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What is the Maine Sea Coast Mission?
Every November, Sigma Kappa chapters collect gift cards to help support this philanthropy.
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What is the triangle?
Sigma Kappa’s badge is this shape.
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What is November 9, 1874?
This date is considered Sigma Kappa’s Founders’ Day.
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What is “One Heart, One Way?”
Sigma Kappa’s open motto.
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Who is Elizabeth Gorham Hoag?
The youngest Sigma Kappa founder who died at the age of 18.
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What is the Ultra Violet Challenge?
Fundraising events hosted by the chapter to raise money for Alzheimer's disease research and other worthy causes.
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What is the wild purple violet?
Sigma Kappa’s flower.
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What is Waterville, Maine?
Sigma Kappa was founded in this city and state.
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What are the Standards of Excellence?
These are the standards a chapter is expected to meet to reach its potential and excel.
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Who is Mary Caffrey Low Carver?
This founder was the first woman to attend Colby College.
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What is gerontology research?
Adopting a ‘grandparent’, volunteering at nursing homes and sponsoring senior
citizens clubs are some ways Sigma Kappa sisters support this philanthropy. |
What is the pearl?
This is our national jewel.
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What is Colby College?
This is the college where Sigma Kappa was founded.
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What are the values of Sigma Kappa?
Personal growth, service, friendship and loyalty.
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Who is Ida Fuller Pierce?
This founder helped found the Xi Chapter at the University of Kansas.
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What is the Week of Giving?
This is the week preceding or following Founders’ Day when both collegiate and
alumnae chapters participate in philanthropic endeavors. |
What are maroon and lavender?
Sigma Kappa’s colors.
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What is national convention?
Held every two years, collegians and alumnae meet with national officers to discuss
the formal business of Sigma Kappa Sorority. |
What is the Code of Conduct?
This is a document that contains the local chapter’s rules and regulations. It is revised
and voted on every year |
Who is Louise Helen Coburn?
This Sigma Kappa founder wrote much of the Initiation service.
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What is Inherit the Earth?
Adopted in 1992, this national service project should include the elderly to benefit the
environment. |
What are the heart and the dove?
Sigma Kappa’s official symbols.
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What are the Regional Leadership Conferences?
In 2015, this regional program became the annual training program for all collegiate
executive council officers. |
What is the anti-hazing policy?
Sigma Kappa prohibits any practice that demeans an individual by mental, emotional
or physical abuse under this policy |
Who is Francis Mann Hall?
She was the first Sigma Kappa founder to marry.
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