Mission
Alpha Alpha Alpha, commonly known as Tri-Alpha, is a national honor society specifically for first-generation college students. Tri-Alpha promotes academic excellence and provides opportunities for personal growth, leadership development, and campus and community service for first-generation college students.
Membership Benefits
– An affordable, lifetime, national initiation fee of $15 (for students) and $25 for faculty, staff, and alumni (as of July 1,2022), plus local initiation fee (where applicable) [NOTE: this fee does not include honor cords)
– A certificate and pin signifying membership. Membership is for life.
– An outward recognition of personal accomplishment and an incentive for continued high scholarship.
– The opportunity to meet other first-generation scholars from all academic disciplines on your campus and to join them in promoting academic excellence and creating a supportive environment for first-generation college students.
– Identifies you to employers, professionals, and graduate schools as a person of superior academic ability and commitment.
– Ability to mentor younger first-generation students.
– Ability to receive mentoring from more senior first-generation students, as well as faculty, staff, and alumni who were first-generation students.
– Local chapter leadership opportunities.