District 5 Collegiate Chapters
District 5 Collegiate Chapters
Beta Theta, Central Michigan University
Beta Theta was installed on November 15, 1941, on the 40th
anniversary of the national sorority's founding. Beta Theta has its roots
in the Rachel Tate Literary Society which began in 1924. It became a local
sorority, Sigma Pi Delta, in May 1940. On June 15, 1941, President Emerita
Wilma Wilson Sharp pledged the 19 women to Alpha Sigma Alpha and they were
installed in 1941. Beta Theta is the oldest chapter in District 5!
Gamma Mu, Adrian College
Gamma Mu was colonized as Beta Psi Zeta on October 8,
1963. The 12 members were installed as Gamma Mu Chapter on March 6, 1965.
Delta Nu A,
Kettering University
In April 1974, a local sorority became a colony of
Alpha Sigma Alpha. On May 10, 1975, Delta Nu-A was installed with 8
charter members. It is one chapter with an A section and a B section.
Delta Nu-A is in school while Delta Nu-B is at work and vice versa.
Delta
Nu B, Kettering University
Delta Nu-B was a colony of Alpha Sigma Alpha and
installed with 9 charter members on May 10, 1975. It was recolonized in
1991. The 1980 national convention was the first time Delta Nu-A and Delta
Nu-B were recognized as separate chapters.
Delta Sigma,
Saginaw Valley State University
Delta Sigma was installed on March 15, 1980. It
closed in 1981 when all national sororities on campus at that time disbanded.
It was reinstalled on April 5, 1997 with 32 collegians and 1 alumna.
Zeta Tau, Grand
Valley State University
A local sorority, Alpha Beta Chi began in 1993 with 7
founding members. In November 1997, the group was admitted into the campus
Panhellenic Council. They decided in the fall of 1998 that they would join
Alpha Sigma Alpha and went through the Phoenix degree in November of that year.
They were installed as the Zeta Tau Chapter on March 27, 1999 with 28 charter
initiates and 11 charter alumnae initiates.
(Chapter information was taken from "The Years Behind Us." Copies are available for purchase at ASA National Headquarters in Indianapolis.)
Chapter officers, click here for the calendar of your report deadlines!
District 5 Alumnae Chapters
Detroit
Detroit Suburban
Mid-Michigan Crown
Congratulations to Mid-Michigan Crown Alumnae Chapter and Detroit Suburban Alumnae Chapter for their Crown Level Alumnae Chapter Awards given at ASA National Convention in Boston in July!