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Category Archives: Association of Education Sororities
On National Teacher Appreciation Day: SIUC and the AES / NPC Merger
May 7 is National Teacher Appreciation Day. In honor of Southern Illinois University’s beginnings as a teaching training institution (a/k/a normal school), I am including this segment of the history of SIUC’s fraternity system. There were three mergers which affected the … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Gamma Delta, Association of Education Sororities, Delta Zeta, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Sorority History, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged AES, Alpha Gamma Delta, Association of Education Sororities, Delta Sigma Epsilon, National Panhellenic Conference, NPC, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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Iota Alpha Pi, Founded in March 1903, Is the Only NPC Group to Disband
The National Panhellenic Conference began in 1902 with seven founding members. In its first ten years, additional groups joined quickly . At the 1951 meeting, the six Association of Education Sororities (AES) and five other groups received full membership. In … Continue reading
NPC Organizations That No Longer Exist; A Reflection on International Badge Day
The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) will celebrate International Badge Day on March 4, 2013 and sorority women are asked to “Wear Your Letters on Your Heart.” International Badge Day began in 1997. In the spring of 1996, after she wore … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Phi, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Association of Education Sororities, Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, Delta Zeta, George Washington University, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Hunter College, Miami University, National Panhellenic Conference, Phi Mu, Sigma Kappa, Sorority History, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, The Phoenix of Alpha Sigma Alpha, Thiel College, University of California, University of California at Berkeley, University of Illinois, University of Missouri, Women's Fraternity History, Zeta Tau Alpha
Tagged Alpha Delta Theta, Beta Phi Alpha, Beta Sigma Omicron, Defunct NPC groups, Delta Sigma Theta, Iota Alpha Pi, Lambda Omega, Nora M. Ten Broeck, Phi Omega Pi, Pi Kappa Sigma, Pi Sigma Gamma, Sigma Phi Beta, Theta Sigma Upsilon, Theta Upsilon
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The 32nd NPC Meeting in Williamsburg, Founding Site of ΦΒK
From November 27-December 1, 1951, the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) met in Williamsburg, Virginia. Edith Reese Crabtree, Kappa Kappa Gamma, served as chairman. Alpha Phi Margaret Hutchinson served as secretary and Delta Gamma Mavis Mann was treasurer. The 11 associate … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau, Association of Education Sororities, Delta Phi Epsilon, Fran Favorite, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, National Panhellenic Conference, Notable Sorority Women, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Sigma Sigma, Sigma Delta Tau, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Sorority History, Theta Phi Alpha, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Greek-letter Organization History, National Panhellenic Conference, NPC, Phi Beta Kappa, sorority history, women's fraternity history
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Happy Founders’ Day Alpha Sigma Alpha!
Alpha Sigma Alpha was founded on November 15, 1901 at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Its founders had been asked to join some of the other sororities on campus, but they wanted to stay … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Sigma Alpha, Association of Education Sororities, Delta Delta Delta, Founders' Day, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Ida Shaw Martin, Longwood University, Notable Fraternity Women, Notable Sorority Women, Pi Beta Phi, Sorority History, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Delta Delta, Farmville Four, Founders' Day, Greek-letter Organization History, Ida Shaw Martin, Pi Beta Phi, sorority history, women's fraternity history
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Happy Founders’ Day Alpha Sigma Tau
On November 4, 1899, eight young women, Mable Chase, Ruth Dutcher, May Gephart, Harriet Marx, Eva O’Keefe, Adriance Rice, Helene Rice, and Mayene Tracy, formed a sorority at the Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) in Ypsilanti, Michigan. … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Sigma Tau, Association of Education Sororities, Founders' Day, Fran Favorite, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, National Panhellenic Conference, Notable Sorority Women
Tagged Alpha Sigma Tau, Association of Education Sororities, Eastern Michigan University, famous NPC women, National Panhellenic Conference, NPC, Pine Mountain Settlement School
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Happy Birthday Amy Burnham Onken, NPC Chairman 1945-47
Amy Burnham Onken was a visitor to the 1917 National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) meeting. At that meeting, few could have imagined the influence she would have on her own organization, Pi Beta Phi, and on the NPC world itself. In … Continue reading
Posted in Association of Education Sororities, Fran Favorite, GLO, Greek-letter Organization, National Panhellenic Conference, Northwestern University, Notable Fraternity Women, Notable Sorority Women, Pi Beta Phi
Tagged Amy Burnham Onken, Chapin IL, National Panhellenic Conference, Northwestern University, NPC, Pi Beta Phi
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Happy Birthday Tri Sigma and a Little Tidbit about Mabel Lee Walton
On April 20, 1898, at Virginia’s State Female Normal School in Farmville, eight women, Lucy Wright, Margaret Batten, Elizabeth Watkins, Louise Davis, Martha Trent Featherston, Lelia Scott, Isabella Merrick, and Sallie Michie, announced the founding of Sigma Sigma Sigma. The … Continue reading
Posted in Association of Education Sororities, Farmville Four, Fran Favorite, Longwood University, Mabel Lee Walton, National Panhellenic Conference, Sigma Sigma Sigma
Tagged Association of Education Sororities, Farmville Four, Longwood University, National Panhellenic Conference, Sigma Sigma Sigma, State Female Normal School
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