Talk:Gamma Sigma Sigma/Archive 1

Archive 1

Notable Alumnae

With Notable Alumnae added as its own section, the sentence above should probably be deleted. The chapter that Ms. Norman initiated at probably should be included in some form (See the Notable alumni of Alpha Phi Omega page for a suggested format), but the date and size of pledge class probably should be removed. Naraht 10:12, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I've fixed it. You can edit this away once you've seen it, I just wanted to acknowledge your comment. Thanks for pointing out the double info. Liz 06:25, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone have a source for the information on the people in the current famous alumni list? Naraht 14:49, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

How does National Honorary Member (which there seem to be one per convention) differ from Woman of the Year at the convention? Naraht 15:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

I'll answer the "National Honorary Member" question as it relates to the "Woman of the Year" at convention ... is it ok if I can't source it? I'm a GSS sister that has been to convention and taken part in a lot of what goes on. Does it need referenced to me, then? I'm no expert ... just a sister. Sarah 00:39, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Any answer is better than none. Maybe I can help find a reference if I know what I'm looking for...Naraht 10:30, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, an Honorary member may refer to anyone that has achieved a semi-status in Gamma Sig; this can include Sweethearts, advisors, or people who have high importance or relations to Gamma Sig (and a select chapter, for example) and its functions, but does not "pledge" or go through a period of pledging to the sorority. They have basically the same rights as a sister (can wear letters, etc., though that changes from chapter to chapter as to their preference. Some chapters allow them to wear letters, some allow them to wear shirts with simply "Gamma Sig" or "Gamma Sigma Sigma" in english, not in Greek lettering.) They cannot run for office, in most cases, and usually aren't even allowed to vote on them. They are allowed to attend meetings, be recognized with the sorority chapter and at convention.

The "Woman of the Year" is a role model that has been chosen by the National Board (usually by the Woman of the Year Committee) and is honored at the National Convention, which meets biannually on odd-numbered years. Typically they have contributed some type of service or benefit to society, and has values that coincide with Gamma Sig and our service ideals. They are typically not a member of Gamma Sig (actually in most cases they are not), therefore their good-will actions happen without general association with Gamma Sig. As a result of their selection as a "Woman of the Year" at convention, they are bestowed the honor of becoming an "Honorary Member", termed because they have not gone through a New Member Orientation program or pledge period as a regular member. It is not necessary to be a "Woman of the Year" to be a Honorary Member, and to be selected as a Woman of the Year it doesn't necessarily mean that you are selected to be an Honorary Member, but it is a great honor that coincides with selection as a Woman of the Year and expresses how important we value their service work.

I will run through our National Bylaws to see if I can't find anything regarding an Honorary Member; I'll reference the National Woman of the Year Committee to see also if I can't find what qualifications and what kind of explanation they serve for a Woman of the Year. Sarah 10:19, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Interesting. I found a copy of the Gamma Sig National by-laws at http://ohiounion.osu.edu/posts/studentorgs/constitutions/2007_9_19_17_6_GSS.doc. All the mention of Honorary membership was chapter honorary membership takes 3/4 of a chapter and National honorary membership takes 3/4 of the National Board. No mentions at all of what qualifications are needed to be an advisor.

I also can't find a mention there of Woman of the year. It sounds like, while theoretically someone could be "Woman of the Year" without being a National Honorary member, in practice it just doesn't happen.

