Tau Sigma

Tau Sigma (ΤΣ) is an American honor society for university transfer students. It was established at Auburn University in 1999 and has spread to include more than 225 chapters.

Tau Sigma
ΤΣ
Founded	1999; 26 years ago (1999) Auburn University
Type	Honor
Affiliation	Independent
Status	Active
Emphasis	Transfer students
Scope	National
Colors	Burgundy and   Gold
Symbol	Three strands of wheat
Publication	Tau Sigma Harvest
Chapters	225+
Headquarters	145 East Magnolia Avenue Suite 20 Auburn, Alabama 36830 United States
Website	www.tausigmanhs.org

History

Tau Sigma was established in 1999 at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.^[1] It was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1999.^[1] Part of the impetus for the creation of the organization was to provide a social support network to transfer students.^[2]

Its national headquarters are at 145 East Magnolia Avenue in Auburn, Alabama.^[1]

Symbols

The Greek letters Tau and Sigma where chosen to stand for "transition" and "scholarship".^[3]

Tau Sigma's emblem is the Greek letters ΤΣ on top of three strands of wheat.^[4] The society's coat of arms is a red shield, bearing the emblem; below is a banner with the name Tau Sigma.^[4][5] The red color symbolizes the courage needed to face transitions.^[3] The wheat stands for the "harvesting of success in all future endeavors".^[3]

The society's colors are burgundy and gold.^[4] Its honor cord is also burgundy and gold.^[6] Its publication is The Tau Sigma Harvest.

Membership

Specific membership criteria are established by individual chapters; in general, a student must have transferred from one university to another university with one year's worth of academic credits already earned a 3.5 or better grade point average during the first term of enrollment at their new institution.^[7][8]

Activities

In addition to chapter-specific activities, the Tau Sigma national organization awards academic scholarships to Tau Sigma members. In 2013, it provided 105 scholarships totaling $36,500 in value.^[9]

Chapters

Tau Sigma has chartered more than 225 chapters.^[1] In the following list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.^[10][11]

