Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Golden Key ??


1. What is Golden Key?
Golden Key is an internationally recognised, non-profit organization affiliated with over 370 universities throughout Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, South Africa, India and the United States. The Society’s mission is to enable members to realize their potential by connecting individual achievement with service and lifelong opportunity. Golden Key is the world’s largest honour society and is a mission focused, values based and demographics driven organization. With 32 years of rich tradition, Golden Key remains committed to scholarship, career development, leadership and community service. Golden Key South Africa started in 2000, has 12 active chapters currently and touched the lives of more than 46,000 South Africans.
Golden Key is a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and a registered Section 21 company in South Africa.
When and how was Golden Key founded?
Golden Key National Honour Society was founded by a group of undergraduate students and faculty members at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 29, 1977. In 2001, the society modified its name to Golden Key International Honour Society to reflect its diversity and global presence. The spelling of “Honour” was utilized to observe the more globally accepted spelling.

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