	Washington, D.C.		[78]
Gamma Upsilon		Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro, Tennessee		[79]
Gamma Omega	1991	Wright State University	Fairborn, Ohio		[80][81][82]
Delta Gamma		University of North Carolina at Pembroke	Pembroke, North Carolina	Active	[83][84]
Delta Epsilon		Delaware State University	Dover, Delaware	Active	[85][86]
Delta Xi		Providence College	Providence, Rhode Island	Active	[87][88]
Epsilon Delta	Before March 2015	Valdosta State University	Valdosta, Georgia		[89]
		Andrews University	Berrien Springs, Michigan		[90]
		Auburn University	Auburn, Alabama	Active	[91]
	before July 1989	Baylor University	Waco, Texas		[92]
		College of St. Catherine	Saint Paul, Minnesota		[93]
	xxxx ?–c. 2016	East Central University	Ada, Oklahoma	Inactive	[94][95][b]
		Marywood University	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Active	[96]
	before December 1982	Morningside College	Sioux City, Iowa		[97]
		Northern Kentucky University	Highland Heights, Kentucky		[98]
	before April 1982	Pittsburg State University	Pittsburg, Kansas		[99]
		Rutgers University–Camden	Camden, New Jersey	Active	[100]
Beta	before June 1980	Saint Francis University	Loretto, Pennsylvania	Active	[101][102][103]
	before May 1981	San Jose State University	San Jose, California		[104]
		Sioux Falls College	Sioux Falls, South Dakota		[105]
	before May 1980	Texas Woman's University	Denton, Texas		[106]
		Tuskegee University	Tuskegee, Alabama	Inactive	[107]
	before July 1981	University of Mississippi	University, Mississippi		[108]
		University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina		[109]
		University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, Iowa	Active	[110]
	before February 1981	University of Tennessee at Martin	Martin, Tennessee		[111]
	before September 1990	University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington, Texas		[112]
		Virginia State University	Ettrick, Virginia	Inactive	[113]
		West Virginia State University	Institute, West Virginia	Active	[114]

1. Chapter formed at East Texas State University, now called East Texas A&M University.
2. Alpha Delta Mu was replaced by the Phi Alpha social work honor society in the fall of 2016.