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{{Short description|American collegiate recognition society}}
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{{Infobox Organization {{Infobox Fraternity
| name = Golden Key International Honour Society
|image = Golden Key.jpg
| crest = Golden Key Logo.png
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| founded = {{start date and age|mf=yes|1977|11|29}}
|name = Golden Key International Honour Society
| birthplace = ]
|motto = To enable members to realize their potential through the advancement of academics, leadership and service.
| affiliation = Independent
|formation = November 29, 1977
| former_affiliation = ACHS
|type = ]
| status = Active
|headquarters = ]
| scope = International
|location = ]
| type = ]
|membership =
| chapters = 400+
|website = {{URL|http://www.goldenkey.org}}
| members =
| lifetime = 2,133,500
| emphasis = All-discipline
| colors = {{color box|#002366}} ] and {{color box|#f1b03f}} ]
| motto = ''{{lang|la|Et reveles vestra potentiale}}'' <br>
"Unlock your potential"
| address = 4470 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Suite 304
| city = ]
| state = ]
| ZIP code = 30338
| country = United States
| website = {{URL|http://www.goldenkey.org}}
}} }}


The '''Golden Key International Honour Society''' (formerly '''Golden Key National Honor Society''') is an ]-based ]<ref>.</ref> founded in 1977 to recognize academic achievement among college and university students. The '''Golden Key International Honour Society''' (formerly '''Golden Key National Honor Society''') is an international collegiate ] and ] based in the United States.<ref>.</ref> It was founded in 1977 to recognize academic achievement among college and university students.


Golden Key has chapters at colleges and universities in ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenkey.org/members-chapters/locate-a-chapter/ |title=Golden Key International Honour Society website Locate A Chapter}}</ref> Membership into Golden Key is offered to undergraduate and graduate students recognized to be among the top 15% of their class by ].<ref name=wp>Kristen Wyatt, . '']'', April 21, 2002.</ref> Lifetime membership is given to those who pay a one-time fee, which was US$60 in 2002<ref name=wp/> and {{asof|2017|lc=y}} is US$95 in the United States. Golden Key has over 400 chapters at colleges and universities in ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and the ]. It has initiated more than 2.1 million members.


==History== ==History==
Golden Key National Honor Society was founded by James W. Lewis at ] in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977.<ref name=che>Andrew Brownstein, "Dishonor Society". '']''. March 22, 2002.</ref> The original intent of the society was to create a new academic honor organization that was the equal of longstanding ] such as ], but which did not carry the same perceived ] of older institutions, operating more strictly on ] standards (by accepting students in the top 15% of their college classes, and permitting part-time and transfer students who excelled academically).<ref name=che/> The society expanded over the course of the 1980s on a minimal budget, increasing the number of schools at which it had chapters and membership at those chapters.<ref name=che/> Lewis moved the institution's headquarters to a former ] building in the ] area of Atlanta in 1984.<ref name=che/> In the late 1980s, the society began attracting corporate sponsorships, providing data about its students to its sponsors, and holding large sponsored networking events, arguing that the strategy increased students' competitiveness in the job market.<ref name=che/> It expanded to Australia in the mid-1990s,<ref name=honisoit/> and in 2000 changed its name to Golden Key International Honour Society in order "to reflect international presence".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenkey.org/about-us/history/ |title=Golden Key International Honour Society website Our History}}</ref> Golden Key National Honour Society was founded by James W. Lewis at ] in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977.<ref name=che>Andrew Brownstein, "Dishonor Society". '']''. March 22, 2002.</ref> The original intent of the society was to create a new academic honor organization that was the equal of longstanding ] such as ], but which did not carry the same perceived ] of older institutions, operating more strictly on ] standards (by accepting students in the top 15% of their college classes and permitting part-time and transfer students who excelled academically).<ref name=che/>


