Beta Beta Beta (BBB) is a National Biological Honor Society. The chapter at Delta State is the Beta Delta chapter incorporated during the 1965-1966 academic school year. The society has a three-fold mission as follows:
1) to promote interest in the biological sciences
2) to conduct service for the betterment of the school and community
3) to promote research and the dissemination of knowledge
Membership Requirements: There are several levels of membership in BBB: the two most common at Delta State are regular and associate. The requirements for each level are desribed below.
Regular:
1. Undergraduate majors in biological science at an institution where a chapter of Beta Beta Beta is located.
Only regular members may hold the constitutionally specified chapter offices, vote on chapter membership nominations and national questions, and represent the chapter or vote at national conventions.
2. Shall have completed at least one term of the second year of a four-year curriculum or its equivalent.
3. Shall have completed at least three term courses in biological science, of which at least one is not an introductory course, with an average grade of B or its equivalent in those biology courses.
4. Shall be in good academic standing.Associate: Associate members are undergraduates whose interests include the life sciences in some significant way but who are ineligible for regular membership. Associate members shall be eligible to participate in all local, district, and national activities except those specifically reserved to regular members by this constitution which are listed below.
1. Hold constitutionally specified chapter offices.
2. Vote on chapter membership nominations and national questions.
3. Represent the chapter or vote at national conventions.
4. Wear the official insignia.