I'm surprised that Advisors are viewed as a type of Honorary. Do advisors go through the same ritual which makes pledges into sisters?Naraht 15:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

The advisor for our chapter (Gamma Phi) at Saint Francis was actually a sister at one point, when she went to school here. So, technically, she went through the same thing that we did at one point as pledges or new members. However, I don't think that most advisors have that same experience, or that same honor. I'll do some research and networking with some of the other chapters around here ... (Sarah 17:22, 6 November 2007 (UTC))

Cool. I think it may be appropriate to split them into two lists eventually, with the information that all(?) of the Women of the Year are also honorary. I'm also going to alphabetize and add one more from the list at Drexel.Naraht 13:42, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Women of the Year are granted Honorary membership so yes, they are all honorary members. Advisors (local level) can be granted Honorary membership by the local chapter based on a vote (number needed is outlined in local bylaws). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.6.145.237 (talk) 01:03, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Adding the crest back

Whomever just updated the article has done a GREAT job! Congrats!  :)

Also, does anyone know how we could add the crest without it getting deleted all the time? We're allowed to use it to promote Gamma Sig and on things referring to Gamma Sig, though it's not like it's on letterhead or something similar as an official document of the sorority. Starryeyedsarah (talk) 23:35, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

(thank you, you can look at the history to see who has made what changes)

Take a look at how the crest images are handled on other greek letter organizations like Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Kappa Alpha. (Go to the page and then click on the image) For Alpha Phi Omega, I added that I had received permission from the APO Director of Chapter Services and that appears to have been enough. If the GSS Director of Marketing (who has made some changes, just not ones that were wikipedia appropriate) were to approve the use of the Crest here, IMO, it should be fine, however information to that affect needs to be included in the wikipage for the image.The real answer according to Wikipedia is at Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline Naraht (talk) 03:47, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, I added the crest back as Image:GSSCrest.jpg, we'll see if it survives this time.Naraht (talk) 23:04, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your help ... I really do appreciate it. It helps the article so much!  :) If we do end up having problems with it, past this, I will talk to our National Marketing Director and see what we can do! Starryeyedsarah (talk) 06:16, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

There is still a great deal of improvement that I think can be done. Look at Alpha Phi Alpha for where we can go. At the bottom of the http://www.gammasigmasigma.org/gss_mission-history.htm page, there are instructions for sisters on getting a more complete history. That may be a place to start.Naraht (talk) 13:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

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Start of table of both active and inactive