The society expanded throughout the 1980s on a minimal budget, increasing the number of schools at which it had chapters and membership at those chapters.<ref name="che" /> Lewis moved the institution's headquarters to a former ] building in the ] area of Atlanta in 1984.<ref name="che" /> In the late 1980s, the society began attracting corporate sponsorships, providing data about its students to its sponsors, and holding large sponsored networking events, arguing that the strategy increased students' competitiveness in the job market.<ref name="che" /> It expanded to Australia in the mid-1990s,<ref name="honisoit" /> and in 2000 changed its name to Golden Key International Honour Society in order "to reflect international presence".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenkey.org/about-us/history/ |title=Golden Key International Honour Society website Our History |access-date=2013-06-10 |archive-date=2019-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121035527/http://www.goldenkey.org/about-us/history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Lewis, who by the late 1990s was making more than $300,000 as chairman of the organization, stepped down in January 2000 after being pressured by his board, and was replaced by Carl Patton.<ref name=che/> Patton resigned in 2002<ref name=wp/> after a round of negative press coverage about the society.<ref name=studlife>Paige Shamsi, . '']'', April 18, 2002.</ref> By 2002, the society was "one of the largest collegiate honor societies in the world", with an annual budget of ]10.9 million and over 120,000 inductees annually.<ref name=che/>


Lewis, who by the late 1990s was making more than $300,000 as chairman of the organization, stepped down in January 2000 after being pressured by his board and was replaced by Carl Patton.<ref name="che" /> Patton resigned in 2002<ref name="wp">Kristen Wyatt, . '']'', April 21, 2002.</ref> after a round of negative press coverage about the society.<ref name="studlife">Paige Shamsi, . '']'', April 18, 2002.</ref> By 2002, the society was "one of the largest collegiate honor societies in the world", with an annual budget of ]10.9 million and over 120,000 inductees annually.<ref name="che" />
==Membership and activities==
Golden Key's main office is in Atlanta, Georgia, with regional offices in ] and ].<ref name=gcn>Brian Carr, . Georgia Center for Nonprofits, May 2015.</ref> It manages approximately 400 campus chapters worldwide.<ref name=gcn/> In its early years, Golden Key anticipated ] drives on college campuses by organizing community service efforts, such as working in ]s, reading to children at libraries, and doing ] help for low-income and immigrant populations.<ref name=wp/> Since chapters are not centrally managed, charity and volunteer efforts are now fostered through a system called SPARK a Change, which allows chapters to determine the causes they support and the level of involvement of students.<ref name=gcn/> Golden Key offers résumé and graduate program assistance, career planning and opportunities, leadership opportunities in local chapters, and networking events. It also offers scholarships, awards, research grants, travel support for academic conference attendance, and ] debt relief to its members.<ref name=gcn/>


The organization operates as a non-profit under section ] of the U.S. ]. Golden Key sought and was denied acceptance to the ] in 1984 and 1997.<ref name="che" /> Golden Key was accepted by the ACHS in 2005<!--February 18th apparently-->.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 August 2005 |title=Golden Key Becomes Member of ACHS |url=http://www.goldenkey.org/GKweb/PublicationsAndSocietyNews/RecentPressReleases/GoldenKeyBecomesMemberofACHS.htm |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050806074750/http://www.goldenkey.org/GKweb/PublicationsAndSocietyNews/RecentPressReleases/GoldenKeyBecomesMemberofACHS.htm |archive-date=6 August 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Golden Key is Now an ACHS Member! |url=http://www.studentorg.vcu.edu/goldenkey/newsleters/nl033105.pdf}}</ref> Golden Key resigned from the ] in December 2013<ref>{{cite press release |title=ACHS Launches 'The Plan for Aiming Higher,' As High Achieving Students Face New Challenges |date=February 10, 2014 |url=http://www.achsnatl.org/news/2014/02/the-plan-for-aiming-higher.html |access-date=August 8, 2020 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140921153822/http://www.achsnatl.org/news/2014/02/the-plan-for-aiming-higher.html |archive-date=2014-09-21 |website=]}}</ref><!-- original url marked unfit due to redirect to ACHS home page -->{{cbignore|bot=InternetArchiveBot}} after what the ACHS indicated was "a series of on-going discussions and correspondence."
Some members (merit or honorary) include ], ], ], ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/02/02/golden-key-recognizes-new-members/ |title=Golden Key recognizes new members}}</ref> ], ], ], ],<ref>. University of Connecticut, November 30, 1998.</ref> ], ],<ref>. University of Houston, March 9, 2012.</ref> ],<ref>, MSNBC, July 20, 2012. ( at the ])</ref> and ].<ref>. University of New Orleans, July 2, 2013.</ref>


