Eta Sigma Delta (International Hospitality Management Society)

Eta Sigma Delta is an International Hospitality Management Honor Society for institutions granting diplomas, associate and baccalaureate degrees, graduate degrees, or their equivalent in the field of hospitality, tourism and culinary arts education.  The purpose of Eta Sigma Delta is to recognize the scholastic and professional achievement of students in the field of hospitality management, tourism and culinary arts. Eta Sigma Delta, stands for excellence, leadership, creativity, service and ethics.

Undergraduate Student Membership
To be eligible for membership an undergraduate student must:

• be enrolled in an institution that belongs to International CHRIE
• have completed fifty percent (50%) of the credit hours required for graduation
• have officially declared a hospitality management major (or related field) in the Department of Hospitality Business
• have a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.2 in a 4.0 system
• agree to uphold the values of excellence, leadership, creativity, service, and ethics.

Graduate Student Membership
To be eligible for membership a graduate student must:

• be enrolled in an institution that belongs to International CHRIE
• have officially declared a hospitality management major (or related field) in the Department of Hospitality Business
• have completed fifty percent (50%) of the credit hours required for graduate degree
• have a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.5 in a 4.0 system
• agree to uphold the values of excellence, leadership, creativity, service, and ethics.

Each member of Eta Sigma Delta Southern New Hampshire University Chapter must participate in organized community service activities, attend or present at approved academic conferences or workshops. Past community service activities include (a) teaching English and Mathematics to the migrant community in the Manchester School District and (b) teaching hospitality skills and English as a Second Language to the Manchester African Community. Students have attended and presented at a variety of workshops and conferences- an example is a student/faculty presentation at the 2006 Recreation Research Symposium in New York – topic - Classroom to community: Service learning in hospitality and tourism.

Chapter members have the option of completing a 6-credit research oriented paper investigating a topic of critical importance to the hospitality, tourism and culinary industry. The paper should follow accepted manuscript style and results of the research should be of quality to be forwarded to a hospitality and tourism publication.