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with the colonization for AOII’s new        at a camp in Asheboro. We also initiated                                                  Xi (U of Oklahoma)
chapter at the U of Nevada, Reno.           36 new members and finished off the
                                            semester with receiving the Black and      Sigma Omicron
Sigma Beta                                  Gold level award for SOEs, which is        Arkansas State U
Saint Joseph’s U                            the highest level for our campus. Our      Highlights of our year included spring
The sisters of Sigma Beta benefitted        chapter was also awarded the Four          recruitment, Bid Day, and our Founders’
from a year of celebration and hard         Pillar award for scholarship, leadership,  Day banquet. Our big and little sister
work. After we initiated 70 new             friendship and service, and senior Kim     reveal was a ton of fun, and our amazing
sisters in March, we celebrated             Jenkins was given the Julie K. Nagel       Roseball rounded out a great year on a
our 10th anniversary on the Saint           spirit award. We finished the year off by  high note.
Joseph’s U campus. Maria Krup, VP           holding a Spaghetti Dinner benefitting     Sigma Rho
Chapter Development, worked hard            the Arthritis Foundation, and by           Slippery Rock U
to organize a special dinner with           dominating Greek Games.                    One of our favorite events this year
an even more special guest, Troy                                                       was helping to install the Alpha Mu
LeForge. Alumnae from Sigma Beta                                                       chapter at nearby Duquesne U. We were
and other chapters joined us. Next,
we held our campus-wide Sisters for
Soldiers event where we collected
items for our troops.

Sigma Chi
Hartwick College
Sigma Chi took first place in the
Greek Goddess competition during
Greek Week. They also took first
place in the talent show, for their
singing act and dance routine that
encouraged others to donate money
to the YMCA in honor of Stephen Q.
Lyden, a member of TKE and close
friend, who recently passed away.

Sigma Delta
Huntingdon College
Sigma Delta had an exciting year
of philanthropy events, education
workshops, socials and sisterhood
events. To end our year, we did
what people said couldn’t be done:
we hosted Jingle Bell Run for the
River Region in the morning and
later that night had our super fun
semi-formal! It was exhausting but
rewarding for all of our sisters! The year
2015 started with new officers and new
ideas. We were proud to have been
recognized as the winner of the Overall
Greek Excellence Award for Huntingdon
College. We are doing big things and
there are many more big things to come!

Sigma Gamma
Appalachian State U
In the fall, we hosted our annual Strike
Out Arthritis! kickball tournament and
went on an overnight sisterhood retreat

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