Eta Sigma Delta International Hospitality Management Society ( or ESD) is an international honor society for hospitality students. The organization was established in 1978 at the University of New Hampshire and has about ninety active chapters. The Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education administers Eta Sigma Delta.
History Eta Sigma Delta was founded in 1978 by a group of students in the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics. It is an international honor society that recognizes academic excellence by hospitality and tourism students.
In 1997, Its board of governors voted to combine the society with Alpha Chi Tau (AXT), a similar hospitality management society. The Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE) administers the organization, with headquarters in Richmond, Virginia.
The organization has chartered more than 90 chapters.
Symbols Eta Sigma Delta's five points of honor or pillars are excellence, leadership, creativity, service, and ethics. Its colors are blue and white. Graduating members may wear a blue and white honor cord. The society's symbol is a key ring. Its publication is the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases.
Membership Membership is open to hospitality management students who have completed one year of coursework, are in the top twenty percent of their class, and have at least a 3.0 grade point average.
Chapters Chapters of Eta Sigma Delta are only located at institutions that are recognized by CHRIE. Following are the chapters of Eta Sigma Delta, with inactive institutions in italics. ChapterCharter dateInstitutionLocationStatusAmerican Military UniversityCharles Town, West VirginiaInactiveAmerican Public UniversityArkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, ArkansasActiveAngell Akademie FreibergFreiberg, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyInactiveThe Art Institute of Raleigh–DurhamDurham, North CarolinaInactiveAsheville–Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North CarolinaInactiveAuburn UniversityAuburn, AlabamaActiveBethune–Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach, FloridaActiveBoston UniversityBoston, MassachusettsActiveCalifornia State Polytechnic University, PomonaPomona, CaliforniaActiveCalifornia State University, Long BeachLong Beach, CaliforniaActiveCesar Ritz CollegesLe Bouveret, SwitzerlandActiveBrig, SwitzerlandCheyney University of PennsylvaniaCheyney, PennsylvaniaInactiveChinese University of Hong KongNew Territories, Hong KongActiveCoastal Carolina UniversityConway, South CarolinaActiveCollege of CharlestonCharleston, South CarolinaActiveCollege of the OzarksPoint Lookout, MissouriInactiveColumbus State Community CollegeColumbus, OhioInactiveThe Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, New YorkActiveCuyahoga Community CollegeCuyahoga County, OhioInactiveDelaware State UniversityDover, DelawareInactiveDePaul UniversityChicago, IllinoisActiveDrexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaInactiveDurham Technical Community CollegeDurham, North CarolinaActiveEast Carolina UniversityGreenville, North CarolinaActive1986East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, PennsylvaniaActiveEastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, MichiganInactiveEndicott CollegeBeverly, MassachusettsActiveEverest UniversityFort Lauderdale, FloridaInactiveFairleigh Dickinson UniversityMadison, New JerseyActiveFerris State UniversityBig Rapids, MichiganInactiveFlint, MichiganGrand Rapids, MichiganFlorida Gulf Coast University School of Resort & HospitalityFort Myers, FloridaActiveFlorida International UniversityUniversity Park, FloridaActiveFlorida State UniversityTallahassee, FloridaActiveFort Hays State UniversityHays, KansasActiveGeorgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, GeorgiaInactiveGeorgia State UniversityAtlanta, GeorgiaActiveGlion Institute of Higher EducationMontreux, Vaud, SwitzerlandActiveLondon, EnglandGrayson CollegeGrayson County, TexasActiveHaaga-Helia University of Applied SciencesPasila, Helsinki, FinlandInactiveHEC MarbellaMarbella, Málaga, SpainInactiveHong Kong Polytechnic UniversityKowloon, Hong KongActive2011Husson UniversityBangor, MaineActiveIMI International Management Institute SwitzerlandLucerne, SwitzerlandInactiveIndiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, PennsylvaniaActiveIndiana University–Purdue University IndianapolisIndianapolis, IndianaInactiveIowa State UniversityAmes, IowaActiveOmega Mu1978James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, VirginiaActiveJohnson & Wales UniversityProvidence, Rhode IslandActiveJohnson & Wales University, Charlotte CampusCharlotte, North CarolinaInactiveJohnson & Wales University, Denver CampusDenver, ColoradoInactiveJohnson & Wales University, North Miami, CampusNorth Miami, FloridaInactiveKansas State UniversityManhattan, KansasActiveKendall CollegeChicago, IllinoisInactiveKent State UniversityKent, OhioInactiveLasell CollegeNewton, MassachusettsInactiveLe Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in AustinAustin, TexasInactiveLe Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in OrlandoOrlando, FloridaInactiveLe Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts in PittsburghPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaInactive2002Les