List of Blue Key Honor Society chapters

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Blue Key Honor Society is an American national honor society for college upperclassmen.[1] Following is a list of Blue Key Honor Society chapters.[1]

Number Charter date Institution Location Status References
November 27, 1924 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Withdrew (local) [2][a]
25B May 27, 1925 Emory and Henry College Emory, Virginia Active [3][4]
1925 Walbash College Crawfordsville, Indiana Inactive
26A 1926–after October 2004 Trinity University San Antonio, Texas Inactive
26B February 26, 1926 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia Active [3][4][5]
26C March 9, 1926 Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado Active [3][4][b]
1926 Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Inactive
1926 Northest Missouri State University Maryville, Missouri Inactive
26F April 7, 1926 Truman State University Kirksville, Missouri Active [3][4]
26G April 24, 1926 University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada Active [3]
1926 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee Inactive
1926 University of North Dakota Grand Forks, North Dakota Inactive
1926 University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho Inactive
1926 Oglethorpe University Brookhaven, Georgia Inactive
1926 Pacific University Forest Grove, Oregon Inactive
1926–after October 2004 Loyola University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Inactive [6][c]
1926 Butler University Indianapolis, Indiana Active [7]
1927 Sewanee: The University of the South Sewanee, Tennessee Inactive
1927 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Inactive
1927 Ohio University Athens, Ohio Inactive
27G May 3, 1927 North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota Active [3][4]
27H May 25, 1927 Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, Nebraska Active [3][4]
1927 Drexel Tech Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inactive
27J May 28, 1927 Midland University Fremont, Nebraska Active [3][4]
1927 Franklin University Columbus, Ohio Inactive
1927–after October 2004 Iowa Wesleyan University Mount Pleasant, Iowa Inactive
1927 DePaul University Chicago, Illinois Inactive
1927 University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Inactive
1928 Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio Inactive
1928–after October 2004 Mississippi State University Starkville, Mississippi Inactive
1928 South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota Inactive
1928 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Inactive
1928 Mercer University Macon, Georgia Inactive
1928 North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina Inactive
1928–after October 2004 Wofford College Spartanburg, South Carolina Inactive
1929–after October 2004 Indiana University Inactive
1930 Roanoke College Salem, Virginia Inactive
1930 University of Southen California Los Angeles, California Inactive
1931 Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana Inactive
32B March 21, 1932 Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina Active [3][4]
1932 Presbyterian College Clinton, South Carolina Inactive
32D May 19, 1932 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana Active [3][d]
1932 Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan Active [4]
1932 Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas Inactive
1932 Hope College Holland, Michigan Inactive
1932 Cumberland College Princeton, Kentucky Inactive
1932–after October 2004 Utah State University Logan, Utah Inactive
1932 St. Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota Active [8]
1932–2002 Oklahoma State University–Stillwater Stillwater, Oklahoma Inactive [9]
1932 Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, Indiana Active [10]
1932 Case Institute of Technology Cleveland, Ohio Inactive
1932 Chadron State College Chadron, Nebraska Active [4]
1932 Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, Oklahoma Active [11]
1932 Concord University Athens, West Virginia Active [4]
1932 Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. Inactive
1932–2009 Brigham Young University Provo, Utah Inactive [12]
1932–after October 2004 Ball State University Muncie, Indiana Inactive
1932 Western New Mexico University Silver City, New Mexico Inactive
1932 Kent State University Kent, Ohio Inactive
1932 San Diego State University San Diego, California Inactive
1933–after March 2016 Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Inactive [13]
March 22, 1933 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, Missouri Active [14]
1933 Colorado State College Greeley, Colorado Inactive
1933–after October 2004 University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Inactive
1934 Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas Active [4]
1934–c. 2008 Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon Inactive [15]
1936 California State University, Fresno Fresno, California Inactive
1936 Alfred University Alfred, New York Inactive
1936 California State University, Chico Chico, California Inactive
1939 Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana Active [16]
1940 University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California Inactive
1941 Hendrix College Conway, Arkansas Inactive
1941 Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona Inactive
1942 Detroit Inactive
1942 Philips University Enid, Oklahoma Inactive
1943 Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, Illinois Inactive
1948–after October 2004 Augustana University Sioux Falls, South Dakota Inactive
1948 Furman University Greenville, South Carolina Inactive
1948 Southwestern University Georgetown, Texas Inactive [17]
1948 San Jose State University San Jose, California Inactive
1949 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona Active [4]
1949 Lewis & Clark College Portland, Oregon Inactive
1950 University of the Pacific Stockton, California Inactive
1950 Eastern Washington University Cheney, Washington Inactive
1950 California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Inactive
1950 University of North Texas Denton, Texas Inactive
1951–after October 2004 Babson College Wellesley, Massachusetts Inactive
1951 Newberry College Newberry, South Carolina Active [18]
1951 Pacific Lutheran University Parkland, Washington Inactive
1951 University of Portland Portland, Oregon Active [4]
1951 University of California, Davis Davis, California Inactive
1951 Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia Inactive
1951 University of West Alabama Livingston, Alabama Active [4]
1952 University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio Active [4][e]
1952 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California Inactive
1954–after March 2013 Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colorado Inactive [19]
1954 Arkansas Tech University Russellville, Arkansas Inactive
1956–after October 2004 Carson–Newman University Jefferson City, Tennessee Inactive
1956 Mommouth University West Long Branch, New Jersey Inactive
1956–after October 2004 McNeese State University Lake Charles, Louisiana Inactive
1956 New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico Inactive
1956 California State University, Sacramento Sacramento, California Inactive
1957–after October 2004 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Inactive
1958 Gannon University Erie, Pennsylvania Inactive
1958 Abilene Chistian University Abilene, Texas Inactive
1958 California State University, Northridge Los Angeles, California Inactive
1959 Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho Inactive
1959 Northwestern State University Natchitoches, Louisiana Active [20]
1960 California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, California Inactive
1960 Adams State University Alamosa, Colorado Inactive
1960–after October 2004 Mount Union College Alliance, Ohio Inactive
1960 Lynchburg College Lynchburg, Virginia Inactive
1960 Northern State University Aberdeen, South Dakota Inactive
1960 Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, Missouri Active [4]
1961 Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, Arkansas Active [21]
1961 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado Inactive
1961 Emporia State University Emporia, Kansas Active [4]
1961–after October 2004 Lamar University Beaumont, Texas Inactive
1961 Northern Michigan University Marquette, Michigan Inactive
1961 East Georgia State College Statesboro Statesboro, Georgia Inactive
1961 Erskin College Due West, South Carolina Inactive
1962 Morningside University Sioux City, Iowa Inactive
1962 West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia Inactive
1963 Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois Active [22]
1970 Lander University Greenwood, South Carolina Active [4]
May 1976–before 2024 The College of New Jersey Ewing Township, New Jersey Inacitve [23]
2001 Slippery Rock University Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania Active [4]
19xx ?–xxxx ?;

