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Simga Fast Facts
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Founded
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April 20, 1898
Farmville, Virginia
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National Headquarters
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Mabel Lee Walton House
225 North Muhlenberg Street
Woodstock, VA 22664
Email: sigma@trisigma.org
Phone: [540] 459-4212
www.SigmaSigmaSigma.org
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National Philanthropy
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Robbie Paige Memorial Fund
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Coat of Arms
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Harriet Hankins, Alpha, designed this symbol in 1902. From upper left to lower right is a bond upon which there are three Greek Sigmas. Above the band is an equilateral triangle engraved with a Sigma, spreading wings joined at a circle, and a pair of clasped hands. In the lower third is a flaming urn above the open motto written in Greek.
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Badge
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The triangle badge (with its indented border set in pearls with a Sigma in each corner of the triangle and the skull and crossed bones in the center) is the symbol of the Triangle Degree.
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Symbol
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Tri Sigma's sailboat symbolizes continual forward motion, never moving backward, but progressing towards its destination.
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Colors
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Royal Purple and White
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Jewel
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Pearl
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Flower
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Purple Violet
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Open Motto
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"Faithful Unto Death," represented by the skull and crossed bones.
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Our Beliefs
Our Vision
Sigma Sigma Sigma inspires exceptional life long learning and friendships.
Our Mission
To establish among its members a perpetual bond of friendship, to develop in them strong womanly character, and to impress upon them high standards of conduct.
Our Values
Sigma Sigma Sigma reaffirms its long standing core values of wisdom, power, faith, hope and love.
Famous Sigmas
- Linda Denham, creator of the Care Bears
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn, U.S. House of Representatives - Washington
- Gladys Morelock, Superintendent of the U.S. Mint
- Billie Letts, authur of the book, Where the Heart Is
- Carrie Underwood, winner of American Idol (Season Four)
Fun Facts
- Sigma Sigma Sigma is the only national sorority to have two chapters in Alaska.
- Tri-Sigma was the first sorority to have an international chapter.
- Sigma was the first sorority to have a hearing impaired chapter.
- The play atriums featured in the movie Patch Adams were funded by Sigma.
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