Golden Key's main office is in ], with regional offices in ], and ].<ref name="gcn">Brian Carr, . Georgia Center for Nonprofits, May 2015.</ref> It manages approximately 400 campus chapters worldwide.<ref name="gcn" />]
The organization operates as a non-profit under section ] of the U.S. ]. Golden Key sought and was denied acceptance to the ] in 1984 and 1997.<ref name=che/> Golden Key was accepted by the ACHS in 2005<!--February 18th apparently-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenkey.org/GKweb/PublicationsAndSocietyNews/RecentPressReleases/GoldenKeyBecomesMemberofACHS.htm|title=Golden Key Becomes Member of ACHS|date=6 August 2005|publisher=|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050806074750/http://www.goldenkey.org/GKweb/PublicationsAndSocietyNews/RecentPressReleases/GoldenKeyBecomesMemberofACHS.htm|archivedate=6 August 2005|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentorg.vcu.edu/goldenkey/newsleters/nl033105.pdf|title=Golden Key is Now an ACHS Member!|publisher=}}</ref> Golden Key resigned from the ] in December 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.achsnatl.org/news/2014/02/the-plan-for-aiming-higher.html|title=ACHS News|website=www.achsnatl.org}}</ref> after what the ACHS indicated was "a series of on-going discussions and correspondence."


==Criticism== == Symbols ==
Golden Key's motto is ''{{lang|la|Et reveles vestra potentiale}}'' or "Unlock your potential". At commencement, Golden Key members may wear a royal blue and golden yellow ribbon attached to their ] or a gold and royal blue cord.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Distinctive Honors - Commencement |url=https://commencement.richmond.edu/main/distinctive-honors.html#:~:text=Golden%20Key%20National%20Honor%20Society,be%20worn%20around%20the%20neck. |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=University of Richmond |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-29 |title=Honor Society Cord Colors {{!}} College and University |url=https://seniorclassproducts.com/pages/college-honor-society-colors?srsltid=AfmBOooja8xHMUa18oAJ7hjeXO5-MSG_xpQDUkA2tlCTHkUl1R35g1po |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Senior Class Graduation Products |language=en}}</ref> Its honor stole is a gold satin sash embroidered with a Golden Key logo in blue. The Gold Key medallion is gold colored and hangs from a ribbon that is royal blue and gold.<ref name=":6" /> Members who have the highest GPA in four undergraduate divisions may wear the medallion.<ref name=":6" />
A 1999 article in the ] student newspaper, ''The ]'', examined the society's finances and scholarship practices after it established a chapter on campus in 1998.<ref name=ubyssey>Irfan Dhalla, "Students Getting Bamboozled?". '']'', January 12, 1999. Archived at </ref> ''Ubyssey'' obtained the organization's IRS filings for 1997 and noted "Golden Key spent just $289,461(US dollars) on scholarships, less than 5 per cent of their total expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997."<ref name=ubyssey/> Golden Key reported on its own website in 2009 that it had increased scholarship disbursals to over $500,000 annually,<ref name=nebraskan>. '']'', February 10, 2009.</ref> but a later report indicated that spending on member events and scholarships in 2014 were less than $200,000.<ref name=honisoit/> A 2002 report by '']'' reported that there were conflicts within the society's administration over the lowering of academic standards required for admission and inflated recruitment numbers from local university chapters.<ref name=che/> The society's aggressive marketing techniques toward eligible members were criticized in 2002 by the president of the ].<ref name=ajc/>


