History of Sigma Sigma Sigma
National History
Longwood College
Farmville, Virginia
1898
The Beginning Founders: Margaret Lee Batten, Louise Marie Davis, Martha Trent Featherston, Isabella Merrick, Sallie Jackson Michie, Lelia Scott, Elizabeth Watkins and Lucy Wright.
From our earliest days, we seek out others to accompany us on our journey. There will be many acquaintances as we travel along our path. Among them will be found some with whom we feel a special bond…a rapport to be welcomed and nurtured. There may be one or two…there may be a hundred.
Is it any wonder then, that eight young women, away from home and family, found each other and began their journey in friendship? They stepped out on a path from Farmville, Virginia in 1898, sharing a special bond as friends who regarded each other as sisters. They reached out to others who joined them on the journey. Together, they established a sisterhood called Sigma Sigma Sigma. We find friends within the bonds of Tri Sigma. We regard these friends as sisters. We enter into a state of being Sisters. We are a Sisterhood.
Epsilon Kappa History
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh,
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
April 11, 1987
Charter members: Sandra Ciriacks, Kelly Krohn, Denise Neinfeldt, Mindy Blumenberg, Molly Qualley, Shelly Krohn, Susan Bennett, Carla Berken, Lisa Berndt, Julie Boeselager, Tricia Bruso, Brandy Christenson, Lori Ebbott, Karen Langer, Lisa Riegel, Jane Schmid, Michelle Tank, Kimberly Tate, Kristine Weddig, Kim Woldt, Marsha Keyser, and Tamara Repsold.
The local sorority Pi Omega was organized with the intention of seeking affiliation with an NPC group. Their choice of Tri Sigma was based on the quality of the national pledge program and the proximity and reputation of other Tri Sigma chapters within the state. The Installing Officer was Alumnae Vice President Sandra Peyton Thayer Beta Gamma assisted by NCC Pam Snyder Johnson Gamma Lambda, NAC Margaret Tringali Conley Beta Tau, Field Representative Melanie Sidwell Alpha Psi and collegians of Gamma Lambda Chapter. In 1987, after six years of searching, Epsilon Kappa had a new home, the first NPC sorority house to exist at UW-Oshkosh in twenty-five years. Over one hundred fifty alumnae, faculty, administrators, family and friends attended the celebration picnic.
Oshkosh State Normal was founded in 1871, near beautiful Lake Winnebago, in response to the need for qualified teachers. Tuition was free to all who would teach in the Wisconsin public schools. Normals had their own model schools for practice teaching and Oshkosh was the first in the nation to have a kindergarten. In 1927 permission to grant degrees was given and the name was changed to Oshkosh State Teachers College. In 1951, the teachers colleges were allowed to offer liberal arts programs and a change in name to Wisconsin State College-Oshkosh reflected the shift in the school’s direction. The school entered the state university system in 1964 as Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh, and in its centennial year it entered the merged University of Wisconsin System.
Longwood College
Farmville, Virginia
1898
The Beginning Founders: Margaret Lee Batten, Louise Marie Davis, Martha Trent Featherston, Isabella Merrick, Sallie Jackson Michie, Lelia Scott, Elizabeth Watkins and Lucy Wright.
From our earliest days, we seek out others to accompany us on our journey. There will be many acquaintances as we travel along our path. Among them will be found some with whom we feel a special bond…a rapport to be welcomed and nurtured. There may be one or two…there may be a hundred.
Is it any wonder then, that eight young women, away from home and family, found each other and began their journey in friendship? They stepped out on a path from Farmville, Virginia in 1898, sharing a special bond as friends who regarded each other as sisters. They reached out to others who joined them on the journey. Together, they established a sisterhood called Sigma Sigma Sigma. We find friends within the bonds of Tri Sigma. We regard these friends as sisters. We enter into a state of being Sisters. We are a Sisterhood.
Epsilon Kappa History
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh,
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
April 11, 1987
Charter members: Sandra Ciriacks, Kelly Krohn, Denise Neinfeldt, Mindy Blumenberg, Molly Qualley, Shelly Krohn, Susan Bennett, Carla Berken, Lisa Berndt, Julie Boeselager, Tricia Bruso, Brandy Christenson, Lori Ebbott, Karen Langer, Lisa Riegel, Jane Schmid, Michelle Tank, Kimberly Tate, Kristine Weddig, Kim Woldt, Marsha Keyser, and Tamara Repsold.
The local sorority Pi Omega was organized with the intention of seeking affiliation with an NPC group. Their choice of Tri Sigma was based on the quality of the national pledge program and the proximity and reputation of other Tri Sigma chapters within the state. The Installing Officer was Alumnae Vice President Sandra Peyton Thayer Beta Gamma assisted by NCC Pam Snyder Johnson Gamma Lambda, NAC Margaret Tringali Conley Beta Tau, Field Representative Melanie Sidwell Alpha Psi and collegians of Gamma Lambda Chapter. In 1987, after six years of searching, Epsilon Kappa had a new home, the first NPC sorority house to exist at UW-Oshkosh in twenty-five years. Over one hundred fifty alumnae, faculty, administrators, family and friends attended the celebration picnic.
Oshkosh State Normal was founded in 1871, near beautiful Lake Winnebago, in response to the need for qualified teachers. Tuition was free to all who would teach in the Wisconsin public schools. Normals had their own model schools for practice teaching and Oshkosh was the first in the nation to have a kindergarten. In 1927 permission to grant degrees was given and the name was changed to Oshkosh State Teachers College. In 1951, the teachers colleges were allowed to offer liberal arts programs and a change in name to Wisconsin State College-Oshkosh reflected the shift in the school’s direction. The school entered the state university system in 1964 as Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh, and in its centennial year it entered the merged University of Wisconsin System.
