Chapters and Chapters and Pi Alpha Xi Universities Universities

Alpha - Alpha Eta - Delaware Valley College of Beta - University of Illinois Science & Agriculture Gamma - Penn State University Alpha Theta - Always to Excel Delta - Michigan State University Alpha Iota - Epsilon - Alpha Kappa - Mississippi State University Zeta - Alpha Lambda - Florida A&M University Eta - Washington State University Alpha Mu - Temple University Theta - University of Maryland Alpha Nu - Utah State University Iota - North Carolina State University Alpha Xi - Texas State University- San Kappa - Marcos Lambda - Alpha Omicron - Mu - Alpha Pi - University of Wisconsin- Nu - Platteville Xi - New Mexico State University Alpha Rho – Oregon State Omicron - Pi - Rho - University of Wisconsin-Madison See your institution on the list? Sigma - Southern Illinois University Chapter not active? Tau - Contact PAX National to find out Upsilon - California Poly, San Luis Obispo Phi - South Dakota State University what it takes to activate a new Chi - Colorado State University chapter or reactivate a dormant Psi - Texas A&M University chapter. It’s easier than you think! Omega - Kansas State University Alpha Beta - , Knoxville Pi Alpha Xi The National Horticulture Alpha Gamma - University of Nebraska Lincoln Alpha Delta - Oklahoma State University American Society for Horticultural Science Alpha Epsilon - University of California- 1018 Duke Street Davis Alexandria, VA 22314 Alpha Zeta - University of Wisconsin- Phone: 703.836.4606 River Falls Fax: 703.836.2024 The National Horticulture E-mail: [email protected] http://ashs.org/pax Honor Society The History of Pi Alpha Xi Pi Alpha Xi Mission

The idea of an honor society came from The organization was established to foster an impromptu after-dinner discussion good fellowship among students, among representatives of several educators and professional universities attending the International horticulturists. The society mission is to Flower Show held in New York City in promote high scholarship, fellowship, 1923. A group of individuals from Cornell professional leadership and the University, led by the late Arno Nehrling, enrichment of human life through plants. developed the organization, wrote the first constitution and ritual and designed the insignia or key. The installation of the Alpha Chapter was at Cornell University Annual Photography Contest on June 1, 1923. Originally, Pi Alpha Xi was for floriculture and ornamental As a member of Pi Alpha Xi, you are horticulture; however, today it embraces encouraged to submit digital photographs all horticultural disciplines and has grown representing horticulture to the Annual Pi to 40 chapters with approximately 14,000 Alpha Xi Photography Contest. members. Chapters are located in the Competition categories and rules are United States at four-year institutions available at the Pi Alpha Xi website with programs in horticulture. (http://ashs.org/pax/). Winners are announced during the annual business Eligibility meeting held in conjunction with ASHS. Funds from the contest support the Pi Pi Alpha Xi, the Honor Society for Alpha Xi scholarship program. Horticulture, recognizes junior and senior Pi Alpha Xi established an open students with high scholastic achievement photography contest in 1996 to be held in who demonstrate a strong interest in conjunction with the Annual Conference horticulture. Graduate students and of the American Society for Horticultural faculty with an emphasis in horticulture Science. The purpose of the contest is to are also eligible. Students must have a promote Pi Alpha Xi (PAX) to ASHS minimum overall academic average of B membership, to support Pi Alpha Xi’s (3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale). scholarship program and to encourage Individual chapters may require a higher horticulture-related photography. GPA. Candidates should also show Contestants need not be members of Pi promise for continued activity and Alpha Xi to participate. commitment to the field of horticulture.