List of Alpha Epsilon Rho chapters explained

Alpha Epsilon Rho (AERho) is an international scholastic honor society recognizing academic achievement among students in the field of electronic media. Originally, AERho chapters were assigned names according to the Greek alphabet. Greek letter chapter names were dropped when AERho changed from a recognition society to a professional society in 1975.^[1]

In the following list of chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.^{[2] [3]} Status is as of June 2010.

Chapter	Charter date	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	– before June 2010	Stephens College	Columbia, Missouri	Inactive
Beta	1943–before June 2010	Syracuse University	Syracuse, New York	Inactive
Gamma	1943–before 1977	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Inactive
Delta	1943–1957	Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	Inactive
Epsilon	1943–before 1977	Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	Inactive
Zeta	1945–1946	Siena Heights University	Adrian, Michigan	Inactive
Eta	1945–before June 2010	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Inactive
Theta	1945–before 1977; xxxx ?	University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	Active
Iota	1946–1958	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Inactive
Kappa	1946–1950	Cornell University	Ithaca, New York	Inactive
Lambda	1946–1952	Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	Inactive
Mu	1946–1958; xxxx ?	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska	Active
Nu				Inactive
Xi	1946–1961; xxxx ?	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	Active
Omicron	1947–before 1977	Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Inactive
Pi	1947–1959	Baylor University	Waco, Texas	Inactive
Rho	1948–1960	Shurtleff College	Alton, Illinois	Inactive
Sigma				Inactive
Tau	1948	Lindenwood University	St. Charles, Missouri	Active
Upsilon	1948–1958	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Inactive
Phi	1948–before 1977	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, Texas	Inactive
Chi	1949–before 1977	Texas Western University	El Paso, Texas	Inactive
Psi	1959–before 1977	Boston University	Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
Omega	1950–before 1977	University of Miami	Coral Gables, Florida	Inactive
Alpha Alpha	1958–1960	Butler University Jordan College of Music	Indianapolis, Indiana	Inactive
Alpha Beta	1950–before 1977	University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Inactive
Alpha Gamma	1950–before 1977	Ohio Wesleyan University	Delaware, Ohio	Inactive
Alpha Delta	1950–1960	Gunnison Chapel (St. Lawrence University)	Canton, New York	Inactive
Alpha Epsilon	1952–before 1977	University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Inactive
Alpha Zeta	1952–1958	Emporia State University	Emporia, Kansas	Inactive
Alpha Eta	1952–before June 2010	Kansas State University	Manhattan, Kansas	Inactive
Alpha Theta	1953–1957	University of Evansville	Evansville, Indiana	Inactive
Alpha Iota ?	1956–before June 2010	University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	Inactive
Alpha Kappa	1953–before 1977	Millikin University	Decatur, Illinois	Inactive
Alpha Lambda	1953–before 1977	Eastern Illinois University	Charleston, Illinois	Inactive
Alpha Mu	1954–before June 2010	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Alpha Nu	1955–before 1977	Texas Christian University	Fort Worth, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Xi	1959–before 1977	Ohio University	Athens, Ohio	Inactive
Alpha Omicron	1958–before June 2010	San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Inactive
Alpha Pi	1959–before 1977	Wayne State University	Detroit, Michigan	Inactive	^[4]
Alpha Rho	1959–before 1977	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Alpha Sigma	1959–before June 2010	University of Tulsa	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Inactive
Alpha Tau ?	1958–before June 2010	University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Inactive
Alpha Upsilon	1959–before 1977	San Francisco State University	San Francisco, California	Inactive
Alpha Phi	1958–before 1977	University of Houston	Houston, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Chi				Inactive
Alpha Psi	1959–before June 2010	University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas	Inactive
Alpha Omega	1960–before June 2010	Ithaca College	Ithaca, New York	Inactive
Beta Alpha	1960–before June 2010	Murray State University	Murray, Kentucky	Inactive
	1965–before June 2010	Detroit		Inactive
	1967–before June 2010	California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Inactive
	1968–before June 2010	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Carbondale, Illinois	Inactive
	1969	Central Missouri State University	Warrensburg, Missouri	Active
	1969–before June 2010	Memphis State University	Memphis, Tennessee	Inactive
	1970–before June 2010	San Bernardino Valley College	San Bernardino, California	Inactive
	1970–before June 2010	University of South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	Inactive
	1970–before June 2010	Texas Tech University	Lubbock, Texas	Inactive
	1970	University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh	Oshkosh, Wisconsin	Active
	1971–before June 2010	Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Inactive
	1971	CUNY Brooklyn College	Brooklyn, New York City, New York	Active
	1971–before June 2010	South Carolina Professional Chapter	South Carolina	Inactive
	1972	Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	Active
	1972	State University of New York at Oswego	Oswego, New York	Active
	1973–before June 2010	California State University, Northridge	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
	1973	Indiana		Active
	1973	Oklahoma State University–Stillwater	Stillwater, Oklahoma	Active
	1974–before June 2010	Delta State University	Cleveland, Mississippi	Inactive
