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Bradley Sigma Gamma Rho chapter reaches out to local youth

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A local sorority also reached out group of teens this afternoon.
National members of Sigma Gamma rho gathered at Bradley University to inform youth on how to live a healthy lifestyle.
Guest speakers stressed the importance of eating healthy, pursuing an education and making the right choices.
“This is just our way of giving back to the community [...]

Deltas, AKAs, and Sigma Gamma Rho Literacy Day held at park this Saturday

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Since about this same time last year, more than 100 young students from the Pike County area have been looking toward Literacy Day at the Park.
At long last it’s here.
Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho and Alpha Kappa Alpha graduate sororities will host Literacy Day at the Park from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturday, [...]

Gamecocks of the Week: Sigma Gamma Rho Soror Tekedra Hankins & Owen Black

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Two USC students were awarded a trip to New York City after being recognized by the American Advertising Federation.
Owen Black, a marketing and management student, and public relations student Tekedra Hankins were both nominated for the honor by Bonnie Drewniany, the faculty advisor for the University’s AAF chapter. Black was named among the AAF’s Most [...]

Greeks battle at at NC A&T ‘stroll off’ hosted by Iota Phi Theta

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Hundreds of students and guests came to Moore Gym on Thursday for the fourth annual
Stroll Competition presented by the Zeta chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.

Chapter member and Mister A&T, Austin James, hosted the show for the evening. The four National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities and the National Honorary Band fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi and [...]

Sigma Gamma Rho Soror Marion Longmeyer, dies at 87

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Marion Cecile Eddington Longmeyer, a retired teacher for New Orleans Public Schools and a homemaker, passed away on February 16, 2010 at 87 years of age. Mrs. Longmeyer leaves behind to celebrate her life: two sons, seven grandsons, three granddaughters, sixteen great- grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.
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Sigma Gamma Rho’s effort shows need for more HIV testing in black communities

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The Community Aids Resource and Education Services center in Kalamazoo held a symbolic public HIV testing event Friday afternoon to encourage residents, especially those in the black community, to get tested.
The event was held in association with the graduate chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. Participating were members of various historically African-American college-based sisterhoods.
Ondraya [...]

Sigma Gamma Rho joins the Greek community at Miami University

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The mother of fraternities, Miami University, will have a new sorority to add to its list.
Sigma Gamma Rho, a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPC), will begin the colonization process shortly.
Saturday, February 6, Sigma Gamma Rho held an informational meeting for woman interested in an organization built on “Sisterhood, Scholarship and Service”.
Karena Stewart, president [...]

Rutgers Sigma Gamma Rho members plead not guilty to hazing

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Six members of a suspended Rutgers University sorority have pleaded not guilty to charges of hazing.
A lawyer for five of the women said Monday that they deny the allegations of paddling Sigma Gamma Rho pledges.
Each woman is charged in Municipal Court with aggravated hazing for allegedly striking several new members on the buttocks with paddles [...]

Penn State NPHC flag football game raises money for Haiti

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The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) kicked off a semester-long initiative to aid Haiti relief efforts on Saturday with a flag football event.
Though the frozen ground was crunching under their feet, 10 teams played in the tournament. All proceeds benefited Haiti relief efforts after the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Participants gathered on the frozen HUB-Robeson Center lawn to [...]

UPDATE: Rutgers suspends Sigma Gamma Rho chapter in wake of hazing investigation

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The university’s chapter of the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority will remain suspended pending an investigation into charges that six members hazed and paddled a group of prospective pledges earlier this month, officials said Wednesday.
The students, ages 20 and 21, also are accused of restricting the alleged victims’ eating over several days, officials said. The six [...]