Alyssa Coverdale inducted into honor society for nursing at Malone University (OH) Headline

2014 Dec 12

The Malone University School of Nursing and Health Sciences recently inducted its newest initiates into the Pi Chi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, the international honor society for nursing.

Sigma Theta Tau International advances world health and celebrates nursing excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service. STTI is the second-largest nursing organization in the world with approximately 135,000 active members.

The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International was founded in 1922. The founders' vision for the society helped bring recognition to nursing as a science. In 1936 it became the first organization in the United States to fund nursing research. Since then the Society has underwritten more than 250 small or "seed" grants, which often begin a whole body of research. These peer-reviewed grants are often the first recognition of potent concepts that eventually lead to major, wide-scale research projects and innovation in the nursing profession.

More than 360,000 nurse scholars have been inducted into Sigma Theta Tau. With 135,000 active members, it is the second largest nursing organization in the world. Members are active in more than 90 countries and territories, and the 431 chapters are located on 515 college and university campuses in the United States and countries including Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, China (Hong Kong), South Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania and the United Kingdom.