Chapter	Founding academic year	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	1999	Auburn University	Auburn, Alabama	Active
Beta	2000–01	University at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Active
Gamma	2001–02	Kent State University	Kent, Ohio	Active
Delta	2001–02	University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Active
Epsilon	2001–02	State University of New York at Oswego	Oswego, New York	Active
Zeta	2001–02	University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	Active
Eta	2001–02	James Madison University	Harrisonburg, Virginia	Active
Theta	2001–02	University of South Dakota	Vermillion, South Dakota	Active
Iota
Kappa	2002–03	University of North Texas	Denton, Texas	Active
Lambda	2002–03	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska	Active
Mu	2003–04	University of South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	Active
Nu	2003–04	Hilbert College	Hamburg, New York	Active
Xi	2003–04	University of Nevada, Reno	Reno, Nevada	Active
Omicron	2003–04	University of California, Irvine	Irvine, California	Active
Pi	2003–04	State University of New York at Cortland	Cortland, New York	Active
Rho	2003–04	Georgia State University	Atlanta, Georgia	Active
Sigma	2003–04	Pittsburg State University	Pittsburg, Kansas	Active
Tau	2003–04	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	Honolulu, Hawaii	Active
Upsilon	2004–05	University of Akron	Akron, Ohio	Active
Phi	2004–05	Florida International University	Westchester, Florida	Active
Chi	2004–05	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, Illinois	Active
Psi	2004–05	Georgia Southern University	Statesboro, Georgia	Active
Omega	2004–05	University of Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	Active
Alpha Alpha	2004–05	Oregon State University	Corvallis, Oregon	Active
Alpha Beta	2004–05	Utah State University	Logan, Utah	Active
Alpha Gamma	2004–05	University of North Dakota	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Active
Alpha Delta	2004–05	University of Missouri–St. Louis	St. Louis, Missouri	Active
Alpha Epsilon	2005–06	Old Dominion University	Norfolk, Virginia	Active
Alpha Zeta	2005–06	Clemson University	Clemson, South Carolina	Active
Alpha Eta	2005–06	University of Texas at El Paso	El Paso, Texas	Active
Alpha Theta	2005–06	Portland State University	Portland, Oregon	Active
Alpha Iota	2005–06	Oklahoma State University–Tulsa	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Active
Alpha Kappa	2005–06	Oklahoma State University	Stillwater, Oklahoma	Active
Alpha Lambda	2005–06	University of Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	Active
Alpha Mu	2005–06	University of Houston–Downtown	Houston, Texas	Active
Alpha Nu	2005–06	Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Active
Alpha Xi	2005–06	Slippery Rock University	Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania	Active
Alpha Omicron	2005–06	University of Illinois Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Active
Alpha Pi	2005–06	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, Virginia	Active
Alpha Rho	2005–06	College of Charleston	Charleston, South Carolina	Active
Alpha Sigma	2005–06	Indiana University Southeast	New Albany, Indiana	Active
Alpha Tau	2006	University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	Active	[12]
Alpha Upsilon
Alpha Phi	2006–07	University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	Active
Alpha Chi	2006–07	California State University, Northridge	Northridge, Los Angeles, California	Active
Alpha Psi	2006–07	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Catonsville, Maryland	Active
Alpha Omega	2006–07	Binghamton University	Vestal, New York	Active	[13]
Beta Alpha	2006–07	University of California, Riverside	Riverside, California	Active
Beta Beta	2007–08	University at Albany, SUNY	Albany, New York	Active
Beta Gamma	2007–08	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Active
Beta Delta	2007–08	State University of New York at Fredonia	Fredonia, New York	Active
Beta Epsilon	2007–08	Washington State University	Pullman, Washington	Active
Beta Zeta	2007–08	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	Active
Beta Eta	2007–08	University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, Maryland	Active	[14]
Beta Theta	2007–08	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, Texas	Active	[15]
Beta Iota	2008–09	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Active
