Category Archives: Alpha Sigma Alpha

Cynthia Coolbaugh, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Cynthia Coolbaugh was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha during her time as a student at James Madison University. She started college as a home economics major but ended up with a degree in psychology. Coolbaugh was active in student … Continue reading

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Carlotta Corpron, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022

Although Carlotta Corpron was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota, she spent her formative years in India, where her doctor father was a medical missionary.  In 1920, she returned to the United States and became a student at Michigan State Normal … Continue reading

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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

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A Green Bean Casserole for Alpha Sigma Alpha’s Founders’ Day

Today is Alpha Sigma Alpha’s Founders’ Day. It was founded on November 15, 1901 at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. It is the youngest of the Farmville Four, the four National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) … Continue reading

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Leona Wilcox, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020

Leona Wilcox was born in Osceola, Iowa, in 1891. She attended high school there and a newspaper report for 1908 noted her absence from the 11th grade for a week due to illness. After graduation, she may have taught elementary … Continue reading

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Remiss + Catch-up = Today’s GLO History Post

Remiss is my word of the day. I have been remiss in acknowledging many accomplishments of GLO members over the past year. This week, I plan to play catch-up. I am also saddened to hear of the passing of a … Continue reading

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Marianna Obermiller, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019

A goodly number of sorority women answered the call to volunteer for service in World War II. Here is the Service Roll as printed in the November 1945 Phoenix of Alpha Sigma Alpha. Among the names of the WAVES is … Continue reading

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Alpha Sigma Alpha – A 100 Year Old Snapshot on Founders’ Day

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

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Denise Swanson, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen

Denise Swanson became an Alpha Sigma Alpha  at Loyola University in Chicago. As an alumna, she is a member of the Chicago West Alumnae Chapter. Swanson is also a New York Times bestselling author. For 22 years, Swanson was a … Continue reading

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Alpha Sigma Alpha and Wilma Wilson Sharp

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

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