Kappa Beta Gamma

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Sorority Kappa Beta Gamma (Script error: No such module "Lang".) is a sorority founded at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1917.

History

On Template:Dts, twelve women of Marquette University founded the campus' first sorority, Kappa Beta Gamma. The founders, and first officers of this group were:

  • Teresa Jermain, President
  • Myra Thewalt, Vice-President
  • Jeannie Lee, Secretary
  • Mary Weimar, Treasurer
  • Mary Kitzke
  • Eva Johnson
  • Patricia Hagerty
  • Mary White
  • Myrtle Maas
  • Lorraine Kress
  • Vivienne Leichtman
  • Felicia Knafzynska

Weimar was credited with design of the sorority pin.

The immediate aim of the Sorority expressed at its founding was: To Unite the Members in the bond of Sisterhood; to Develop Friendships among the Members During their College Days; to Improve the Members Morally, Socially and Intellectually; and to Foster the Support of College/University, Alma Mater and of God and Country. This was later revised as:

The Sisters of Kappa Beta Gamma International Sorority are an organization dedicated to improving its members morally, socially, and intellectually. As friends, we are committed to bettering our schools and communities by offering leadership opportunities during and beyond our college days. [1]

In Template:Dts the sorority established its second chapter, Alpha, at Saint Louis University; St. Louis, Missouri. The chapter at Marquette University then became known as Beta chapter.[2] The first chapters were established at Catholic institutions, with the Sorority later expanding to other institutions.

In Template:Dts Kappa Beta Gamma installed its first chapter in Canada, the Upsilon chapter at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia.[3]

This sorority is not a member of the NPC, though chapters will regularly participate with campus panhellenic associations.[4]

Symbols and traditions

The official colors are deep sapphire, pearl white and old gold. The five pointed star is the symbol, while the official flower is the forget-me-not. ΚΒΓ has 2 official jewels, the blue sapphire and white pearl. The Sorority has designated a mascot, Jermain the Lion (Jermain being the last name of the first Grand Mistress, or president).[5]

Founder Mary Weimar designed the sorority badge, a wreath of six pearls and six sapphires encircling Kappa Beta Gamma’s Greek Letters. She also designed the membership pin, a blue shield with a gold stripe running diagonally across it.[4]

Kappa Beta Gamma marks three annual days of remembrance, listed in the order they were established:

  • January 22 - Founders Day
  • May 14 - National Founders Day
  • April 2 - International Founders Day

The open motto of the organization is Character, Culture, Courage.

The initiation ceremony is called Krossover.

The annual convention of the Sorority is called its Konvention, held on a rotating basis at locations in the US and Canada during the first weekend of August. An additional celebration, an International Formal Star Ball is held every fifth year to mark significant milestones.[1]

Kappa Beta Gamma's quarterly publication is the Kappa Star.[5]

Headquarters

At its establishment in 1947, the first National Officers were chosen, all from the Beta chapter and were elected to a two-year term.

The Sorority is governed through its international conventions. Presiding over these annual events, and responsible for the organizations' affairs in the interim between conventions, two separate, but cooperative Boards of Directors, one for the US and one for Canada, are elected to their positions indefinitely by the membership of Kappa Beta Gamma. There are no term limits of minimum term of service for these Board positions. The Board of Directors is primarily responsible for hiring and management of the International President, supporting the International Board and handling legal and business matters on behalf of the membership.

ΚΒΓ's International Headquarters are located in Georgia.

Day-to-day management of the Sorority is vested in four staff positions: the International President, a Vice-President of Compliance-Canada, a Vice President of Compliance-USA, and a Vice President of Membership Development.[1]

United States Leadership [1]

Tanya Niemi: President & CEO

Lacy Dickel: Vice President & COO

Allyson Simerlein: Treasurer & CFO

Canada Leadership[1]

Rynelle DeSouza: President & CEO

Marianna Sukhu: Vice President & CCO

Logan Paisley: Treasurer & CFO

Philanthropy

Kappa Beta Gamma's philanthropy is the Special Olympics. Along with the national philanthropy, each chapter chooses a local philanthropy to support.[1]

Alumnae Society

Kappa Beta Gamma has an Alumnae Society, available to any alumna member. They offer an alumna initiate program. [6]

Chapters

Chapters of Kappa Beta Gamma are as follows. Active chapters are in bold, inactive chapters are in italics: [7]

