Mortar Board is a national honor society whose membership is composed of outstanding seniors who believe in the values of scholarship, leadership, and service. The society was founded in 1918 with charter chapters at Swarthmore College, the Ohio State University, the University of Michigan, and Cornell University.
Mortar Board has over 200 chapters nationwide and 50 alumni chapters. Since 1918, over 226,000 college seniors have been initiated into the group.
Mortar Board and Women
Mortar Board was the first all-female honor society, and continues to promote women's interests today. The organization became co-ed in 1975 following Title IX, at which point a clause was added in the Preamble to the Constitution to include a "commitment to the advancement of the status of women."
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