About Golden Key

What is Golden Key?

Golden Key is a non-profit, international academic honors organization that recognizes the top 15% of juniors and seniors in all undergraduate fields. Golden Key participates in several community service events and activities each semester. For more information about this organization recognizing academic excellence, please visit the Golden Key International Honour Society Website

Mission

Golden Key strives to build global communities of academic achievers by providing opportunities for individual growth through leadership, career development, networking and service.



Values

Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, Respect, Diversity, Excellence, Engagement.




Vision 2011

Golden Key is the world's premier honor society. We recognize academic excellence and provide tangible value to our student members, advisors, recent alumni and partners while positively impacting their lives and society.



Core Values

Golden Key is committed to the highest standards of integrity and is responsible to Golden Key members served across the globe. All Society efforts are focused on delivering value to those members in an honest, sincere and ethical manner. Golden Key believes in a community built on mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork - rewarding individual accomplishment dedicated toward a common vision and treating others as we would have them treat us. As a global organization, Golden Key values diversity and respects differences among each other. The Society's strength lies in its inclusiveness and ability to collaborate and learn from each other. Golden Key believes in setting the standard for excellence among honor societies by continually exploring new possibilities. This focus on innovation will define the meaning and character of the honor societies of the future.

Strategic Objectives Toward 2011:

Grow the Golden Key Community


Maximize value to student members, advisors, recent alumni and partners


Build internal capacity to deliver quality and value consistently




Golden Key Poem

Of two colors
Black and Gold,
Our university inspires
In both young and old,
The everlasting learning desire,
Fueled by our pursuit for
Knowledge:
the oxygen to our fire.

Though the degree is a benchmark
The learning never stops;
In the classroom and out
We expand our minds
And open our hearts;

Through service to our Golden Key
Alone we never shall be,
Working to better the lives of community friends
Will always lead to meaningful ends,
Not afraid to venture on,
For prepared we have become
Scared: we will never be,
For we know that black and Gold
Is the Key.