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Constitution
Upsilon Pi Epsilon – Psi Chapter Constitution
Article I: Name and Objective
The name of this organization shall be the Psi Chapter of Allegheny College of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Association, an honor society in computing and information disciplines.
The object of this chapter of the Association shall be the promotion of high scholarship and original investigation in the various fields of the computing and information disciplines.
The Psi Chapter of the Association shall be located at Allegheny College.
Article II: Government
The Psi Chapter shall be governed by this Constitution, together with amendments to the same, and by the By-Laws enacted to provide for those governmental functions of a more routine nature.
The By-Laws of this Chapter shall be adopted and changes thereto enacted by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the active members of the chapter.
The provisions of this constitution shall be subordinate to those of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Association.
Article III: Membership
This Chapter shall consist of members and honorary members.
The membership of this chapter shall be made up of individuals whose academic achievements, reputation, and creative abilities deserve recognition, and whose membership would enhance the stature of the Association. Specifically, the membership shall include undergraduate students, former students, and faculty in the Computing and Information disciplines at Allegheny College, elected according to the procedures detailed in Article IV of this Constitution.
Honorary members shall be individuals of distinguished achievement in the field of computing.
Eligibility for membership shall not be restricted according to race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, or gender.
The active membership of this chapter of the Association shall consist of those Members who satisfy the fiscal and attendance requirements set forth in the By-Laws. The privilege of voting in membership elections and participation in other official functions of the Chapter shall be restricted to active members.
Article IV: Election of Members
The eligibility of students, former students, and faculty for election for membership in this chapter of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Association shall be determined as follows:
An undergraduate student must be a candidate for an undergraduate degree in the computing and information disciplines, and must have completed at least forty-five semester hours for undergraduate credit, including 15 semester hours or 23 quarter hours in the basic courses in the computing and information disciplines. Further, he or she must have a grade point average of at least 3.0, with a grade point average of at least 3.3 in all computer science coursework, and must rank in the top thirty-five percent of computing students satisfying the credit requirement.
A faculty member must have been teaching in the computing and information disciplines or in a field closely related to the computing division at Allegheny College for at least one year in order to be eligible for membership. He or she must have been in charge of development, preparation, or presentation of courses, or in charge of research in the computing field. Achievements in research and teaching shall determine eligibility for a faculty member.
Former students, who at the time of their completion of degree requirements in the computing science program satisfied the grade point average and class rank requirements of subsections (a) or (b) of this article, shall be eligible for election to membership in this chapter of the Association.
Students, former students, and faculty members who do not qualify under the provisions of the previous subsections, but whose achievements in and contributions to the computer science field qualify them, in view of the Membership Committee, shall be eligible for election to membership in this chapter of the Association.
All candidates for election to membership, qualified according to the previous section, shall be reviewed by the Membership Committee. Those reported favorably by the Committee shall be proposed for elections.
Each candidate must be discussed individually by name, and the balloting for his or her election shall be carried out before the next candidate is considered. In case a candidate fails a first ballot, he or she may be discussed further, and a second and final vote shall be taken.
Election of a candidate to membership shall be by three-fourths affirmative vote by the members present and voting.
The maximum number of members shall not be limited.
The election of new members shall be held within six weeks after the beginning of the Fall and Spring semesters.
The President of the Chapter shall appoint a standing committee on eligibility and membership upon his or her installation which shall serve until his or her successor is elected.
Membership should not be offered to a particular individual a second time if such membership has been previously declined by that individual for any reason with the exception of hardship cases.