Eta Sigma Gamma

Eta Sigma Gamma (ΗΣΓ or ESG) is an honor society for health education. It was founded on August 14, 1967 at Ball State University "to elevate the standards, ideals, competence and ethics of professionally trained individuals in and for the health science discipline through teaching/education, service and research."

Eta Sigma Gamma
ΗΣΓ
Founded	August 14, 1967; 57 years ago (1967-08-14) Ball State University
Type	Professional
Affiliation	Independent
Status	Active
Emphasis	Health education
Scope	National
Pillars	Education Research Service and advocacy
Colors	Dark green and   Gold
Flower	Trillium
Publication	The Health Education Monograph   The Health Educator Journal     The Vision Newsletter
Chapters	85
Headquarters	c/o Denise Seabert 9259 N Bayford Street Fresno, California 93720 United States
Website	etasigmagamma.org

History and Mission

ESG was founded at Ball State University by Drs. Robert Synovitz, Warren Schaller, and William Bock.^[1] The founding mission of ESG was "to further the professional competence and dedication of individual members in the health science discipline and the promotion of this discipline."^[2] The Greek letters, ΗΣΓ, were chosen as the organization's letters as a representation of the letters "HSC", an abbreviation of the term health science.^[3] It was formally incorporated in August 1967 in Indiana and the formal installation of Alpha chapter occurred on May 12, 1968.^[3] Twenty-one current Ball State students, four former Ball State students and five faculty members were installed as the charter members of Alpha chapter.^[4]

In 1999, Eta Sigma Gamma became a member of the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations in the United States.^[5] In joining the Coalition, ESG joined the ranks of larger organizations including the Society for Public Health Education, American Public Health Association, American Association for Health Education, and American School Health Association.^[5]

In 2017, the organization declared its inaugural class of Fellows of Eta Sigma Gamma who were described as "instrumental in the formation and development of the Honorary."^[6] The 2017 class of fellows included founding officers and members, instrumental chapter advisors, and officers of the organization. Fellows are entitled and encouraged to use the post-nominal letters "FESG."

Membership

As of ####, there are ## members of Eta Sigma Gamma disbursed throughout the United States.^{[citation needed]}

The primary path to membership is through a student membership with a chapter at an associated university. University students are eligible for membership after declaring a major or minor area of study in health education and meeting a minimum GPA requirement. Professional membership is available to individuals who have a degree in health education and apply to join the Chapter-at-Large.

Chapters

In addition to the national at-large professional chapter, the society has installed over 125 chapters, including the following.^[7][8] Active chapters listed in bold, inactive chapters listed in italics.

Name	Chartered	Institution	Location	Status	Notes	Reference
Alpha	August 14, 1967	Ball State University	Muncie, Indiana	Active		[9]
Beta		Eastern Kentucky University	Richmond, Kentucky	Active		[10][11]
Gamma	1970	California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Active		[12]
Delta		San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Inactive	[a]
Epsilon		University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, Maryland	Active		[13]
Zeta		College of New Jersey (Trenton State)	Ewing, New Jersey	Inactive	[b]
Eta		Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	Active		[14]
Theta		University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska	Inactive	[c]
Iota		University of Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	Active		[15]
Kappa		SUNY at Cortland	Cortland, New York	Active		[16]
Lambda		Indiana State University	Terre Haute, Indiana	Active		[17]
Mu		Western Kentucky University	Bowling Green, Kentucky	Inactive	[d]
Nu		Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Active		[18]
Xi		Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	Inactive	[e]
Omicron		Slippery Rock University	Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania	Inactive	[f]
Pi		Western Illinois University	Macomb, Illinois	Active		[19]
Rho		Kent State University	Kent, Ohio	Active		[20]
Sigma		James Madison University	Harrisonburg, Virginia	Active		[21]
Tau		University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	Urbana, Illinois	Inactive	[g]
Upsilon		Russell Sage College	Troy, New York	Inactive	[h]
Phi		University of Northern Colorado	Greeley, Colorado	Inactive	[i]
Chi		University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Inactive	[j]
Psi		Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Inactive	[k]
Omega		Illinois State University	Normal, Illinois	Active		[22]
Alpha Zeta		California State University, Northridge	Northridge, California	Active		[23]
Alpha Lambda		University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Active		[24]
Alpha Nu	May 1, 1978	UNC Greensboro	Greensboro, North Carolina	Active		[25]
Alpha Pi	1978	Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	Active		[26]
Beta Zeta	1980	Towson University	Towson, Maryland	Active		[27]
Beta Nu	April 18, 1982	Eastern Illinois University	Charleston, Illinois	Active		[28]
Beta Tau		University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Active		[29]
Delta Rho		Cal State Fullerton	Fullerton, California	Active		[30]
Epsilon Beta	2008	Rutgers University	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Active		[31]
Epsilon Zeta	2008	Boise State University	Boise, Idaho	Active		[32]
Epsilon Eta	2008	University of Scranton	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Active		[33]
Epsilon Gamma	NA	Monmouth University	West Long Branch, New Jersey	Active		[34]
Epsilon Pi	2021	Bradley University	Peoria, Illinois	Active	[l]
Zeta Alpha	2021	The College of New Jersey	Ewing, New Jersey	Active

