Alpha Epsilon Delta is a National Health Pre-Professional Honor Society dedicated to recognizing and encouraging those committed to healthcare.  The organization was founded in 1926 at the University of Alabama with a dual purpose, Honor Society and service organization.  The NJ-Beta Chapter of AED was established in 1992 at Stevens Institute of Technology and strives to organize events in terms of philanthropy, scholarship, and social causes with the goal of promoting the importance of healthcare on campus and throughout the Hoboken community.  190 Stevens students have been inducted to date.  AED has encouraged students by organizing an information session with alumni who are currently in medical and dental schools, planning visits to UMDNJ, and holding MCAT review courses on campus.  The members of AED also organized a toy drive in which all of the toys were donated to the children in the outpatient clinic at Hoboken University Medical Center, as well as a book drive through Better World Books to promote global literacy.