Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society

The mission of the Kappa Zeta Chapter of Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society is to recognize and honor academically high-achieving students with disabilities, while promoting leadership, advocacy, and inclusive academic excellence. DAPi empowers members to contribute knowledge, support peers, and elevate their academic and campus communities.

• Delta – D for Disability, but also the triangle, symbol of strength. Members of Delta Alpha Pi demonstrate strength as leaders on campus to help break down the barriers of negativism. Also, they serve as mentors and role models for other students with disabilities.
• Alpha – A for Achievement. Alpha is the beginning and academic achievement must come first. But also for advocacy because students must advocate for themselves before they can advocate for others. Members of Delta Alpha Pi enhance advocacy skills for themselves and for the rights of all individuals with disabilities to be included fully in society.
• Pi – P for Pride, pride in academic achievement and in other accomplishments, not just as students with disabilities but as members of the university community. Pi is a mathematical symbol that we all learned to use in elementary arithmetic classes. So Pi is an appropriate symbol for education. Members of Delta Alpha Pi participate in activities designed to educate the community and society regarding the need to apply the principles of universal design in learning.

Eligible students must meet the following requirements in order to join:

• Present with a documented disability and work with one of the advisors in the Center for Disability Resources (or similarly named program), or who self-identify as an individual with a disability.
• Be matriculated as an undergraduate (24+ completed credits, minimum 3.10 GPA) or graduate student (18+ completed credits, minimum 3.30 GPA).
• Enrolled full-time, or part-time with official accommodation for service/benefits access.
• Demonstrate an interest in disability issues.

Please complete the application by 5pm, Friday, October 3, 2025.

A nonrefundable $25 application fee is required for all applicants who successfully meet the eligibility requirements. This fee is generated as an invoice and must be submitted to Jessica Reyes, the Chapter Advisor within a week of the ceremony date. The necessary materials will be distributed to inductees at the ceremony. Please note that funds will not be reissued if you are unable to attend the ceremony, even if your application is approved.

All registration fees must be paid via a personal check or money order and be dropped off to Jessica Reyes at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (33 Livingston Avenue, 1st Floor, Room 186). We cannot accept cash. Please note, payments will ONLY be accepted on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday during business hours. Should you have any financial concerns, please contact Jessica Reyes at dapi_runb@ejb.rutgers.edu.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the upcoming ceremony as a student with an approved application and or issues related to the application process, please email dapi_runb@ejb.rutgers.edu.

Kappa Zeta 2025-2026 Officers:

• President: Lydia Michelina DiMattia
• Vice President:
• Secretary:
• Treasurer: