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| Title | Houstonian, 1994 |
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| Date | 1994 |
| Description | This edition of the Houstonian, published by the students of the university in 1994, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | LD2281.H745 H6 v. 60 1994 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Houstonian Yearbook Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | In Copyright |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Greek Life |
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| File Name | yearb_1994_169.jpg |
| Transcript | Sigma Gamma Rho Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated was founded on November 12, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana by seven school teachers. The sorority became an incorporated National Collegiate Sorority on December 30, 1923 when a charter was granted at Butler University. The Epsilon Pi chapter was chartered on December 9, 1973 by Gamma Sigma graduate chapter. Twelve eager young women were involved in the charter. Before our chapter was officially started, it had humble beginnings as the Sigma Interest Group at the University of Houston, then as the Sigma Gamma Rho Colony at the University of Houston, finally Epsilon Pi chapter as we know it today. The ideals of our motto, "Greater Service, Greater Progress" are implemented through numerous memberships and active participation in several organizations. Some of them are the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Council of Negro Women, National Pan Hellenic Council, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, national Urban League, March of Dimes Birth Defect Foundation, National Mental Health Association, United Negro College Fund, Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change, Black Women's Agenda and American Association of University Women. We are also involved in many projects on the national, regional and local levels Participants of Sister to Sister listen intently as panelists speak. 236 68) that focus on education and community service. On the national levels some of these projects include Project Africare and Project Reassurance. Our local projects involve working with the Community in our School Program at Ryan Middle School and Kay On-Going in conjunction with our Project Reassurance. Some of our famous sorors include the Oscar award winning actress Hattie McDaniel and Cynthia Horner. Soror McDaniel appeared in the movie Gone With the Wind and was the first African-American woman to receive the award. Soror Homer is Editor-in-Chief of a well known African-American publication. The panel of the Epsilon Pi chapter gives input and fields questions at Sigma Gamma Rho's Sister to Sister. Greeks * - jfVK * 4 Kt-#* -W' -;fr%-f' -'- w yc l^u ml A ■ ■ 1 m Hr I s Members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sigma Gamma Rho 63) 237 |