Kappa Beta Gamma
Kappa Beta Gamma (ΚΒΓ) is a sorority founded at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1917.
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Founded | January 22, 1917 Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Type | Social |
Scope | International |
Motto | Character, Culture, Courage |
Colors | Blue Gold |
Symbol | Five-pointed Star |
Flower | Forget-me-not |
Jewel | Blue Sapphire and White Pearl |
Mascot | "Germaine” the Lion |
Publication | Kappa Star |
Philanthropy | Special Olympics |
Chartered | January 22nd 1917 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Chapters | 19 |
Colonies | 0 |
Website | www.kappabetagamma.org |
History
In 1916, twelve women of Marquette University founded the campus's first sorority on January 22, 1917, Kappa Beta Gamma. The first officers of this group were: Teresa Jermain as President, Myra Thewalt as Vice-President, Jeannie Lee as Secretary, and Mary Weimar as Treasurer. Weimar also designed the sorority pin.
Kappa Beta Gamma grew throughout the years as a local group on the Marquette campus. Many of the members expressed interest in expanding onto other university campuses. On May 14, 1947, the sorority's Founders Day, the sorority installed its second chapter, Alpha, at Saint Louis University; St. Louis, Missouri. The chapter at Marquette University became known as Beta chapter.
On April 2, 2011, Kappa Beta Gamma installed its first international chapter, the Upsilon chapter at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia.[1]
Symbols
The official colors are deep sapphire and old gold. The five pointed star is the symbol, while the official flower is the forget-me-not. KBG has 2 official jewels, the blue sapphire and white pearl.
Headquarters
ΚΒΓ National Headquarters are located in Georgia. The first National Officers were chosen from the Beta chapter and were elected to a two-year term. These officers were:
- Georgia Klein (President)
- Ann Calla (Vice-President)
- Gertrude Cobbeen (Secretary)
- Gloria Oberst (Treasurer)
Philanthropy
Kappa Beta Gamma's International philanthropy is Special Olympics. Each year, every chapter across US and Canada holds events to raise money for the Special Olympics. Along with a national philanthropy, each chapter chooses a local philanthropy to support. This local philanthropy usually has a connection to the chapter personally.
Chapters
Active chapters
The Active chapters of Kappa Beta Gamma:[2]
- Delta: University of Detroit Mercy, (Detroit, Michigan) (Installed June 1948)[3]
- Theta: St. Norbert College, (De Pere, Wisconsin) (Installed 1963)
- Sigma: Wake Forest University, (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) (Installed December 4, 2010)[4]
- Upsilon: University of Victoria, (Victoria, British Columbia) (Installed April 2, 2011)[1]
- Phi: Penn State Harrisburg, (Middletown, Pennsylvania) (Installed January 22, 2011)[5]
- Chi: Brandeis University, (Waltham, Massachusetts) (Installed January 15, 2011)[6]
- Alpha Gamma: Simon Fraser University, (Burnaby, British Columbia) (Installed November 24, 2012)[7]
- Alpha Delta: St. Joseph's College, (Patchogue, New York) (Installed October 26, 2013)
- Alpha Epsilon: Lawrence Technological University, (Southfield, Michigan) (Installed December 7, 2013)
- Alpha Zeta: University of Louisiana at Monroe, (Monroe, Louisiana) (Installed December 6, 2014)
- Alpha Eta: Central Methodist University, (Fayette, Missouri) (Installed May 3, 2015)
- Alpha Theta: Thompson Rivers University, (Kamloops, British Columbia) (Installed July 31, 2015)
- Alpha Iota: University of Lethbridge, (Lethbridge, Alberta) (formerly ΚΠΧ: Kappa Pi Chi, a local Female Fraternity) (Installed April 16, 2016)
- Alpha Lambda: Shippensburg University, (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania) (Installed April 9, 2016)
- Alpha Mu: University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, (Green Bay, Wisconsin) (Installed December 3, 2016)
