Sigma Theta Tau International

Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), Honor Society of Nursing, was founded in 1922 by six nursing students at Indiana University. Sigma Theta Tau International now is the second largest nursing organization in the United States and among the five largest and most prestigious in the world.

Sigma Theta Tau was organized to encourage and recognize superior scholarship and leadership achievement at the undergraduate and graduate levels in nursing. Membership is available by invitation through active chapters and assumes acceptance of the purposes of the society and responsibility to participate in achieving the goals consistent with the professional and scholastic character of Sigma Theta Tau.

The Beta Zeta Chapter at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst was established in 1972 as the fifty-second chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. It is committed to serving its growing membership in the development of knowledge, encouragement of professional achievement and the advancement of nursing through research.

Membership is conferred only upon students in baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs and nursing leaders in the community, who demonstrate exceptional achievement in the nursing profession. Membership criteria and further information are available in the beginning of Spring semester at their Web site.