Notes

1. The San Diego chapter went inactive in 2000
2. The CNJ chapter went inactive in 1987.
3. The Lincoln chapter went inactive in 1987.
4. The Bowling Green chapter went inactive in 2010.
5. The Purdue chapter went inactive in 2002.
6. The Slippery Rock chapter went inactive in 2000.
7. The UIUC chapter went inactive in 2009.
8. The Russell Sage chapter went inactive in 1982.
9. The Northern Colorado chapter went inactive in 2015.
10. The Utah chapter went inactive in 2017.
11. The Brigham Young chapter went inactive in 2002.
12. The Bradley chapter went inactive in 2016 and was re-activated in 2021.

Notable members

• Morgan Pigg, professor emeritus at the University of Florida Department of Health Education and Behavior

References

1. Clark, Jeffrey K.; Seabert, Denise M.; Goldsmith, Mal (Fall 2007). "Conversations with Early Leaders of Eta Sigma Gamma" (PDF). The Health Educator. 39 (2): 45–50 – via ERIC - Education Resources Information Center.
2. Eta Sigma Gamma, Articles of Incorporation. 1967, Aug. 14. Business ID 194525-049. Retrieved from https://inbiz.in.gov/BOS/Home/Index on 2020-09-07.
3. Schaller, Warren (4 January 1975). "The Search for Excellence". Health Education. 6 (1). American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation: 19. doi:10.1080/00970050.1975.10618204. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
4. Muncie Evening Press - 09 May 1968 - Page 25
5. Capwell, Ellen M. (2004-03-01). "Coalition of National Health Education Organizations". Californian Journal of Health Promotion. 2 (1): 12–15. doi:10.32398/cjhp.v2i1.574. ISSN 1545-8725.
6. "Eta Sigma Gamma | History". Retrieved 2020-09-07.
7. "Eta Sigma Gamma | Find a Chapter". Retrieved 2020-09-07.
8. 127 chapters were installed by August of 2012, according to ESG's published history, accessed 21 May 2022.
9. Ball State's portal for ΗΣΓ's Alpha chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
10. Eastern Kentucky's portal for ΗΣΓ's Beta chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
11. EKU Stories: Students Inducted into Eta Sigma Gamma, news article published April 26, 2017.
12. Cal State Long Beach's portal for ΗΣΓ's Gamma chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
13. Maryland's portal for ΗΣΓ's Epsilon chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
14. Central Michigan University's portal for ΗΣΓ's Eta chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
15. University of Toledo's portal for ΗΣΓ's Iota chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
16. SUNY Cortland's portal for ΗΣΓ's Kappa chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
17. Lambda chapter of ΗΣΓ is noted on Indiana State University's Public Health department website, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
18. Indiana University's portal for ΗΣΓ's Nu chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
19. Western Illinois University's portal for ΗΣΓ's Pi chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
20. Kent State's portal for ΗΣΓ's Rho chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
21. James Madison University's portal for ΗΣΓ's Sigma chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
22. Illinois State University's portal for ΗΣΓ's Omega chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
23. Cal State Northridge University's portal for ΗΣΓ's Alpha Zeta chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
24. The University of Florida's portal for ΗΣΓ's Alpha Lambda chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
25. ΗΣΓ's Alpha Nu chapter UNC-Greensboro portal, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
26. Texas A&M University's portal for ΗΣΓ's Alpha Pi chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
27. Towson University's Health Sciences department portal for ΗΣΓ's Beta Zeta chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
28. Eastern Illinois' portal for ΗΣΓ's Beta Nu chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
29. University of Arkansas' portal for ΗΣΓ's Beta Tau chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
30. Cal State Fullerton's portal for ΗΣΓ's Delta Rho chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
31. Rutgers University's portal for ΗΣΓ's Epsilon Beta chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
32. Boise State's portal for ΗΣΓ's Epsilon Zeta chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
33. University of Scranton's portal for ΗΣΓ's Epsilon Eta chapter, accessed 6 Feb 2021.
34. "Eta Sigma Gamma". www.monmouth.edu. Retrieved 24 March 2021.