Beta Kappa	2008–09	University of North Carolina Wilmington	Wilmington, North Carolina	Active
Beta Lambda	2008	Adelphi University	Garden City, New York	Active	[16]
Beta Mu	2009	University of North Texas at Dallas	Dallas, Texas	Active	[17]
Beta Nu	2008–09	George Mason University	Fairfax, Virginia	Active
Beta Xi	2008–09	Liberty University	Lynchburg, Virginia	Active
Beta Omicron	2008–09	Fayetteville State University	Fayetteville, North Carolina	Active
Beta Pi	2008–09	East Tennessee State University	Johnson City, Tennessee	Active
Beta Rho	2008–09	University of Texas at Dallas	Richardson, Texas	Active
Beta Sigma	2009	University of Michigan–Dearborn	Dearborn, Michigan	Active	[18]
Beta Tau	2008–09	University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	Active
Beta Upsilon	2008–09	Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	Active
Beta Phi	2008–09	University of South Florida	Tampa, Florida	Active	[19]
Beta Chi	2008–09	SUNY Brockport	Brockport, New York	Active	[20]
Beta Psi	2009–10	Baylor University	Waco, Texas	Active	[21]
Beta Omega	2009–10	University of Arizona	Tucson, Arizona	Active
Gamma Alpha	2009–10	Austin Peay State University	Clarksville, Tennessee	Active
Gamma Beta	2009	Southern Methodist University	Dallas, Texas	Active	[22]
Gamma Gamma	2009–10	Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Active
Gamma Delta	2009–10	Loyola University Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Active
Gamma Epsilon	2009–10	Colorado State University	Fort Collins, Colorado	Active
Gamma Zeta	2009–10	Towson University	Towson, Maryland	Active
Gamma Eta	2009–10	Texas A&M University–Kingsville	Kingsville, Texas	Active
Gamma Theta	2009–10	Ohio University	Athens, Ohio	Active
Gamma Iota	2010–11	College of Saint Rose	Albany, New York	Active
Gamma Kappa	2010–11	Rhode Island College	Providence, Rhode Island	Active
Gamma Lambda	2010–11	Oakland University	Rochester, Michigan	Active
Gamma Mu	2010–11	Seattle University	Seattle, Washington	Active
Gamma Nu	2010–11	Appalachian State University	Boone, North Carolina	Active
Gamma Xi	2010–11	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Active	[23]
Gamma Omicron	2010–11	University of North Carolina at Pembroke	Pembroke, North Carolina	Active
Gamma Pi	2010–11	Le Moyne College	DeWitt, New York	Active
Gamma Rho	2010–11	University of Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee	Active
Gamma Sigma	2010–11	East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	Active
Gamma Tau	2010–11	North Carolina A&T State University	Greensboro, North Carolina	Active	[24]
Gamma Upsilon	2010–11	University of New Haven	West Haven, Connecticut	Active
Gamma Phi	2010–11	University of Wyoming	Laramie, Wyoming	Active
Gamma Chi	2010–11	North Carolina Central University	Durham, North Carolina	Active
Gamma Psi	2010–11	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Active	[25]
Gamma Omega	2010–11	Robert Morris University	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	Active
Delta Alpha	2010–11	University of South Alabama	Mobile, Alabama	Active
Delta Beta	2010–11	Midwestern State University	Wichita Falls, Texas	Active
Delta Gamma	March 2012	Morgan State University	Baltimore, Maryland	Active	[26]
Delta Delta	2010–11	Governors State University	University Park, Illinois	Active
Delta Epsilon	2010–11	Texas Wesleyan University	Fort Worth, Texas	Active
Delta Epsilon	2011–12	Webster University	Webster Groves, Missouri	Active
Delta Zeta
Delta Eta	2010–11	Saint Louis University	St. Louis, Missouri	Active
Delta Theta	2011–12	Fort Hays State University	Hays, Kansas	Active
Delta Iota	2011–12	Nova Southeastern University	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Active
Delta Kappa	2011–12	Northern Arizona University	Flagstaff, Arizona	Active	[27]
Delta Lambda	2011–12	Illinois State University	Normal, Illinois	Active
Delta Mu	2011–12	Rowan University	Glassboro, New Jersey	Active
Delta Nu	2011–12	Winthrop University	Rock Hill, South Carolina	Active
Delta Xi	2011–12	New Jersey City University	Jersey City, New Jersey	Active
Delta Omicron
Delta Pi	2011–12	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
Delta Rho	2011–12	Framingham State University	Framingham, Massachusetts	Active
Delta Sigma	2011–12	George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	Active
Delta Tau	2011–12	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Active
Delta Upsilon
Delta Phi	2011–12	American University	Washington, D.C.	Active
Delta Chi	2011–12	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Virginia	Active
