Kappa Beta Gamma

Kappa Beta Gamma
ΚΒΓ
Founded	January 22, 1917 Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Type	Social
Scope	International
Motto	Character, Culture, Courage
Colors	Blue      Gold
Symbol	Star
Flower	Forget-me-not
Jewel	Blue Sapphire and White Pearl
Mascot	"Jermain" the Lion
Publication	Kappa Star
Philanthropy	Special Olympics
Chapters	27
Colonies	1
Website	www.kappabetagamma.org

Kappa Beta Gamma (ΚΒΓ) is a sorority founded at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1917.

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 blue and gold. The 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 Detroit, Michigan. 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)

Chapters

Active chapters:

• Delta: University of Detroit Mercy, (Detroit, Michigan) (Installed June 1948)^[2]
• Theta: St. Norbert College, (De Pere, Wisconsin) (Installed 1963)
• Lambda: Northern Michigan University, (Marquette, Michigan) (Installed July 13, 2002)
• Rho: Caldwell University, (Caldwell, New Jersey) (formerly ΔΝΣ: Delta Nu Sigma, a local sorority) (Installed June 18, 2009)^[3]
• 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 Beta: University of Connecticut, (Storrs, Connecticut) (Installed November 12, 2011)
• 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 Kappa: New York (Installed August 27, 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)
• Alpha Xi: University of British Columbia at Okanagan, (Kelowna, British Columbia)
• Alpha Omicron: University of Ottawa, (Ottawa, Ontario)
• Alpha Pi: Ryerson University, (Toronto, Ontario)
• Alpha Rho: University of Alabama , (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
• Alpha Sigma: Tennessee Wesleyan University, (Athens,Tennessee)
• Alpha Tau: University of Ontario Institute of Technology, (Oshawa, Ontario)
• Alpha Upsilon: Southeast Missouri State University, (Cape Girardeau, Missouri)
• Alpha Chi: St. John’s University (Staten Island, New York)
• Alpha Psi: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)

Inactive chapters are:

• 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)
• 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]

References

External links

• National website