	1974–before June 2010	Northeast Louisiana University	Monroe, Louisiana	Inactive
	1975	Morehead State University	Morehead, Kentucky	Active
	1975–before June 2010	New York University	New York City, New York	Inactive
	1975–before June 2010	Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	Inactive
	1976–before June 2010	Arkansas State University	Jonesboro, Arkansas	Inactive
	1976–before June 2010	Auburn University	Auburn, Alabama	Inactive
	1976–before June 2010	Rowan College of New Jersey	Glassboro, New Jersey	Inactive
	1976–before June 2010	James Madison University	Harrisonburg, Virginia	Inactive
	1976	Norfolk State University	Norfolk, Virginia	Active
	1976–before June 2010	State University of New York at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Inactive
	1976–before June 2010	Shaw University	Raleigh, North Carolina	Inactive
	1976–before June 2010	Southwest Texas State University	San Marcos, Texas	Inactive
	1976–before June 2010	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Virginia	Inactive
	1976–before June 2010	Winthrop University	Rock Hill, South Carolina	Inactive
	1976–before June 2010	St. Clair County Community College	Port Huron, Michigan	Inactive
	1977–before June 2010	Appalachian State University	Boone, North Carolina	Inactive
	1977–before June 2010	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Little Rock, Arkansas	Inactive
	1977–before June 2010	Black Hawk College	Moline, Illinois	Inactive
	1977–before June 2010	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	Inactive
	1977	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Active
	1977	Gannon University	Erie, Pennsylvania	Active
	1977–before June 2010	Towson University	Towson, Maryland	Inactive
	1977–before June 2010	Youngstown State University	Youngstown, Ohio	Inactive
	xxxx ?–before June 2010	Abilene Christian University	Abilene, Texas	Inactive
		Alcorn State University	Lorman, Mississippi	Active
		Austin Peay State University	Clarksville, Tennessee	Active
		Belmont University	Nashville, Tennessee	Active
		Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania	Active
		Central Washington University	Ellensburg, Washington	Active
		Claflin University	Orangeburg, South Carolina	Active
		Clarion University of Pennsylvania	Clarion, Pennsylvania	Active
		East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	Active
		Emerson College	Boston, Massachusetts	Active
		Freed–Hardeman University	Henderson, Tennessee	Active
		Frostburg State University	Frostburg, Maryland	Active
		Harding University	Searcy, Arkansas	Active
	xxxx ?–before June 2010	Hofstra University	Hempstead, New York	Inactive
		Indiana University of Pennsylvania	Indiana, Pennsylvania	Active
		Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis	Indianapolis, Indiana	Active
		Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	Kutztown, Pennsylvania	Active
		Lynn University	Boca Raton, Florida	Active
		Marietta College	Marietta, Ohio	Active
		Marshall University	Huntington, West Virginia	Active
		Mercyhurst University	Erie, Pennsylvania	Active
		Millersville University of Pennsylvania	Millersville, Pennsylvania	Active
		Missouri Southern State University	Joplin, Missouri	Active
		Monmouth University	Long Branch, New Jersey	Active
		Newberry College	Newberry, South Carolina	Active
		Northern Kentucky University	Highland Heights, Kentucky	Active
	xxxx ?–before June 2010	Ohio Northern University	Ada, Ohio	Inactive
		Oklahoma Christian University	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Active
		Rider University	Lawrence Township, New Jersey	Active
		St. Thomas Aquinas College	Sparkill, New York	Active
		Salisbury University	Salisbury, Maryland	Active
		Sam Houston State University	Huntsville, Texas	Active
		Samford University	Birmingham, Alabama	Active
		Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	Shippensburg, Pennsylvania	Active
		Southeast Missouri State University	Cape Girardeau, Missouri	Active
	xxxx ?–before June 2010	Southeastern Louisiana University	Hammond, Louisiana	Inactive
	xxxx ?–before June 2010	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	Durant, Oklahoma	Inactive
		Southwest Minnesota State University	Marshall, Minnesota	Active
		State University of New York at Plattsburgh	Plattsburgh, New York	Active
		Stephen F. Austin State University	Nacogdoches, Texas	Active
		Tennessee State University	Nashville, Tennessee	Active
		Texas A&M University–Commerce	Commerce, Texas	Active
		Texas State University	San Marcos, Texas	Active
		Troy University	Troy, Alabama	Active
		Truman State University	Kirksville, Missouri	Active
		Union University	Jackson, Tennessee	Active
		University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	Active
		University of Montevallo	Montevallo, Alabama	Active
		University of Nebraska Omaha	Omaha, Nebraska	Active
		University of North Alabama	Florence, Alabama	Active
		University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Active
		University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	Active
		University of Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee	Active
		University of Wisconsin–Platteville	Platteville, Wisconsin	Active
	xxxx ?–before June 2010	Valdosta State University	Valdosta, Georgia	Inactive
		Weber State University	Ogden, Utah	Active
		West Texas A&M University	Canyon, Texas	Active
		West Virginia State University	Institute, West Virginia	Active
		Western Illinois University	Macomb, Illinois	Active
		Winona State University	Winona, Minnesota	Active

Notes and References

1. [Jack L. Anson|Anson, Jack L.]
2. Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 640-641.
3. Web site: June 17, 2010 . Alpha Epsilon Rho Honor Society Chapters . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120414195516/http://www.achsnatl.org/SocResults.asp?Society=aer . 2012-04-14 . 2024-05-28 . Association of College Honor Society . web.archive.org.
4. Web site: Alpha Epsilon Rho . May 27, 2024 . Wayne State University Libraries.