Two Political Science faculty members were named favorite professors by Texas State’s Alfred H. Noelle Chapter of Alpha Chi National College Honor Society honor society in the fall of 2021. Dr. Howard Balanoff (a member of the department’s public administration faculty) and Dr. Charles Kels, who teaches in the department’s Master of Arts in Legal Studies Program, were recognized for their outstanding teaching.
Alpha Chi is a national honor society which promotes academic excellence and exemplary character among undergraduate college and university students and honors those who achieve such distinction. To qualify for membership, a student must be a first-time undergraduate, a junior or senior (having attained no less than 60 credit hours), have a minimum Texas State GPA of 3.50 on at least 45 semester hours at Texas State. Graduate students with a 4.0 and at least 15 hours of graduate coursework at Texas State also qualify for Alpha Chi membership. Alpha Chi is the oldest honor society at Texas State, founded in 1922. Membership in the honor society is indicated on the student’s transcript.
