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Gamma Kappa Alpha is a society formed to acknowledge superior scholastic performance in the field of Italian language, literature, and culture, and is open to membership at institutions of higher learning in the United States and Canada. The Society encourages college students to acquire a greater interest in, and a deeper understanding of, Italian culture, art and history.

It was founded at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY, in 1983.

Requirements: Gamma Kappa Alpha accepts students who have at least a B average in Italian and who rank in the top 35% of their class. Students must have taken at least two courses in Italian at the college level, one of which must be at the advanced level, and must have received at least two A's in Italian.

The Gamma Kappa Alpha National Italian Honor Society is a society formed to acknowledge superior scholastic performance in the field of Italian language, literature and culture, and is open to membership at institutions of higher learning in the United States and Canada. The Society encourages college students to acquire a greater interest in, and a deeper understanding of, Italian culture, art and history. The organization recognizes outstanding undergraduate scholarship in the field of Italian by awarding annually the Gamma Kappa Alpha Award for Scholarship. For further information and an application for membership, please contact: Professor Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander, Secretary-Treasurer Gamma Kappa Alpha National Italian honor Society Nazareth College of Rochester, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, N.Y. 14618-3790 Or call (716) 586-2525, Extension 499 Officers of the Society Professor Mariquita Noris, Temple University, President Professor Roberto Severino, Georgetown University, Vice President Professor Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander, Nazareth College of Rochester, Secretary-Treasurer Board of Directors Mario Aste, University of Lowell Mia Cocco, University of Georgia Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, Princeton University Glen Pierce, University of Missouri Rinaldina Russel, Queens College, CUNY Ugo Skubikowski, Middelbury College