==Membership==
The business practices of Golden Key also attracted the ''Chronicle''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s notice, as well as that of the '']''. Sponsoring corporations, who paid a minimum of $55,000 a year (2002) to access Golden Key's membership lists, sent students "mass mailings for such products as credit cards and auto insurance."<ref name=wp/> Golden Key responded to these criticisms by stating that it was standard practice among alumni groups and honor societies.<ref name=wp/> The ''Chronicle'' quoted former employees who thought the institution's expenditures on parties and upper executive salaries, as well as its maintenance of the Druid Hills headquarters, were lavish and inconsistent with the former ideal of "a student-centered, nonprofit organization."<ref name=che/> The '']'' reported poor accounting practices under Lewis's tenure in the late 1990s, and investigators were unable to determine exactly how much he was paid due to bookkeeping discrepancies.<ref name=ajc>John McCosh, "Golden Key founder loses luster". '']'', April 6, 2002.</ref> A 2016 investigation by Australian student newspaper '']'' found that Golden Key continued to release data about students, without their consent, to corporate sponsors.<ref name=honisoit>Tom Joyner, . '']'', May 31, 2016.</ref>
Golden Key membership is open to sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduate students, and alumni who graduated in the past year.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Golden Key |url=https://www.amu.apus.edu/student-activities/orgs/golden-key/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=American Military University |language=en}}</ref> Membership is by invitation and is offered to students in any academic field who are in the top fifteen percent of their class and have a ] of 3.75 or better.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="wp" /><ref name=":5" /> The society also awards honorary memberships to non-students who are impactful or noteworthy leaders on campus and in the university's community.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-09-25 |title=Golden Key Appreciates its Honorary Members! |url=https://www.goldenkey.org/2017/09/25/golden-key-appreciates-its-honorary-members/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=GoldenKey |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Activities==
Some students reported to student newspaper investigators that they were unsure of the society's benefits<ref>Will McDonald, . '']'', February 8, 2012.</ref> or did not find the society's networking opportunities worth the cost of membership.<ref name=honisoit/> ''Honi Soit'' also noted that society staffers altered the Golden Key International Honour Society ] page to burnish the institution's image.<ref name=honisoit/>
In its early years, Golden Key anticipated ] drives on college campuses by organizing community service efforts, such as working in ]s, reading to children at libraries, and doing ] help for low-income and immigrant populations.<ref name="wp" /> Since chapters are not centrally managed, charity and volunteer efforts are now fostered through a system called SPARK a Change, which allows chapters to determine the causes they support and the level of involvement of students.<ref name="gcn" />

Golden Key offers résumé and graduate program assistance, career planning and opportunities, leadership opportunities in local chapters, and networking events. It also offers scholarships, awards, research grants, travel support for academic conference attendance, and ] debt relief to its members.<ref name="gcn" />

==Chapters==
Golden Key has more than 400 chapters at colleges and universities in ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and the ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Golden Key International Honour Society website Locate A Chapter |url=https://www.goldenkey.org/members-chapters/locate-a-chapter/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121035548/http://www.goldenkey.org/members-chapters/locate-a-chapter/ |archive-date=2019-01-21 |access-date=2013-06-10}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> It founded chapters in the following countries in:<ref></ref>

*1977 – United States of America
*1993 – Australia
*1997 – Canada
*1998 – Malaysia
*1999 – New Zealand
*2000 – South Africa
*2010 – The Bahamas
*2011 – India

