Italian Honor Society: Gamma Kappa Alpha (ΓKA)

Gamma Kappa Alpha (ΓKA), the National Italian Honor Society, recognizes outstanding academic achievements in Italian. Its initials signify knowledge and virtue, and the society is committed to fostering the understanding of Italian culture and traditions, as well as excellence in the scholarship of Italian language and literature.

Students are nominated by Stanford Language Center lecturers and DLCL faculty members based on the criteria below.

• Actively engaged in study or research in Italian language and literature
• Completion of two or more courses in Italian at the college level, including advanced courses beyond the intermediate level
• Completion of at least one Italian Literature course
• 3.0 GPA in Italian courses
• In at least upper 35% of class
• Graduating senior