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What is Tau Beta Pi?

Tau Beta Pi is a national engineering honor society that celebrates scholastic excellence and reputable character. It is the nation's second-oldest honor society, founded at Lehigh University in 1885 to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as students in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges. The Kansas Gamma chapter seeks students in the Kansas State University College of Engineering that are high-achieving both inside and outside of the classroom. Being a part of this organization has a wide range of benefits, from networking to scholarships to recognition in the professional world. Students can be notified of their eligibility to join as soon as the semester before their junior year and as late as the semester before they graduate.

There are now collegiate chapters at 251 US colleges and universities, 47 active alumni chapters in 16 districts across the country, and a total inititaed membership of 622,873.

For more information about Tau Beta Pi, visit the national page at tbp.org.