There are several GLOs which do not celebrate Founders’ Day on the actually date of founding. Alpha Phi was founded on September 18, 1872; it is stated in the minutes of Alpha chapter’s November 4, 1872 meeting. However, Alpha Phi celebrates Founders’ Day on October 10.
Here’s a link to a post about Jane Marie Bancroft Robinson, an Alpha Phi who was active in deaconess work. http://wp.me/p20I1i-es
Jane Bancroft Robinson
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Ellen Swain, the University of Illinois Student Life and Culture Archivist (and a recent convention initiate of Pi Beta Phi) recently wrote a blog post about some pictures which were sent to the archives. The story involves a Kappa Alpha Theta and an Alpha Sigma Phi. http://archives.library.illinois.edu/slc/rekindling-lost-love/
Paul Wieland and Diane Rutter at a Kappa Alpha Theta formal. (Photo courtesy of U of I Student Life and Cultures Archives)
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The Sigma Alpha Mu twitter feed had a touching story written by the daughter of a Sigma Alpha Mu founder. founder http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/cityroom/2015/09/13/a-rabbi-from-uber/?_r=0&referrer
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John-Luc Banks, a Delta Sigma Phi at North Carolina State University, penned a heartfelt letter to students considering suicide after a student intentionally fell to his death on the campus. https://www.facebook.com/notes/10153255604137833/?pnref=story suicide NCstate