- Alpha Nu: University of Kentucky, (Lexington, Kentucky) (Installed May 6, 2017)
- Alpha Xi: University of British Columbia at Okanagan, (Kelowna, British Columbia) (Installed April 8, 2017)
- Alpha Omicron: University of Ottawa, (Ottawa, Ontario) (Installed April 29, 2017)
- Alpha Pi: Ryerson University, (Toronto, Ontario) (April 29, 2017)
- Alpha Sigma: Tennessee Wesleyan University, (Athens,Tennessee) (formerly Alpha Xi Gamma, a local Female Fraternity) (Installed April 21, 2018)
- Alpha Tau: University of Ontario Institute of Technology, (Oshawa, Ontario)
- Alpha Upsilon: Southeast Missouri State University, (Cape Girardeau, Missouri) (Installed May 5, 2018)
- Alpha Chi: St. John’s University (Staten Island, New York)
- Beta Alpha: Middle Georgia College (Cochran, Georgia) (Installed May 12, 2018)
- Beta Beta: SUNY Oneonta (Oneonta, New York) (Installed August 25, 2019)
Inactive chapters
- Alpha: St. Louis University, (St. Louis, Missouri) (Installed May 14, 1947; Closed 1977)
- Beta: Marquette University, (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (Installed Jan. 1917; Closed 1970)
- Gamma: Creighton University, (Omaha, Nebraska) (formerly KZK: Kappa Zeta Kappa, a local sorority) (Installed Spring 1948; Closed in 1953)
- Epsilon: Loyola University Chicago, (Chicago, Illinois) (Installed Spring 1954; Closed 2007)
- Zeta: Loyola University New Orleans, (New Orleans, Louisiana) (Installed 1961; Closed 1966)
- Eta: Catholic University of America, (Washington, D.C.) (Installed 1961; Closed 1983)
- Iota: St. John's University, (Jamaica, New York) (Installed 1968; Closed Unknown)
- Kappa: Marian University, (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) (Installed August 2, 1997; Closed March 17, 2017)
- Lambda: Northern Michigan University, (Marquette, Michigan) (Installed July 13, 2002, Closed 2017)
- Mu: Findlay Region, (Findlay, Ohio) (Installed July 12, 2002; Closed 2005)
- Nu: Franklin & Marshall College, (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) (Installed 2003; Closed 2007)
- Psi: (Lawrenceville, Georgia) (Installed April 28, 2011; Closed February 20, 2017)
- Xi: Frostburg State University, (Frostburg, Maryland) (formerly ΓΣΧ: Gamma Sigma Chi, a local sorority) (Installed Oct. 27, 2007; Closed 2013)
- Omicron: Shippensburg University, (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania) (formerly ΘΚ: Theta Kappa, a local sorority) (Installed 2009; Closed 2015)
- Pi: Keene State College, (Keene, New Hampshire) (formerly ΤΦΞ: Tau Phi Xi, a local sorority) (Installed February 8, 2009; Closed 2015)
- Tau: University of Minnesota-Duluth, (Duluth, Minnesota) (Installed November 20, 2010; Closed 2016)
- Alpha Alpha: Trine University, (Angola, Indiana) (Installed July 9, 2011; Closed 2016)[8]
- Alpha Beta: University of Connecticut, (Storrs, Connecticut) (Installed November 12, 2011)
- Alpha Kappa: New York (Installed August 27, 2016)
- Alpha Rho: University of Alabama, (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) (Installed March 24, 2018)
- Alpha Phi: Pennsylvania State University (University Park, Pennsylvania)
- Alpha Psi: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)
- Beta Gamma: University of Hawaii at Mānoa (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Alumnae Society
Kappa Beta Gamma has an Alumnae Society. Alum members can join The Society.
References
- "Kappa Beta Gamma". Kappa Beta Gamma. Archived from the original on 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
- Kappa Beta Gamma chapters
- Delta chapter website
- Sigma chapter website
- Phi chapter website
- "Chi Chapter Website". Chi Chapter Website. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
- Alpha Gamma chapter website Archived 2013-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
- "Alpha Alpha Chapter Website". Alpha Alpha Chapter Website. Retrieved 2015-12-07.