Roches International School of Hotel ManagementValais, SwitzerlandActiveLes Roches Marbella International School of Hotel ManagementMarbella, SpainActiveLynn UniversityBoca Raton, FloridaActiveMichigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MichiganActiveMississippi University for WomenColumbus, MississippiInactiveMissouri State UniversitySpringfield, MissouriActiveMount Ida CollegeNewton, MassachusettsInactiveNew Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces, New MexicoActive1990Niagara UniversityLewiston, New YorkActiveNicholls State UniversityThibodaux, LouisianaActiveNorth Carolina Central UniversityDurham, North CarolinaActiveNorthern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, ArizonaActiveNorthampton Community CollegeBethlehem, PennsylvaniaActiveTannersville, PennsylvaniaOhio State UniversityColumbus, OhioInactiveOklahoma State UniversityStillwater, OklahomaActivePaul Smith's CollegePaul Smiths, New YorkInactivePenn State BerksSpring Township, Berks County, PennsylvaniaInactivePennsylvania State University, University Park, PennsylvaniaActivePensacola State CollegePensacola, FloridaInactivePurdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IndianaActivePurdue University NorthwestHammond, IndianaActiveThe Restaurant School at Walnut Hill CollegeUniversity City, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaInactiveRochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New YorkActiveRochester Institute of Technology CroatiaDubrovnik, CroatiaActiveSt. Cloud State UniversitySt. Cloud, MinnesotaInactiveSt. Joseph’s CollegeBrooklyn, New YorkInactiveSalve Regina UniversityNewport, Rhode IslandActiveSchiller International UniversityTampa, FloridaInactiveSouth Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South DakotaActiveSouth Seattle CollegeSeattle, WashingtonInactiveSouthern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisActiveSouthern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New HampshireInactiveState University College at Buffalo Buffalo, New YorkInactiveState University of New York at MorrisvilleMorrisville, New YorkInactiveState University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, New YorkInactiveStephen F. Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, TexasActiveStockton UniversityGalloway Township, New JerseyActiveStratford UniversityAlexandria, VirginiaInactiveTemple UniversityPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaActive2024Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TexasActiveTexas Tech UniversityLubbock, TexasActiveTroy UniversityTroy, AlabamaActiveTuskegee UniversityTuskegee, AlabamaInactiveUniversidad San Ignacio de LoyolaLima, PeruInactiveUniversities at Shady GroveRockville, MarylandInactiveUniversity of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AlabamaActiveUniversity of ArkansasFayetteville, ArkansasActiveUniversity of Central Florida, Rosen College of Hospitality ManagementOrlando, FloridaActiveUniversity of DelawareNewark, DelawareActiveUniversity of GeorgiaAthens, GeorgiaActive2022University of FloridaGainesville, FloridaActiveUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Shidler College of BusinessManoa, Honolulu, HawaiiActiveUniversity of Hawaiʻi at West OʻahuKapolei, HawaiiActiveUniversity of HoustonHouston, TexasActiveUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, LouisianaActiveUniversity of MacauZhuhai, Guangdong, MacauActiveUniversity of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, MarylandActiveUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst, MassachusettsActiveUniversity of MemphisMemphis, TennesseeActiveUniversity of MissouriColumbia, MissouriActiveUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas, William F. Harrah College of Hospitality Paradise, NevadaActive1978University of New HampshireDurham, New HampshireActiveUniversity of New HavenWest Haven, ConnecticutInactiveUniversity of New OrleansNew Orleans, LouisianaActiveUniversity of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North CarolinaActiveUniversity of North TexasDenton, TexasActiveUniversity of the Philippines Diliman, College of Home EconomicsQuezon City, PhilippinesActiveUniversity of Pittsburgh at BradfordBradford, PennsylvaniaActiveUniversity of South CarolinaColumbia, South CarolinaActiveUniversity of South Carolina Beaufort, Hospitality, Resort and Tourism ManagementHilton Head Island, South CarolinaActiveUniversity of South FloridaTampa, FloridaActive2018University of South AlabamaMobile, AlabamaActiveUniversity of Southern Maine, Tourism and Hospitality ProgramPortland, MaineActiveUniversity of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, MississippiActiveUtah Valley UniversityOrem, UtahInactiveVirginia State UniversityEttrick, VirginiaActiveVirginia TechBlacksburg, VirginiaActiveVirginia State UniversityEttrick, VirginiaActiveWashington State UniversityPullman, WashingtonInactiveWest Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West VirginiaActiveWestern Carolina UniversityCullowhee, North CarolinaActiveWidener UniversityChester, PennsylvaniaActiveWor–Wic Community CollegeSalisbury, MarylandActiveYork College of PennsylvaniaSpring Garden Township, PennsylvaniaActive
See also Honor cords Professional fraternities and sororities
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