Philanthropy
Symbols & Insignia
History
Founders
Values & Ethics
100
Sigma Kappa's National Philanthropy that collects and delivers supplies and food to needy families via a boat that breaks through the harsh ice on the coasts of Maine every winter.
What is the Maine Sea Coast Mission?
100
The shape of Sigma Kappa's badge
What is a triangle?
100
Sigma Kappa Founder's Day (entire date!)
What is November 9th, 1874
100
The youngest Sigma Kappa founder who died at the age of 18?
Who is Elizabeth Gorham Hoag?
100
Sigma Kappa's open motto
What is "one heart, one way"?
200

Sigma Kappa's largest philanthropic service since 1989

What is Alzheimer's Disease Research

200
Sigma Kappa's flower (entire name!)
What is the wild purple violet?
200
The college where Sigma Kappa was founded
What is Colby College?
200
The founder that was the first woman to ever attend Colby College
Who is Mary Low Carver?
200
The name for the Standards that a Sigma Kappa chapter is expected to meet to reach its potential and to excel?
What are the Standards of Excellence?
300
The study of aging
What is gerontology?
300
Sigma Kappa's jewel
What is the pearl?
300
The city and state where Sigma Kappa was founded
What is Waterville, Maine?
300
The Founder that helped form her relative's chapter of Sigma Kappa at the University of Kansas
Who is Ida Fuller Pierce?
300
Sigma Kappa's 4 Values
What are Personal Growth, Service, Friendship, and Loyalty?
400
The week preceding or following Founder's Day when collegians and alumnae participate in community or campus service (hint: this is the week where we have campus clean-up, Professor's appreciation brunches, etc.)
What is Week of Giving?
400
Sigma Kappa's (2) colors
What are maroon and lavender?
400
The meeting of Sigma Kappas from all across the nation to discuss business proceedings; held every two years (this past summer in Texas!)
What is national convention/Sigma Kappa convention?
400
The founder that wrote much of the Initiation ceremony
Who is Louise Helen Coburn?
400
The document that contains a chapter's individual rules and regulations; revised yearly.
What is the Code of Conduct?
500
Sigma Kappa's philanthropy that funds beach clean-ups and other "green" initiatives
What is Inherit the Earth?
500
Sigma Kappa's (2) symbols
What are the heart and the dove?
500

The names of all five Founders (first and last names)

Who are Frances Mann Hall, Louise Helen Coburn, Ida Fuller Pierce, Mary Caffery Low, and Elizabeth Gorham Hoag

500
The first Sigma Kappa founder ever to get married
Who is Frances Mann Hall?
500
Sigma Kappa's policy preventing any activity that demeans an individual by mental, emotional, or physical abuse.
What is the anti-hazing policy?