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

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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

'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

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. 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''.

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