Delta Psi	2011–12	Texas State University	San Marcos, Texas	Active
Delta Omega	2011–12	University of New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	Active
Epsilon Alpha	2011–12	University of Georgia	Athens, Georgia	Active
Epsilon Beta	October 2013	Rutgers University–Newark	Newark, New Jersey	Active	[5]
Epsilon Gamma	2012–13	University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	Active
Epsilon Delta	2012–13	Angelo State University	San Angelo, Texas	Active
Epsilon Epsilon	2012–13	Eastern Kentucky University	Richmond, Kentucky	Active
Epsilon Zeta
Epsilon Eta	2012–13	Jackson State University	Jackson, Mississippi	Active
Epsilon Theta	2012–13	University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	Active
Epsilon Iota	2012–13	University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Active
Epsilon Kappa
Epsilon Lambda	2012–13	Western Carolina University	Cullowhee, North Carolina	Active
Epsilon Mu	2012–13	Winston-Salem State University	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Active
Epsilon Nu	2012–13	Minnesota State University, Mankato	Mankato, Minnesota	Active
Epsilon Xi	2012–13	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Active
Epsilon Omicron	2012–13	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Active
Epsilon Pi	2012–13	Indiana University Indianapolis	Indianapolis, Indiana	Active
Epsilon Rho	2013–14	University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington, Texas	Active
Epsilon Sigma	2013–14	University of Massachusetts Boston	Boston, Massachusetts	Active
Epsilon Tau	2013–14	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Active	[28]
Epsilon Upsilon	2013–14	Western Illinois University	Macomb, Illinois	Active
Epsilon Phi	2013–14	Lehman College	Bronx, New York	Active
Epsilon Chi	2013–14	University of Nebraska Omaha	Omaha, Nebraska	Active
Epsilon Psi	September 2014	Northern Kentucky University	Highland Heights, Kentucky	Active	[29]
Epsilon Omega	2013–14	University of Wisconsin–Stout	Menomonie, Wisconsin	Active
Zeta Alpha	2013–14	Ithaca College	Ithaca, New York	Active
Zeta Beta	2014–15	William Paterson University	Wayne, New Jersey	Active
Zeta Gamma	2014–15	University of Illinois Springfield	Springfield, Illinois	Active
Zeta Delta	2015	Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Active	[30]
Zeta Epsilon	2014–15	Pace University Pleasantville	Pleasantville, New York	Active
Zeta Zeta	2014–15	Buffalo State University	Buffalo, New York	Active
Zeta Eta	2014–15	University of Massachusetts Lowell	Lowell, Massachusetts	Active
Zeta Theta	2014–15	Pace University		Active
Zeta Iota	2014–15	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	Millersville, Pennsylvania	Active
Zeta Kappa	2014–15	Shepherd University	Shepherdstown, West Virginia	Active
Zeta Lambda	2014–15	Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, Florida	Active
Zeta Mu
Zeta Nu	2014–15	Monmouth University	West Long Branch, New Jersey	Active
Zeta Xi	2014–15	University of Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Virginia	Active
Zeta Omicron	2015–16	Long Island University	Brooklyn, New York	Active
Zeta Pi	2015–16	Coastal Carolina University	Conway, South Carolina	Active
Zeta Rho	2015–16	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Active
Zeta Sigma	2015	Morehead State University	Morehead, Kentucky	Active	[31]
Zeta Tau	2015–16	Saint Xavier University	Chicago, Illinois	Active	[32]
Zeta Upsilon	2015–16	Cleveland State University	Cleveland, Ohio	Active
Zeta Phi	2015–16	North Carolina State University	Raleigh, North Carolina	Active	[33]
Zeta Chi	2015–16	Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo, Michigan	Active
Zeta Psi	April 30, 2014	Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, California	Active	[34]
Zeta Omega	2015–16	State University of New York at Old Westbury	Old Westbury, New York	Active	[35]
Eta Alpha	2015–16	University of South Florida St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	Active
Eta Beta
Eta Gamma	2015–16	Florida A&M University	Tallahassee, Florida	Active
Eta Delta	2016–17	Southern Connecticut State University	New Haven, Connecticut	Active
Eta Epsilon	2016–17	California State University, East Bay	Hayward, California	Active
Eta Zeta	2016–17	Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	Active
Eta Eta	2016–17	University of Tennessee at Martin	Martin, Tennessee	Active
Eta Theta	2016–17	Westfield State University	Westfield, Massachusetts	Active