September 22, 2018

Bulter University Indianapolis, Indiana Active [24]
Before October 2004–before 2024 Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina Inactive
Before October 2004–before 2024 Baker University Baldwin City, Kansas Inactive
Before October 2004–before 2024 California State University, Northridge Los Angeles, California Inactive
Before October 2004–before 2024 Eastern New Mexico University Portales, New Mexico Inactive
Before October 2004–before 2024 Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, Florida Inactive
Before October 2004–before 2024 Georgia Southwestern State University Americus, Georgia Inactive
Before October 2004 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland Active [25]
Before October 2004–before 2024 Kennesaw State University Cobb County, Georgia Inactive
Before October 2004 Monmouth College Monmouth, Illinois Active [26]
Before October 2004–before 2024 Universidad de las Américas Puebla San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico Inactive
Before October 2004 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama Active [27]
Before October 2004–before 2024 University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Inactive
Before October 2004–before 2024 University of Evansville Evansville, Indiana Inactive
Before October 2004–before 2024 University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Inactive
Before October 2004–before 2024 University of Wisconsin–Whitewater Whitewater, Wisconsin Inactive
Before October 2004–before 2024 Wayne State College Wayne, Nebraska Inactive
2007 North Central College Naperville, Illinois Active [4][f]
November 3, 2017 Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia Active [28]
Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania Withdrew (local) [29][30][g]
Jackson State University Jackson, Mississippi Active [31]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The University of Flordia chapter separated from the national Blue Key organization during the 1930s and has been known since as Florida Blue Key, a local organization. However, Florida Blue Key still owns the trademark for the national Blue Key organization.
  2. ^ Chapter formed from the Vigilantees, a local student group established in 1926.
  3. ^ Chapter formed from the Loyola Booster Club which had gone inactive. It went code in 1977.
  4. ^ Was called Southwestern Louisiana when chapter was formed.
  5. ^ Chapter formed from an organization known by the Greek letters ARX.
  6. ^ Chapter formed from the Leadership Ethics and Values (LEV) Program.
  7. ^ This chapter now calls itself "Blue Key" and has dropped references to the national organization.

References[edit]

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  6. ^ "Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections | Blue Key Honor Society · Loyola Traditions". www.lib.luc.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
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  8. ^ "Home". Blue Key Honor Society St. Olaf Chapter. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
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  14. ^ "History | University of Missouri-Rolla chapter". Blu Key University of Missouri-Rolla chapter. Archived from the original on 2001-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-29 – via web.archive.org.
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  25. ^ "Admissions Volunteers". Johns Hopkins University Admissions. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
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  27. ^ "Blue Key Honor Fraternity | Honor Socieites". The University of Alabama. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  28. ^ "Chartering at Valdosta State University, November 3rd, 2017". Blue Key Honor Society. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  29. ^ "Home". Villanova Blue Key. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
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  31. ^ "Blue Key Honor Society | Division of Student Affairs". Jackson State University. Retrieved 2024-05-29.