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When Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma, Alpha Phi, Gamma Phi Beta, and Delta Delta Delta met in Boston in 1891,…

West Baden Springs Hotel Kappa Alpha Theta’s 1924 Grand Convention took place at the West Baden Springs Hotel in West Baden, Indiana. It was billed as…

While a student at Columbia University, Lou Gehrig became a member of Phi Delta Theta. Today, June 2, is the fourth annual Lou Gehrig Day throughout…

The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), the umbrella organization for 26 women’s fraternities/sororities, officially met for the first time on May 24, 1902. Over the years, especially…

Phi Gamma Delta was founded on May 1, 1848. John Templeton McCarty, Samuel Beatty Wilson, James Elliott, Daniel Webster Crofts, Ellis Bailey Gregg and Naaman Fletcher – the…

Today is the date upon which Pi Beta Phi was founded. Twelve young women who were attending Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, established it on April…

This past weekend, I  had the opportunity to attend a P.E.O. event in the Chicago area. It was the Q Suburban Round Table luncheon. The name…

On April 11, 1924, one of the most unique events took place at the White House. It did not involve the President, a Phi Gamma Delta…

Irene Simpson Van Brunt attended Wellesley College in Massachusetts but graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. There she became a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She…

Charlotte Herman Kerr, M.D., was born on May 25, 1920, in Champaign, Illinois. Her father worked for printing service at the University of Illinois. That may…