Name Chartered Institution Location Status Notes Reference
Alpha Template:Dts–Template:Dts Saint Louis University St. Louis, Missouri Withdrew Second chapter formed.
Formerly Delta Epsilon Phi (local), established in 1928.[8] 		[2][9]
Beta Template:Dts–Template:Dts Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dormant Founding chapter [2]
Gamma Template:DtsSpring, 1948–Template:Dts Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska Dormant Formerly Kappa Zeta Kappa (local)[8] [2]
Delta Template:Dts University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, Michigan Active Oldest active chapter [2][10]
Epsilon Template:DtsSpring, 1954–Template:Dts Loyola University Chicago Chicago, Illinois Withdrew [2][11]
Zeta Template:Dts–Template:Dts Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana Dormant [2]
Eta Template:Dts–Template:Dts Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. Dormant [2]
Theta Template:Dts–Template:Dts, 19xx St. Norbert College De Pere, Wisconsin Active Formerly Kappa Beta Phi (local), formed in 1958.[8] [2]
Iota Template:Dts–Template:Dts ? St. John's University Jamaica, Queens, New York Dormant Formerly Iota Sigma Phi (local), formed in 1961.[8] [2]
Kappa Template:Dts–Template:Dts Marian University Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Dormant
Lambda Template:Dts–Template:Dts Northern Michigan University Marquette, Michigan Dormant
Mu Template:Dts–Template:Dts University of Findlay Findlay, Ohio Dormant
Nu Template:Dts–Template:Dts Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, Pennsylvania Withdrew [12]
Xi Template:Dts–Template:Dts Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland Dormant Formerly Gamma Sigma Chi (local), formed in 2002.[8]
Omicron
   See Alpha Lambda 		Template:Dts–Template:Dts Shippensburg University Shippensburg, Pennsylvania Dormant Formerly Theta Kappa (local), formed in 1968.[8]
Pi Template:Dts–Template:Dts Keene State College Keene, New Hampshire Dormant Formerly Tau Phi Xi (local), formed in 1982.[8]
Rho Template:Dts Caldwell University Caldwell, New Jersey Active Formerly Delta Nu Sigma (local), previously formed.[8]
Sigma Template:Dts Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina Active Originally Pi Beta Phi's North Carolina Gamma chapter, formed in 1994.[8] [13]
Tau Template:Dts–Template:Dts University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minnesota Dormant
Upsilon Template:Dts University of Victoria Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Active Oldest Canadian chapter [3]
Phi Template:Dts Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, Pennsylvania Active [14]
Chi Template:Dts Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts Active [15]
Psi Template:Dts–Template:Dts Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville, Georgia Dormant
Omega Reserved as a memorial for those sisters and alumnae who have passed.
Alpha Alpha Template:Dts–Template:Dts Trine University Angola, Indiana Dormant
Alpha Beta Template:Dts–Template:Dts University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut Dormant
Alpha Gamma Template:Dts Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Active [16]
Alpha Delta Template:Dts St. Joseph's College Patchogue, New York Active Formerly Lambda Psi Iota (local), formed in 2002.[8]
Alpha Epsilon Template:Dts Lawrence Technological University Southfield, Michigan Active
Alpha Zeta Template:Dts University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, Louisiana Active
Alpha Eta Template:Dts Central Methodist University Fayette, Missouri Active
Alpha Theta Template:Dts Thompson Rivers University Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Active
Alpha Iota Template:Dts University of Lethbridge Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Active Formerly Kappa Pi Chi (local), formed in 2011.[8]
Alpha Kappa Template:Dts–Template:Dts SUNY, Stony Brook New York City, New York Dormant
Alpha Lambda
   See also Omicron 		Template:Dts Shippensburg University Shippensburg, Pennsylvania Active
Alpha Mu Template:Dts University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Green Bay, Wisconsin Active
Alpha Nu Template:Dts University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Active
Alpha Xi Template:Dts University of British Columbia Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Active
Alpha Omicron Template:Dts University of Ottawa and Area Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Active Formerly Zeta Theta Epsilon (local), formed in 2010.[8]
Alpha Pi Template:Dts Ryerson University and Area Toronto, Ontario, Canada Active Formerly Delta Phi Nu Gamma Chi (local), formed previously[8]
Alpha Rho Template:Dts–Template:Dts University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama Dormant
Alpha Sigma Template:Dts Tennessee Wesleyan University Athens, Tennessee Active Originally Alpha Xi Gamma (local), formed in 1979.[8]
Alpha Tau Template:Dts University of Ontario Institute of Technology Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Active
Alpha Upsilon Template:Dts Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, Missouri Active
Alpha Phi Template:Dts–Template:Dts ? Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania Dormant
Alpha Chi Template:Dts St. John’s University Staten Island, New York Active
Alpha Psi Template:Dts–Template:Dts ? University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Dormant
Alpha Omega Reserved
Beta Alpha Template:Dts –Template:Dts Middle Georgia State University Cochran, Georgia Dormant
Beta Beta Template:Dts SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, New York Active
Beta Gamma Template:Dts–Template:Dts ? University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Honolulu, Hawaii Dormant
Beta Delta Template:Dts University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada Active
Beta Epsilon Template:Dts University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Active
Beta Eta Template:Dts Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana Active
Beta Zeta Template:Dts Mount Royal University Calgary, Alberta, Canada Active
Beta Iota Template:Dts McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Active
Beta Kappa Template:Dts Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Active
Beta Theta Template:Dts Kean University Union, New Jersey Active

See also

References

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f From the Kappa Beta Gamma website, accessed 4 Nov 2020.
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  4. ↑ a b Noted in the ΚΒΓ Expansion Manual, 2018 edition, accessed 5 Nov 2020.
  5. ↑ a b Noted on the Quick Facts page of the sorority's website, accessed 4 Nov 2020.
  6. ↑ Noted on the sorority's website, on the Alumnae Society page, accessed 4 Nov 2020.
  7. ↑ Information from Bairds's (20th), from Kappa Beta Gamma US chapters webpage and Kappa Beta Gamma Canadian chapters webpage Template:Webarchive, accessed 4 Nov 2020.
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". The main archive URL is The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
  9. ↑ Withdrew to become Kappa Beta Phi's Alpha chapter, in coordination with the founding Beta chapter of the sorority at Marquette. In 1975 withdrew to become Kappa Beta Phi (local), then in 1989 accepted a charter as the Eta Nu chapter of Alpha Delta Pi.
  10. ↑ Delta chapter website
  11. ↑ Withdrew to become Eta Lambda chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma in 2007.
  12. ↑ Withdrew to become Eta Lambda chapter of Kappa Delta in 2008.
  13. ↑ Sigma chapter website
  14. ↑ Phi chapter website
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  16. ↑ Alpha Gamma chapter website Template:Webarchive

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