Sigma Beta Rho

Sigma Beta Rho
ΣΒΡ
Founded	August 16, 1996 (1996-08-16) University of Pennsylvania
Affiliation	NAPA NIC
Emphasis	Multicultural
Scope	United States
Motto	"Brotherhood Beyond All Barriers"
Pillars	Society, Brotherhood, Remembrance
Colors	Red   Black   Green
Symbol	King Cobra
Chapters	61 installed, 48 active
Members	3,000 active
Nickname	SigRho, King Cobras, Cobras
Song	Ruff Ryders' Anthem
Headquarters	PO Box 4668 #20910 New York, NY 10163-4668 US
Website	sigrho.com

Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity, Inc. (ΣΒΡ, also SigRho) is a national, collegiate, multicultural, Greek-lettered fraternity. Sigma Beta Rho was founded on August 16, 1996, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

History

Founding

The founders originally attended three different college campuses, and came together to form Sigma Beta Rho as a South-Asian Interest fraternity. The first eight members of Sigma Beta Rho, known as the National Founding Fathers, are:

Saiful Khandker Shoor Kalam Russell Abdullah Bonit Sharma

Rajan Dogra Neil Datta Suman Ghosh Anuj Datta.

A formal announcement that Sigma Beta Rho had formed, however, occurred upon the establishment of its Beta chapter at Binghamton University on August 22, 1998. That same year the fraternity incorporated under the State Department of New York. Since 1998, Sigma Beta Rho has expanded to over 60 chapters and colonies in the United States, and has a total membership of over 3,500 brothers.

Organization

The National Executive Board (NEB) is the governing body of Sigma Beta Rho, and presides over the nationwide fraternity, which is divided into eight interim regions. Each region is appointed a Regional Governor (RG) by the NEB, who acts as the envoy to his respective region on the behalf of the NEB. Under each RG, there is also a Regional Advisory Committee (RAC).

The fraternity’s national philanthropic focus is on its partnership with SOS Children's Villages. Sigma Beta Rho is currently working on establishing an internet-based newsletter, the Seven Star Journal.

Sigma Beta Rho is a charter member of the National APIDA Panhellenic Association (NAPA). Sigma Beta Rho member Akash Kuruvilla co-authored the original constitution of NAPA. The fraternity was also accepted into the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) on 15 April 2007 as its 69th member organization.

Sigma Beta Rho maintains a non-hazing policy.

Diversification

In its first few years of existence, Sigma Beta Rho changed its focus from a South-Asian interest fraternity to one with a multicultural mission. The fraternity's mission advocates the idea that the United States is a cultural salad bowl, and that members should actively embrace both their own cultural heritage, as well as a work towards a better understanding of the greater community.

Entities

These are the Chapters, Associate Chapters and Colonies of Sigma Beta Rho. When referring to all their campus groups, regardless of type, for convenience, Sigma Beta Rho calls them "entities". These appear to be grades of operation, thus if a chapter falters it may recover and be listed as an Associate Chapter for a period of time until earning the right to call itself a Chapter. Groups listed in bold are active, while those listed in italics are inactive.