==Notable members==
=== Collegiate members ===

* ], author<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau |url=https://morebooks.de/shop-ui/shop/product/978-613-0-69206-3 |access-date=September 14, 2024 |website=More Books}}</ref>
* ], historian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=https://anthonyeclark.squarespace.com/reviews-1 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Anthony E. Clark, PhD, FRHistS, FRAS |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ], indigenous Australian equality activist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michelle Deshong |url=https://www.naidoc.org.au/awards/winner-profiles/michelle-deshong |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=NAIDOC}}</ref>
* ], video game designer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schroeder |first=Marcelo Chinchilla |date=2022-08-29 |title=Neil Druckmann - Biografía Biografías |url=https://www.capitalvideogames.com/neil-druckmann-biografia/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Capital Video Games |language=es}}</ref>
* ] (1985), surgical oncologist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Souzan E. El-Eid MD |url=https://health.usnews.com/doctors/souzan-el-eid-197299#experience |access-date=September 14, 2024 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref>
* ], R&B singer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathebula |first=Kwanele |date=2019-11-22 |title=5 minutes with singer Elaine |url=https://www.bona.co.za/celebrity/5-minutes-with-singer-elaine/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Bona Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ], chancellor of the ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography of Matthew Goldstein |url=https://www1.cuny.edu/events/press/goldstein_bio.html |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=City University of New York}}</ref>
* ], professor emeritus of structural engineering at the ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gilbert A. Hegemier {{!}} Jacobs School of Engineering |url=https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/node/3321 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=University of California, San Diego}}</ref>
* ], attorney and actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anastasia Sagorsky |url=https://www.swlaw.edu/faculty/adjunct/anastasia-sagorsky |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Southwestern Law School |language=en}}</ref>
* ], model and former ]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2004-05-27 |title=KUDOS |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2004/05/27/kudos-636/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Orlando Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ], ]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-15 |title=Miss USA 2017: 5 Things to Know to Know About Miss District of Columbia Kára McCullough |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/851942/miss-usa-2017-5-things-to-know-to-know-about-miss-district-of-columbia-kara-mccullough |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=E! Online}}</ref>
* ], professional baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Nathan {{!}} Stony Brook Council |url=https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/sbcouncil/resolutions/joenathan.php |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Stony Brook University |language=en}}</ref>
* ], television news reporter<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Norman Robinson - WDSU-TV News Team |url=http://www.wdsu.com/wdsunewsteam/267734/detail.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126022935/http://www.wdsu.com/wdsunewsteam/267734/detail.html |archive-date=2007-01-26 |access-date=2024-09-15 }}</ref>
* ], journalist and author<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-19 |title=Dr. Field Ruwe Addresses Accusations of Malicious Intent by the University of Zambia |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/03/19/dr-field-ruwe-addresses-accusations-of-malicious-intent-by-the-university-of-zambia/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Lusaka Times |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* ], associate professor of ] at the ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=CV |url=http://www.leilatakayama.org/downloads/LeilaTakayamaCV.pdf |access-date=September 15, 2024 |website=Leila Takayama |page=3}}</ref>
* ], singer-songwriter<ref name="Renminribao">{{cite news |last=Si |first=Wenxiao |date=May 2, 2006 |title=大馬新人王陳仁豐轉戰內地 好音樂無國界 (New Malaysian star Quincy Tan advancing into mainland China: Good music knows no borders) |url=http://ent.people.com.cn/BIG5/4407808.html |access-date=June 4, 2007 |publisher=People's Daily}}</ref><ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=陈仁丰－我的音乐桃花源 个人资料 |url=http://www.mainstreammusic.net/profile.html |access-date=June 4, 2007 |publisher=Mainstream Music}}</ref>

