Constitution of Beta Beta Beta

Article I – Membership

Section 1. regular members shall be: a) undergraduate “majors” in biological science at an institution where a chapter of Beta Beta Beta is located, b) shall have completed at least one term of the second year of a four-year curriculum or its equivalent, c) shall have completed at least three term courses in biological science, of which at least one is not an introductory course, with an average of B or its equivalent, and d) shall be in good academic standing.

Section 2. Associate members shall be those 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, districts, and national activities except those specifically reserved to regular members by this constitution.

By-Laws

By-Law I – Membership Conditions
Section 1. Regular and graduate members become members of Beta Beta Beta through a chapter and thus have both national and chapter membership. Once initiated they are:
a. National members for life unless removed for cause
b. Chapter members so long as they remain matriculated student sin the chapter’s home institution and meet their obligations to the chapter as specified by its by-laws.

Section 2. Associate members terminate both national and chapter membership when they graduate or otherwise terminate their matriculation in the chapter’s home institution

By-Law II – Initiation Fees
Section 1. Effective September 1, 1988, members shall pay, prior to initiation, through the chapter, the following national initiation fees:
a. regular members: $30. 00
b. associate members: $20.00