Chapters	College	Status	Chartering Date
Alpha	University of Houston	Inactive	1953 (1958-1966)(?-)
Beta	Brooklyn College	Inactive	1953
Gamma	Los Angeles City College	Inactive	1953 (prior to 1991)
Delta	New York University	Inactive	1953
Epsilon	Boston University	Inactive	1953
Zeta	Drexel University	Active	1953
Eta	Reserved	N/A
Theta	Queens College, City University of New York	Inactive
Iota	University of Detroit Mercy	Inactive	1953 (prior to 1991)
Kappa	University of California, Berkeley	Inactive	1955 (prior to 1991)
Lambda	Lehman College	Inactive	1955
Mu	Upsala College	Inactive	1956
Nu	University of Connecticut	Inactive	1956
Xi	University of Maryland, College Park	Inactive	1957
Omicron	University of Minnesota	Inactive	1957
Pi	City College of New York	Inactive	1957
Rho	Hunter College	Inactive	1957
Sigma	Valparaiso University	Inactive	1957 (prior to 1991)
Tau	Pennsylvania State University	Active	1957
Upsilon	University of Miami	Inactive	1958
Phi	San Francisco City College	Inactive	1958
Chi	University of Georgia	Active	1958
Psi	College of Great Falls	Inactive	1959
Omega	University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire	Inactive	1959
Alpha Alpha	University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh	Inactive	1960
Alpha Beta	St. Cloud State University	Inactive	1961
Alpha Gamma	Northwest Missouri State College	Inactive	1961
Alpha Delta	Southern University	Inactive	1963
Alpha Epsilon	Southern Illinois University	Inactive	1963
Alpha Zeta	Youngstown University	Inactive	1963
Alpha Eta	Howard University	Active	1963
Alpha Theta	University of Massachusetts	Inactive	1963
Alpha Iota	University of Minnesota, Duluth	Active	1963
Alpha Kappa	Florida State University	Inactive	1963
Alpha Lambda	Mankato State University	Inactive	1963
Alpha Mu	Northern Michigan University	Inactive	1964
Alpha Nu	Central Connecticut State University	Inactive	1964
Alpha Xi	Morgan State University	Inactive	1964
Alpha Omicron	Carthage College	Inactive	1965
Alpha Pi	University of Wisconsin, Stout	Active	1965
Alpha Rho	American University	Inactive	1965
Alpha Sigma	Northeastern State University	Inactive	1965
Alpha Tau	Xavier University	Inactive	1965
Alpha Upsilon	Marietta College	Inactive	1966
Alpha Phi	Westfield State College	Inactive	1966
Alpha Chi	University of Wisconsin, Madison	Inactive	1966
Alpha Psi	Southeast Missouri State University	Active	1966
Alpha Omega	California Polytechnic State University, SLO	Inactive	1966
Beta Alpha	Campbell College	Inactive	1967
Beta Beta	Albright College	Inactive	1967
Beta Gamma	University of Delaware	Active	1967
Beta Delta	University of Wisconsin, La Crosse	Active	1967
Beta Epsilon	Edinboro University	Active	1967
Beta Zeta	Tuskegee University	Active	1967
Beta Eta	Suffolk University	Inactive	1967
Beta Theta	Texas Wesleyan University	Active	1967
Beta Iota	Tarleton State University	Inactive	1967
Beta Kappa	University of Wisconsin, Green Bay	Inactive	1968
Beta Lambda	North Carolina A&T State University	Inactive	1968
Beta Mu	Bucks County Community College	Inactive	1968
Beta Nu	University of Oklahoma	Inactive	1968
Beta Xi	State University of New York, Oneonta	Inactive	1968
Beta Omicron	Missouri Valley College	Inactive	1968
Beta Pi	Rider College	Inactive	1968
Beta Rho	Lincoln Memorial University	Inactive	1968
Beta Sigma	Western Kentucky University	Active	1968
Beta Tau	St. Peter's College	Inactive	1969
Beta Upsilon	University of New Mexico	Inactive	1968
Beta Phi	Lynchburg College	Active	1969
Beta Chi	Lebanon Valley College	Active	1969
Beta Psi	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	Active	1969
Beta Omega	Kent State University	Inactive	1969
Gamma Alpha	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	Active	1969
Gamma Beta	University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee	Inactive	1969
Gamma Gamma	Wiley College	Inactive	1969
Gamma Delta	Duquesne University	Active	1969
Gamma Epsilon	Texas Christian University	Inactive	1969
Gamma Zeta	Michigan State University	Inactive	1969
Gamma Eta	Utica College of Syracuse University	Active	1969
Gamma Theta	Stephen F. Austin State University	Active	1969
Gamma Iota	Savannah State University	Inactive	1970
Gamma Kappa	University of Tennessee	Active	1970
Gamma Lambda	University of Puerto Rico	Inactive	1970
Gamma Mu	University of Maryland, Eastern Shore	Inactive	1970