=== Honorary members ===
* ] (1998), economist and 13th president of the ]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=November 30, 1998 |title=Golden Key inductees include President Austin |url=http://www.advance.uconn.edu/1998/981130/11309809.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001085656/http://www.advance.uconn.edu/1998/981130/11309809.htm |archive-date=2015-10-01 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=University of Connecticut Advance |via=web.archive.org}}</ref>
* ] (2010), 14th president of ]<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2010 |title=Golden Key inducts new members {{!}} North Dakota State University |url=https://www.ndsu.edu/news/view/detail/5304 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=www.ndsu.edu |language=en}}</ref>
* ], television news presenter<ref>Bell, Nicholle (2001) ''Seven News keeps on delivering for Susannah'' in ''Standard'' (West Perth, W.A)</ref><ref>Kent, Melissa (2005) ''The anchor woman'' in the West Magazine, in ''The West Australian'' 7 May 2005, p.12-14</ref>
* ], ]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=March 9, 2012 |title=Dr. Snider Receives Honorary Membership in Golden Key International Honour Society |url=https://www.uh.edu/nsm/biology-biochemistry/news-events/stories/2012/0309_goldenKey.php |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=University of Houston}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=July 2, 2013 |title=UNO Chapter of Golden Key International Honor Society Gains Momentum |url=https://www.uno.edu/news/2013/UNOChapterofGoldenKeyInternationalHonourSocietyGainsMomentum.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712083114/https://www.uno.edu/news/2013/UNOChapterofGoldenKeyInternationalHonourSocietyGainsMomentum.aspx |archive-date=2013-07-12 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=University of New Orleans |via=web.archive.org}}</ref>
* ], comedian and actor<ref name=":2" />
* ] (1997), medical researcher, academic, and public health advocate<ref>{{Cite journal |date=August 2024 |title=Obituary Marcello Costa (1940–2024) |url=https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14851 |journal=Neurogastroenterology & Motility |volume=36 |issue=8|doi=10.1111/nmo.14851 }}</ref>
* ], ], ], and president of the ]<ref name=":1" />
* ] (2012), ] and professor of biology at the ]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-04 |title=Douglas J. Emlen - Division of Biological Sciences / Emlen Lab - University Of Montana |url=https://hs.umt.edu/dbs/labs/emlen/doug/default.php |access-date=2024-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204064158/https://hs.umt.edu/dbs/labs/emlen/doug/default.php |archive-date=2015-12-04 }}</ref>
* ] (2013), first ] and sixth chief executive of the ]<ref name=":3" />
* ], professor of biology at ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brian K. Hall (1941- ) |url=https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/brian-k-hall-1941 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Embryo Project Encyclopedia |publisher=Arizona State University}}</ref>
* ], author<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McAleer |first=Rebecca |date=2012-02-02 |title=Golden Key recognizes new members |url=http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/02/02/golden-key-recognizes-new-members/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=The Spectator |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
* ], professional football player and college football coach<ref name=":4" />
* ], ] and ] activist and ] of the ]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-25 |title=Marlene le Roux {{!}} How the creative arts can help to heal you {{!}} CreativeMornings/CT |url=https://creativemornings.com/talks/marlene-le-roux |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=CreativeMornings |language=en}}</ref>
* ] (2002), dean of graduate research studies and the professor of ] at ]
* ], ]<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Golden Key International Honour Society |url=https://international.uwc.ac.za/co-operation/networks/golden-key-international-honour-society/#:~:text=With%20over%20two%20million%20members,of%20the%20continuum%20of%20excellence. |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=University of Western Cape |language=en-ZA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Honorary membership of the Golden Key International Honour Society |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930061108/https://archive.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/za-com-mr-t-1496 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930061108/https://archive.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/za-com-mr-t-1496 |archive-date=2020-09-30 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=The Nelson Mandela Foundation Archive |via=web.archive.org}}</ref>
* ], actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nomzamo Mbatha |url=https://awards.adamatoulon.com/en/component/content/article/216-nominees23/cc23/336-nomzamo-mbatha-us?Itemid=639 |access-date=September 15, 2024 |website=World Women Heroes Awards}}</ref>
* ], South African politician and television personality<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary Member Ceremony |url=https://www.gkzafnmrc.org/honorarymember |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=NMRC |language=en}}</ref>
* ], ] and lecturer at the ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Mott (1978) - Hall of Fame |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_scholars.aspx?hof=835 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=National Football Foundation |language=en}}</ref>
* ], country musician<ref name=":0" />
* ] (2012), former ] and Disability Discrimination Commissioner for the Australian government
* ], ]<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />
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* ], swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist<ref name=":2" />
* ], ], ], anti-apartheid activist, and winner of the ]<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":7" />
* ] (1995) educator and author<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Akinyele K. Umoja |url=http://www2.gsu.edu/~aadbsf/umoja.htmg |access-date=September 15, 2024 |website=African-American Studies, Georgia State University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191725/http://www2.gsu.edu/~aadbsf/umoja.htmg |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref>
* ], ] and ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luc Vinet {{!}} Research |url=https://recherche.umontreal.ca/english/our-researchers/professors-directory/researcher/is/in15747/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Université de Montréal |language=en}}</ref>
* ], author, political activist, professor at ], and winner of the ]<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />

==Controversies==
A 1999 article in the ] student newspaper, ''The ]'', examined the society's finances and scholarship practices after it established a chapter on campus in 1998.<ref name="ubyssey">{{cite news |last1=Dhalla |first1=Irfan |title=Students Getting Bamboozled? |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/ubysseynews/1.0127065/0 |access-date=March 26, 2022 |work=] |publisher=] |date=January 12, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107055500/http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/pdfs/ubyssey/UBYSSEY_1999_01_12.pdf |archive-date=November 7, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''Ubyssey'' obtained the organization's IRS filings for 1997 and noted "Golden Key spent just $289,461 (US dollars) on scholarships, less than 5 percent of their total expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997."<ref name=ubyssey/> Golden Key reported on its website in 2009 that it had increased scholarship disbursals to over $500,000 annually,<ref name=nebraskan>. '']'', February 10, 2009.</ref> but a later report indicated that spending on member events and scholarships in 2014 was less than $200,000.<ref name=honisoit/> A 2002 report by '']'' reported that there were conflicts within the society's administration over the lowering of academic standards required for admission and inflated recruitment numbers from local university chapters.<ref name=che/> The society's aggressive marketing techniques toward eligible members were criticized in 2002 by the president of the ].<ref name=ajc/>

