Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated was founded November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana at Butler University, a predominantly white school.. Founded by seven young school teachers, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Mary Lou Allison Garner Little, Vivian Irene White Marbury, Bessie Martin, Cubena McClure, Hattie Mae Dulin Redford, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, committed to the sorority's slogan "Greater Service, Greater Progress", Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated has met the challenges of the day and continues to grow through Sisterhood, Scholarship, and Service. Sigma Gamma Rho was founded on the precept of education and continues to promote and encourage high scholastic attainment.

   

Sigma Gamma Rho has become an international service organization composed of women from every profession. The sorority offers its members opportunities to develop their unique talents through leadership training and involvement in Sorority activities.

    

Sigma Gamma Rho has a proud history of offering service wherever chapters exist. In Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated members, better known as "Sorors", allow their "Sigma Light" to shine through national programs and in the work done with the sorority's affiliates, The Rhoers and Philos.

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority supports the following:
* Habitat for Humanity
* NAACP
* NCNW-National Council of Negro Women
* March of Dimes-Birth Defects Foundation
* National Pan-Hellenic Council, Incorporated

   

Currently SGRho has over 450 chapters, undergraduate and graduate. There are over 82,000 members in various parts of the world, including Africa, The Carribean, England, Europe, The Virgin Islands and The Bahamas.

   

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated's aim is to enhance the quality of life within the community. Public service, Leadership development, and education of youth are the hallmark of the organization's programs and activities. SGRHO addresses concerns that impact society educationally, civically, and economically.

   

The Eta Upsilon Chapter at Rutgers University  - New Brunswick was chartered on April 8, 1978 by nine Douglass College women of the Delta Kappa Sigma Graduate Chapter in Plainfield, NJ.

For More information on Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated,
Please visit our National Website @ www.sgrho1922.org

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