Philanthropies
On November 9th, Sigma Kappa celebrates...
What is Founders Day?
Sigma Kappa’s badge is this shape.
What is The Triangle?
This date is considered Sigma Kappa’s Founders’ Day.
November 9th, 1874
The youngest Sigma Kappa founder who died at the age of 18.
The total number of sororities on our campus.
7
The name of the unrestricted fund that allows the Foundation to support all of its initiatives?
Sigma Kappa’s flower.
What is the wild purple violet?
Sigma Kappa was founded in this city and state.
Waterville, Maine
This founder was the first woman to attend Colby College.
The total number of fraternities on our campus.
9
Adopting a ‘grandparent’, volunteering at nursing homes, and sponsoring senior citizens clubs are some ways Sigma Kappa sisters support this philanthropy.
This is our national jewel
Pearl
This is the college where Sigma Kappa was founded.
Colby College
This founder helped found the Xi Chapter at the University of Kansas.
The president of our college/university.
Dr. Michael Johnson
This is the week preceding or following Founders’ Day when both collegiate and alumnae chapters participate in philanthropic endeavors.
What is The Week of Giving?
Sigma Kappas Colors
Lavender and Maroon
Held every two years, collegians and alumnae meet with national officers to discuss the formal business of Sigma Kappa Sorority.
National Convention
This Sigma Kappa founder wrote much of the Initiation service.
Louise Helen Coburn
When was UWG founded?
1906
Adopted in 1992, this national service project should include the elderly to benefit the environment.
What is Inherit The Earth?
Sigma Kappas Official Symbols
The leadership event held every year for collegiate members.
Regional Leadership Conferences
She was the first Sigma Kappa founder to marry.
Fourth District A&M School
West Georgia College
State University of West Georgia