The business practices of Golden Key also attracted the ''Chronicle''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s notice, as well as that of '']''. Sponsoring corporations, who paid a minimum of $55,000 a year (2002) to access Golden Key's membership lists, sent students "mass mailings for such products as credit cards and auto insurance."<ref name=wp/> Golden Key responded to these criticisms by stating that it was standard practice among alumni groups and honor societies.<ref name=wp/> The ''Chronicle'' quoted former employees who thought the institution's expenditures on parties and upper executive salaries, as well as its maintenance of the Druid Hills headquarters, were lavish and inconsistent with the former ideal of "a student-centered, nonprofit organization."<ref name=che/> The '']'' reported poor accounting practices under Lewis's tenure in the late 1990s, and investigators were unable to determine exactly how much he was paid due to bookkeeping discrepancies.<ref name=ajc>John McCosh, "Golden Key founder loses luster". '']'', April 6, 2002.</ref> A 2016 investigation by Australian student newspaper '']'' found that Golden Key continued to release data about students, without their consent, to corporate sponsors.<ref name=honisoit>Tom Joyner, . '']'', May 31, 2016.</ref>

Some students reported to student newspaper investigators that they were unsure of the society's benefits<ref>Will McDonald, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012602/http://old.ubyssey.ca/news/golden-key-summit-825/ |date=2017-11-07 }}. '']'', February 8, 2012.</ref> or did not find the society's networking opportunities worth the cost of membership.<ref name=honisoit/> ''Honi Soit'' also noted that society staffers altered the Golden Key International Honour Society ] page to burnish the institution's image.<ref name=honisoit/>

==See also==

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American collegiate recognition society
Golden Key International Honour Society
FoundedNovember 29, 1977; 47 years ago (1977-11-29)
Georgia State University
TypeHonor society
AffiliationIndependent
Former affiliationACHS
StatusActive
EmphasisAll-discipline
ScopeInternational
MottoEt reveles vestra potentiale
"Unlock your potential"
Colors  Royal blue and   Gold
Chapters400+
Members2,133,500 lifetime
Headquarters4470 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Suite 304
Dunwoody, Georgia 30338
United States
Websitewww.goldenkey.org

The Golden Key International Honour Society (formerly Golden Key National Honor Society) is an international collegiate honor society and non-profit organization based in the United States. It was founded in 1977 to recognize academic achievement among college and university students.

Golden Key has over 400 chapters at colleges and universities in Australia, The Bahamas, Canada, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and the United States. It has initiated more than 2.1 million members.

History

Golden Key National Honour Society was founded by James W. Lewis at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977. The original intent of the society was to create a new academic honor organization that was the equal of longstanding honor societies such as Phi Beta Kappa, but which did not carry the same perceived elitism of older institutions, operating more strictly on merit standards (by accepting students in the top 15% of their college classes and permitting part-time and transfer students who excelled academically).

The society expanded throughout the 1980s on a minimal budget, increasing the number of schools at which it had chapters and membership at those chapters. Lewis moved the institution's headquarters to a former Church of Christ Scientist building in the Druid Hills area of Atlanta in 1984. In the late 1980s, the society began attracting corporate sponsorships, providing data about its students to its sponsors, and holding large sponsored networking events, arguing that the strategy increased students' competitiveness in the job market. It expanded to Australia in the mid-1990s, and in 2000 changed its name to Golden Key International Honour Society in order "to reflect international presence".

Lewis, who by the late 1990s was making more than $300,000 as chairman of the organization, stepped down in January 2000 after being pressured by his board and was replaced by Carl Patton. Patton resigned in 2002 after a round of negative press coverage about the society. By 2002, the society was "one of the largest collegiate honor societies in the world", with an annual budget of US$10.9 million and over 120,000 inductees annually.

