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Alpha Mu Gamma

 

Alpha Mu Gamma

The National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society

 

 

Alpha Mu Gamma is the first and largest national collegiate foreign language honor society of the United States. It was established on April 29, 1931 at Los Angeles City College by five members of the College foreign language faculty. These five members recognized the need for a society to honor achievement in all foreign languages at an early stage in the student's career. The interest shown by the other colleges and universities inspired an almost immediate expansion into a national organization. More than 307 chapters exist in the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Chapters are found both in state and private universities, four years as well as two years colleges. The Society has grown so large because it honors excellence in ALL languages so that it encompasses all foreign groups. Please see visit our website page for more details about AMG:

http://www.lacitycollege.edu/academic/honor/amg/homepage.html

Alpha Mu Gamma has as its primary purpose the honoring of students for outstanding achievement during their first year of foreign language study in college. However, students may be admitted at any stage in their college careers. Upon initiation a member receives a parchment certificate of membership and may wear the scroll-shaped gold key or pin.

Activities of the National Society are: 1) the publication of the quarterly Newsletter; 2) biennial national conventions; 3) regional conferences at which students are able to meet others who share their interest in foreign languages; 4) chapter meetings and special chapter activities of every sort; 5) the sponsorship of National Foreign Language Week; 6) distribution of its posters each year in celebration of the Week; and 7) the annual awarding of five scholarships:

  1. Three Goddard, Indovina & Krakowski  Scholarships ($750) for any foreign language study.
  1. One Laval University Summer Tuition Scholarship plus AMG stipend ($400) for one month (July-August) of intensive French study in Quebec Canada.
  1. One James Fonseca Scholarship ($400) for the study of Esperanto or Spanish.

Applications for membership for Spring 2012 induction have now been closed.  Student applications will be open again at the beginning of the Fall 2012 semester for induction then.