Eta Iota	2016–17	University of North Carolina at Asheville	Asheville, North Carolina	Active
Eta Kappa	2016–17	Sonoma State University	Rohnert Park, California	Active
Eta Lambda	2016–17	Missouri State University	Springfield, Missouri	Active
Eta Mu	December 2016	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	Kutztown, Pennsylvania	Active	[36]
Eta Nu	2017–18	Ramapo College	Mahwah, New Jersey	Active
Eta Xi
Eta Omicron	2015	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro, North Carolina	Active	[37]
Eta Pi
Eta Rho
Eta Sigma	2017	San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Active	[38]
Eta Tau	2017–18	University of North Georgia, Dahlonega Campus	Dahlonega, Georgia	Active
Eta Upsilon	2017–18	The New School	Greenwich Village, New York City, New York	Active
Eta Phi	2017–18	McKendree University	Lebanon, Illinois	Active
Eta Chi	2017–18	Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville, Alabama	Active
Eta Psi	2017–18	University of California, San Diego	San Diego, California	Active
Eta Omega	2018–19	University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	Active	[39]
Theta Alpha	2018–19	Chicago State University	Chicago, Illinois	Active
Theta Beta	2018–19	West Virginia State University	Institute, West Virginia	Active
Theta Gamma	2018–19	Augusta University	Augusta, Georgia	Active
Theta Delta
Theta Epsilon	2018–19	California State University, Channel Islands	Camarillo, California	Active
Theta Zeta	2018–19	State University of New York at Oneonta	Oneonta, New York	Active
Theta Eta	2019	University of Miami	Coral Gables, Florida	Active	[40]
Theta Theta	2018–19	North Central College	Naperville, Illinois	Active
Theta Iota	2018–19	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Active
Theta Kappa	2018–19	Texas A&M University–San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	Active	[41]
Theta Lambda	2019–20	California State University, Monterey Bay	Seaside, California	Active
Theta Mu	2019–20	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Active
Theta Nu	2019–20	Eastern Michigan University	Ypsilanti, Michigan	Active
Theta Xi	2019–20	Montclair State University	Montclair, New Jersey	Active
Theta Omicron	2019–20	Delaware Valley University	Doylestown, Pennsylvania	Active
Theta Pi	2019–20	Kean University	Elizabeth, New Jersey	Active
Theta Rho	2019–20	St. Cloud State University	St. Cloud, Minnesota	Active
Theta Sigma	2020–21	Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Active
Theta Tau
Theta Upsilon	2020–21	Penn State Berks	Spring Township, Pennsylvania	Active
Theta Phi
Theta Chi	2020–21	Universities at Shady Grove		Active	[42]
Theta Chi	2020–21	University of Delaware	Newark, Delaware	Active
Theta Psi	2020–21	University of South Florida Sarasota–Manatee	Sarasota, Florida	Active
Theta Omega	2021–22	California State University, Dominguez Hills	Carson, California	Active
Iota Alpha
Iota Beta	2021–22	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark, New Jersey	Active
Iota Gamma	2021–22	LIU Brooklyn	New York City, New York	Active
Iota Delta	2021–22	Northeastern State University	Tahlequah, Oklahoma	Active
Iota Epsilon	2021–22	Iowa State University	Ames, Iowa	Active
Iota Zeta	2021–22	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	Active
Iota Eta	2022	Wright State University	Fairborn, Ohio	Active	[3]
Iota Theta	2022–23	University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Active
Iota Iota	2022–23	Auburn University at Montgomery	Montgomery, Alabama	Active
Iota Kappa	2022	San Diego State University Global Campus	San Diego, California	Active	[38]
Iota Lambda	2022–23	California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, California	Active
Iota Mu	2022–23	Utica University	Utica, New York	Active
Iota Nu	2022–23	University of Rhode Island	Kingston, Rhode Island	Active
Iota Xi	2024	Florida State University	Tallahassee, Florida	Active	[43]
Iota Omicron	2024	University of South Carolina Upstate	Valley Falls, South Carolina	Active
Iota Pi	2024	Holy Family University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Iota Rho	2024	St. John’s University	Queens, New York City, New York	Active
Iota Sigma	2024	University of Rhode Island	Kingston, Rhode Island	Active
Iota Tau	2024–25	The College of New Jersey	Ewing Township, New Jersey	Active
Iota Upsilon	2024	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	Plattsburgh, New York	Active
Iota Phi	2024	University of the District of Columbia	Washington, D.C.	Active