Official Honor Society Forms and Materials

The following forms and materials should help to keep your chapter of Sigma Nu Tau Entrepreneurship Honor Society organized.

Application Process to Establish a New Sigma Nu Tau Chapter

• Obtain a letter of endorsement from your Dean, Vice President, President, or Chancellor
• Identify a minimum of 4 prospective student members, fill out the membership application cover spreadsheet and have it ready to attach to your application:
  • Membership Application Cover Spreadsheet
• Identify a Faculty Advisor and Faculty Secretary and have their names and contact information ready to be included on your application.
• Complete the Petition form below with all of the above information:
  • Petition to Establish a Collegiate Chapter
• Have members complete their own membership application:
  • Student Membership Application
    This is to be turned into directly to the faculty advisor. Faculty advisors are responsible for verifying that each student meets the eligibility criteria. If faculty advisors have pre-determined eligibility (such as receiving a list of students who meet the GPA and class standing requirements), then they may submit the cover sheet only.
  • Entrepreneur & Honorary Membership Applications
    New Entrepreneur & Honorary members must complete the form above, and faculty advisors must include them on the Membership Application Cover Spreadsheet
  • Faculty Membership Application
    New faculty members must complete the form above, and faculty advisors must include them on the Membership Application Cover Spreadsheet

Membership applications may be sent in after you submit the Petition to Establish a Collegiate Chapter or after your petition has been approved.

Continuing Operations

**Faculty advisors: Please review these instructions carefully as our process has changed

• Prepare for your induction ceremony:
  • Five to six weeks before the ceremony, start gathering information for all new inductees
  • All forms should be submitted no later than four weeks before your induction ceremony to ensure supplies are delivered to your chapter in time
• Download and fill out the Membership Application Cover Spreadsheet
  • This is a spreadsheet that includes details of all members to be inducted
  • Submit this spreadsheet through the New Member Chapter Update Form
• Have each new member complete their individual application OR verify their eligibility:
  • Student Members: Turn in the Student Membership Application to your faculty advisor
    • Faculty advisors review the applications to verify eligibility. They do not send the PDF to USASBE, instead they include the approved members names on the Membership Application Cover Spreadsheet.
    • If advisors have alternative methods of verifying eligibility (such as receiving GPA/class standing records from the registrar), then students only need to be included on the cover sheet and do not need to submit an application form.
  • Entrepreneurs and Honorary Members: Use the Entrepreneur & Honorary Membership Application
    • Faculty advisors must also list the entrepreneur or honorary member’s name on the Membership Application Cover Spreadsheet
  • Faculty Members: Use the Faculty Membership Application
    • Faculty advisors must also list the faculty member’s name on the Membership Application Cover Spreadsheet
• Special note for faculty advisors:
  • If you're replacing a previous faculty advisor, make sure to: a) Reflect this change on your New Member Chapter Update Form and b) Complete a Faculty Membership Application for yourself
• Submit all forms:
  • Ensure that you have verified the eligibility for all new student members, that all Honorary, Entrepreneur, and Faculty members have completed the online application, and that every name is listed correctly on the Membership Application Cover Sheet
  • Submit everything through the New Member Chapter Update Form

Fees

• New Charter Application Fee: $300
• Membership Dues:
  • If the Chapter is paying for the applicant as part of one single invoice, the fee is $50/member (Chapters may individually collect fees from the member)
  • If applicants will be invoiced individually, the fee is $60/member
• Honor cords: $10 each (Please note this on the membership application cover sheet)

Eligibility Requirements for Membership

For All Student Members:

• Must possess honor, integrity, and a strong entrepreneurial spirit.
• Must be taking a bachelor’s, master’s or Ph.D. program with a major, minor or other program of study that substantively includes the major knowledge areas, skills, and competencies required of an entrepreneur.
• For Undergraduate Students:
  • Must have earned at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA.
  • Must have junior class standing or higher.
• For Graduate Students:
  • Must have earned at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA.
  • Must have completed at least 50% of graduate coursework.

For Faculty/Staff Members:

• Faculty or Staff members who will serve as the Faculty Advisor and Faculty Secretary should submit their membership applications with the “Petition to Establish a collegiate Chapter” form.
• Who have enhanced the study of entrepreneurship.

For Entrepreneur Members:

• Entrepreneurs who have demonstrated a strong entrepreneurial spirit and
• Who are models of principled entrepreneurship.

For Honorary Members:

• Persons who have achieved distinction in their chosen profession or
• Persons who have rendered unusually significant service through their leadership in significant causes.

Required Annual Report Form

By June 1 of every year an Annual Report Form is due to the National Office detailing the activities completed by your chapter. This is also where chapters can apply for outstanding chapter awards.

To learn more about chapter awards, click here.

To download the form to apply for the silver or gold outstanding chapter award, click here.

Submit your annual report form here.