Gamma Nu	Alabama A&M University	Inactive	1970
Gamma Xi	University of Alabama, Huntsville	Inactive	1970
Gamma Omicron	Ball State University	Inactive	1970
Gamma Pi	Carson Newman College	Active	1970
Gamma Rho	University of Pittsburgh	Inactive	1970
Gamma Sigma	Alma College	Inactive	1971
Gamma Tau	Winston-Salem State University	Inactive	1971
Gamma Upsilon	North Carolina Central University	Inactive	1971
Gamma Phi	St. Francis College	Active	1971
Gamma Chi	Texas State University San Marcos	Active	1971
Gamma Psi	California State University, Chico	Inactive	1971
Gamma Omega	Cameron College	Inactive	1971
Delta Alpha	Appalachian State University	Inactive	1971
Delta Beta	West Texas State University	Inactive	1971
Delta Gamma	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville	Inactive	1972
Delta Delta	SUNY	Inactive	1972
Delta Epsilon	East Texas State University	Inactive	1972
Delta Zeta	Auburn University	Inactive	1972
Delta Eta	University of Texas, El Paso	Inactive	1972
Delta Theta	Fort Valley State College	Inactive	1972
Delta Iota	Northern Virginia Community College	Inactive	1972
Delta Kappa	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Inactive	1972
Delta Lambda	Ocean County College	Inactive	1972
Delta Mu	Central Michigan University	Inactive	1972
Delta Nu	University of Maine, Orono	Active	1972
Delta Xi	Southwest Missouri State University	Active	1972
Delta Omicron	University of Louisville	Inactive	1973
Delta Pi	Monmouth College	Inactive	1973
Delta Rho	Fayetteville State University	Inactive	1973
Delta Sigma	Samford University	Active	1973
Delta Tau	East Tennessee State University	Inactive	1973
Delta Upsilon	SUNY Potsdam	Active	1973
Delta Phi	Dillard University	Active	1974
Delta Chi	East Carolina University	Active	1974
Delta Psi	University of Texas, Arlington	Inactive	1974
Delta Omega	La Salle University	Active	1974
Epsilon Alpha	St. Augustine's College	Inactive	1974
Epsilon Beta	Clemson University	Active	1974
Epsilon Gamma	McKendree College	Inactive	1974
Epsilon Delta	Delgado Junior College	Inactive	1975
Epsilon Epsilon	University of Tennessee, Martin	Inactive	1975
Epsilon Zeta	University of North Carolina, Greensboro	Inactive	1975
Epsilon Eta	Florida Memorial College	Active	1975
Epsilon Theta	Durham College	Inactive	1975
Epsilon Iota	Bishop College	Inactive	1975
Epsilon Kappa	Kentucky State University	Inactive	1975
Epsilon Lambda	Alabama State University	Active	1975
Epsilon Mu	Chattanooga State Technical Community College	Inactive	1975
Epsilon Nu	Bethune Cookman College	Active	1976
Epsilon Xi	Moravian College	Active	1976
Epsilon Omicron	Albany State College	Inactive	1976
Epsilon Pi	Central Missouri State University	Inactive	1977
Epsilon Rho	University of Dubuque	Inactive	1977
Epsilon Sigma	Virginia State College	Inactive
Epsilon Tau	Rust University	Inactive
Epsilon Upsilon	University of Florida	Active
Epsilon Phi	Fitchburg State College	Inactive
Epsilon Chi	Southern University of New Orleans	Inactive
Epsilon Psi	Tennessee State University	Active
Epsilon Omega	University of Arkansas	Inactive
Zeta Alpha	Lincoln University ||Inactive||
Zeta Beta	University of St. Thomas ||Active||
Zeta Gamma	Loyola University ||Inactive||
Zeta Delta	Georgia Institute of Technology	Inactive
Zeta Epsilon	Austin Peay State University	Active
Zeta Zeta	University of Alabama	Inactive
Zeta Eta	Shippensburg University	Inactive
Zeta Theta	Jacksonville State University	Inactive
Zeta Iota	Prairie View A&M University	Active
Zeta Kappa	Western Carolina University	Inactive
Zeta Lambda	Temple University	Active
Zeta Mu	Husson College	Inactive
Zeta Nu	Slippery Rock University	Active
Zeta Xi	North Georgia College and State University	Active
Zeta Omicron	Georgia College and State University	Active
Zeta Pi	Texas Southern University	Active
Zeta Rho	Marquette University	Active
Zeta Sigma	McDaniel College	Active
Zeta Tau	Georgia State University	Active
Zeta Upsilon	Ohio State University	Inactive
Zeta Phi	Union College	Active
Zeta Chi	Grambling State University	Active
Zeta Psi	Mississippi Valley State University	Active
Zeta Omega	Clark Atlanta University	Active
Eta Alpha	Georgia Southern University	Active
Eta Beta	Francis Marion University	Active
Eta Gamma	Murray State University	Active
Eta Delta	James Madison University	Active