The organization operates as a non-profit under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Golden Key sought and was denied acceptance to the Association of College Honor Societies in 1984 and 1997. Golden Key was accepted by the ACHS in 2005. Golden Key resigned from the Association of College Honor Societies in December 2013 after what the ACHS indicated was "a series of on-going discussions and correspondence."

Golden Key's main office is in Dunwoody, Georgia, with regional offices in Sydney, Australia, and Pretoria, South Africa. It manages approximately 400 campus chapters worldwide.

Golden Key medallion

Symbols

Golden Key's motto is Et reveles vestra potentiale or "Unlock your potential". At commencement, Golden Key members may wear a royal blue and golden yellow ribbon attached to their mortar board or a gold and royal blue cord. Its honor stole is a gold satin sash embroidered with a Golden Key logo in blue. The Gold Key medallion is gold colored and hangs from a ribbon that is royal blue and gold. Members who have the highest GPA in four undergraduate divisions may wear the medallion.

Membership

Golden Key membership is open to sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduate students, and alumni who graduated in the past year. Membership is by invitation and is offered to students in any academic field who are in the top fifteen percent of their class and have a GPA of 3.75 or better. The society also awards honorary memberships to non-students who are impactful or noteworthy leaders on campus and in the university's community.

Activities

In its early years, Golden Key anticipated volunteerism drives on college campuses by organizing community service efforts, such as working in soup kitchens, reading to children at libraries, and doing tax preparation help for low-income and immigrant populations. Since chapters are not centrally managed, charity and volunteer efforts are now fostered through a system called SPARK a Change, which allows chapters to determine the causes they support and the level of involvement of students.

Golden Key offers résumé and graduate program assistance, career planning and opportunities, leadership opportunities in local chapters, and networking events. It also offers scholarships, awards, research grants, travel support for academic conference attendance, and student loan debt relief to its members.

Chapters

Golden Key has more than 400 chapters at colleges and universities in Australia, The Bahamas, Canada, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and the United States. It founded chapters in the following countries in:

  • 1977 – United States of America
  • 1993 – Australia
  • 1997 – Canada
  • 1998 – Malaysia
  • 1999 – New Zealand
  • 2000 – South Africa
  • 2010 – The Bahamas
  • 2011 – India

Notable members

Collegiate members

Honorary members

Controversies

A 1999 article in the University of British Columbia student newspaper, The Ubyssey, examined the society's finances and scholarship practices after it established a chapter on campus in 1998. Ubyssey obtained the organization's IRS filings for 1997 and noted "Golden Key spent just $289,461 (US dollars) on scholarships, less than 5 percent of their total expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997." Golden Key reported on its website in 2009 that it had increased scholarship disbursals to over $500,000 annually, but a later report indicated that spending on member events and scholarships in 2014 was less than $200,000. A 2002 report by The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that there were conflicts within the society's administration over the lowering of academic standards required for admission and inflated recruitment numbers from local university chapters. The society's aggressive marketing techniques toward eligible members were criticized in 2002 by the president of the National Collegiate Honors Council.

The business practices of Golden Key also attracted the Chronicle's notice, as well as that of The Washington Post. Sponsoring corporations, who paid a minimum of $55,000 a year (2002) to access Golden Key's membership lists, sent students "mass mailings for such products as credit cards and auto insurance." Golden Key responded to these criticisms by stating that it was standard practice among alumni groups and honor societies. The Chronicle quoted former employees who thought the institution's expenditures on parties and upper executive salaries, as well as its maintenance of the Druid Hills headquarters, were lavish and inconsistent with the former ideal of "a student-centered, nonprofit organization." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported poor accounting practices under Lewis's tenure in the late 1990s, and investigators were unable to determine exactly how much he was paid due to bookkeeping discrepancies. A 2016 investigation by Australian student newspaper Honi Soit found that Golden Key continued to release data about students, without their consent, to corporate sponsors.

Some students reported to student newspaper investigators that they were unsure of the society's benefits or did not find the society's networking opportunities worth the cost of membership. Honi Soit also noted that society staffers altered the Golden Key International Honour Society Misplaced Pages page to burnish the institution's image.

See also

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