Name	School	City	State	Date range	Status	References
Alpha (Α)	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	August 16, 1996–20xx	Inactive
Beta (Β)	Binghamton University	Binghamton	New York	August 22, 1998	Active
Gamma (Γ)	St. John's University	Queens	New York	August 22, 1998	Active
Delta (Δ)	Hofstra University	Hempstead	New York	1998–20xx ?	Inactive
Epsilon (Ε)	Pace University	New York	New York	September 1, 1999–20xx ?	Inactive
Zeta (Ζ)	Stony Brook University	Stony Brook	New York	February 2, 2000	Active
Eta (Η)	Boston College	Chestnut Hill	Massachusetts	June 1, 2002–20xx ?	Inactive
Theta (Θ)	Rutgers University	New Brunswick	New Jersey	June 17, 2001	Active
Iota (Ι)	University of Washington	Seattle	Washington	January 18, 2003–20xx ?	Inactive
Kappa (Κ)	University of Rochester	Rochester	New York	December 10, 2002	Active
Lambda (Λ)	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	Virginia	November 24, 2002	Active
Mu (Μ)	University of South Florida	Tampa	Florida	August 25, 2001	Active
Nu (Ν)	University of Georgia	Athens	Georgia	May 9, 2004	Active
Xi (Ξ)	University of Maryland, College Park	College Park	Maryland	April 27, 2003–20xx ?	Inactive
Omicron (Ο)	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Catonsville	Maryland	December 13, 2003–20xx ?	Inactive
Pi (Π)	University of Florida	Gainesville	Florida	May 31, 2002	Active
Rho (Ρ)	Temple University	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	November 20, 2004	Active
Sigma (Σ)	Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta	Georgia	April 2, 2005	Active
Tau (Τ)	University of Houston	Houston	Texas	March 4, 2004–20xx ?	Inactive
Upsilon (Υ)	Drexel University	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	March 30, 2002	Active
Phi (Φ)	Saint Joseph's University (University of the Sciences)	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	April 26, 2003	Active
Chi (X)	Unused
Psi (Ψ)	Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University	Daytona Beach	Florida	November 19, 2004	Active
Omega (Ω)	Unused
Alpha Alpha (ΑΑ)	Florida State University	Tallahassee	Florida	December 10, 2005	Active
Alpha Beta (ΑΒ)	Northeastern University	Boston	Massachusetts	April 14, 2007	Active
Alpha Gamma (ΑΓ)	Oregon State University	Corvallis	Oregon	May 21, 2005	Active
Alpha Delta (ΑΔ)	University of Tennessee	Knoxville	Tennessee	April 28, 2006	Active
Alpha Epsilon (AE)	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	Urbana and Champaign	Illinois	April 26, 2008	Active
Alpha Zeta (ΑΖ)	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	May 31, 2009–20xx ?	Inactive
Alpha Eta (ΑΗ)	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	Lowell	Massachusetts	May 1, 2010	Active
Alpha Theta (ΑΘ)	University of North Florida	Jacksonville	Florida	April 10, 2014	Active
Alpha Iota (ΑІ)	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark	New Jersey	2006	Active
Alpha Kappa (ΑΚ)	Rutgers University–Newark	Newark	New Jersey	2006	Active
Alpha Lambda (ΑΛ)	Emory University	Atlanta	Georgia	November 7, 2014	Active
Alpha Mu (ΑΜ)	Stockton University	Galloway	New Jersey	November 14, 2015	Active
Alpha Nu (AN)	Syracuse University	Syracuse	New York	May 6, 2006	Active
Associate chapter	Baruch College	Manhattan	New York	April 29, 2006–20xx ?	Inactive
Associate chapter	Rowan University	Glassboro, New Jersey	New Jersey	April 8, 2017	Active
Associate chapter	East Tennessee State University	Johnson City	Tennessee	November 19, 2008	Active
Associate chapter	Indiana University	Bloomington	Indiana	May 29, 2010–20xx ?	Inactive
Associate chapter	University of South Carolina	Columbia	South Carolina	April 18, 2010	Active
Associate chapter	Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton	Florida	March 25, 2017	Active
Associate chapter	Wayne State University	Detroit	Michigan	December 13, 2014	Active
Colony	Boston University	Boston	Massachusetts	April 23, 2005	Active
Colony	Florida International University	Miami	Florida	May 5, 2007	Active
Colony	George Mason University	Fairfax County	Virginia	November 29, 2007–20xx ?	Inactive
Colony	Long Island University	Brooklyn	New York	December 2008–20xx ?	Inactive
Colony	Michigan State University	East Lansing	Michigan	December 10, 2006	Active
Colony	Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken	New Jersey	2004–20xx ?	Inactive
Colony	University at Buffalo	Buffalo	New York	December 7, 2001	Active
Colony	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	Illinois	May 14, 2006–20xx ?	Inactive
Colony	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan	December 6, 2013	Active
Colony	University of North Texas	Denton	Texas	October 15, 2011–20xx ?	Inactive
Colony	University of Texas at Austin	Austin	Texas	May 3, 2009–20xx ?	Inactive
Colony	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Chattanooga	Tennessee	November 14, 2012–20xx ?	Inactive
Colony	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg	Virginia	May 29, 2004–20xx ?	Inactive
Colony	University at Albany	Albany	New York	2012	Active
Colony	University of Louisville	Louisville	Kentucky	May 4, 2015	Active
Colony	Kennesaw State University	Kennesaw	Georgia	April 12, 2019	Active

See also

• List of social fraternities and sororities
• National APIDA Panhellenic Association

External links

• Official website