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2024-25 SPS Outstanding Chapter Awards

MAR 03, 2026

The SPS Outstanding, Distinguished, and Notable Chapters are determined each year by the SPS Council through careful review of the SPS chapter reports. Designations are made based on chapter involvement in local, zone, and national SPS meetings, participation in SPS programs, outreach efforts, student recruitment, and interaction with their department and department alumni. To earn these designations, SPS chapters are encouraged to stay active and engaged by participating in an array of activities. Sample activities can be found in the SPS Information Handbook, available at students.aip.org/chapter-resources. SPS chapter reports are due June 15th each year.

Outstanding Chapters

Zone 1

Harvard University

Tufts University

University of Maine

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Worcester Polytechnic University

Yale University

Zone 2

Adelphi University

Buffalo State University

Cornell University

New York University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Stony Brook University

University of Rochester

Zone 3

Gettysburg College

Juniata College

Stevens Institute of Technology

Swarthmore College

Zone 4

George Washington University

Howard University

Johns Hopkins University

Radford University

Randolph College

Towson University

University of Maryland College Park

University of Virginia

Virginia Tech

Zone 5

Appalachian State University

Clemson University

Davidson College

Francis Marion University

Zone 6

Emory University

Florida State University

Zone 7

Cleveland State University

Grove City College

Hope College

Kettering University A

Kettering University B

Marietta College

Marshall University

Zone 8

Berea College

East Tennessee State University

Southern Adventist University

University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Zone 9

Augustana College

Lewis University

University of Wisconsin – River Falls

Zone 10

Louisiana Tech University

Rhodes College

Zone 11

Bethel College

Coe College

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

Zone 12

Oklahoma State University

Zone 13

Abilene Christian University

Angelo State University

Austin College

University of Houston

University of Texas at Dallas

Zone 14

Colorado School of Mines

Colorado State University

University of Colorado Denver

Zone 15

Brigham Young University

University of Utah

Utah State University

Zone 16

Arizona State University

Zone 17

Green River College

University of Washington

Zone 18

California State University, Sacramento

Santa Clara University

Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Irvine

University of California San Diego

University of San Diego

University of Southern California

Distinguished Chapters

Zone 1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Zone 2

CUNY The City College of New York

Manhattan University

Sarah Lawrence College

Siena College

Zone 3

Bryn Mawr College

Lycoming College

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Rowan University

Rutgers University – New

Brunswick

Saint Joseph’s University

Zone 4

College of William & Mary

Old Dominion University

University of Duhok

University of Richmond

Zone 5

East Carolina University

University of North Carolina at Asheville

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Zone 6

University of West Florida

Zone 7

Case Western Reserve University

College of Wooster

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

John Carroll University

Lawrence Technological University

Ohio University

University of Pittsburgh

Zone 8

Austin Peay State University

Tennessee Technological University

University of Louisville

Zone 9

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

Zone 10

University of Central Arkansas

Zone 11

Augsburg University

Augustana University

Zone 12

Pittsburg State University

William Jewell College

Zone 13

East Texas A&M University

McMurry University

San Antonio College

Texas A&M University – Kingsville

Texas Lutheran University

Zone 14

University of Wyoming

Zone 16

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Zone 17

Central Washington University

Washington State University

Zone 18

California Lutheran University

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

California State University, Long Beach

University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Notable Chapters

Zone 1

Fairfield University

Smith College

Zone 2

Hamilton College

Hofstra University

Ithaca College

State University of New York

College at New Paltz

Syracuse University

Zone 3

Drexel University

Lehigh University

Millersville University

Pennsylvania State University

Seton Hall University

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Zone 4

American University

Georgetown University

Longwood University

Salisbury University

Zone 6

University of Central Florida

Zone 7

Albion College

Denison University

Gannon University

University of Michigan - Dearborn

Washington & Jefferson College

Wright State University

Zone 8

Murray State University

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Kentucky

Zone 10

Dillard University

Grambling State University

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

University of Southern Mississippi

Zone 11

University of Minnesota

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Zone 13

LeTourneau University

Stephen F. Austin State University

Zone 14

Colorado Mesa University

Zone 15

Montana State University

Westminster University

Zone 16

Northern Arizona University

Zone 17

Gonzaga University

Highline College

University of Washington Bothell