Category Archives: Sigma Kappa

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

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Fraternity and Sorority Magazines – Preserving History, Fostering Enthusiasm and Promulgating Lifelong Loyalty

This week, I had the opportunity to read hard copies of recently published sorority magazines.* What fun it was to turn the pages and read about some of the 26 National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) organizations! Good works are being done. … Continue reading

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Celebrating the Early NPC Delegates During Women’s History Month

To celebrate Women’s History Month, I wrote this post about some of the early NPC delegates. It was published in the March 2013 Alumnae Panhellenics Newsletter. The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) met for the first time on May 24, 1902 … Continue reading

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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

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The 100th Anniversary of the Suffage Parade, Sorority Women, and a Guest Appearance by High School Student J. Edgar Hoover

This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the March 3, 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C. Among the women who marched were sorority/fraternity women. Pi Beta Phi Carrie Chapman Catt was one of the speakers. Pi Beta Phi’s former Grand … Continue reading

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Female Senators and Their Sorority Affiliations

 A number female senators are members of National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) and National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) women’s fraternities/sororities. Chi Omega Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas (D), 1/3/1999-1/3/2011   Delta Delta Delta Elizabeth Dole, North Carolina (R), 1/3/2003-1/3/2009   Delta Gamma Mary Landrieu, Louisiana (D), … Continue reading

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Happy Founders’ Day Sigma Kappa! Colby College Was Home to the Alpha, Beta and Gamma Chapters

Sigma Kappa was founded on November 9, 1874, by five young women, the only females enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. They received a letter from the faculty approving the organization’s petition, which included a constitution and bylaws. The … Continue reading

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Chi Omega’s National Achievement Award 1930-58

A guest post written by Chi Omega’s National Historian, Lyn Harris. Thank you, Lyn! No celebration of culture is more evident in Chi Omega’s history than is the National Achievement Award. This prestigious honor, the brainchild of Mary Love Collins, … Continue reading

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NPC and NPHC Women Astronauts

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died of pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012 at the age of 61. Although there are some reports on the Internet that the first woman in space was a member of a … Continue reading

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“My Dear Mrs. Sisson…Wouldn’t it be a good plan for you to look some of them up?”

“There are local ladies societies at Barnard (Alpha Omicron Pi), Wellesley (Alpha Kappa Gamma), U. of Miss (Sigma Tau), U of Ark (Chi Omega), Wesleyan (Phi Sigma), Dickerson (sic) (Phi Gamma Zeta), Sigma Kappa (Colby) – Wouldn’t it be a … Continue reading

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