Category Archives: Kappa Kappa Gamma

Oh, to Have Been a Fly on the Wall at the First NPC Meeting in 1902!

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Fran Becque, Ph.D.

If I could time travel one of the events I would put on my list is the very first National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) meeting. It took place 112 years ago on May 24, 1902. NPC is the umbrella organization for 26 women’s fraternities … Continue reading →

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Indiana University, Home of Impressive GLO Chapter Houses!

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Fran Becque, Ph.D.

Saturday was spent in Bloomington, Indiana, attending the Bloomington Alumnae Panhellenic Council’s Serving Up Sisterhood fundraiser. It was held at the Pi Beta Phi house on the Indiana University campus. My friend Mary Jane Hall served as chair of the event. … Continue reading →

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10 GLO Authors for Children’s Book Week

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Fran Becque, Ph.D.

Children’s Book Week, May 12-18, 2014, is a time to celebrate books written for young readers as well as the joy of reading itself. Established in 1919, the history of the event can be traced to Franklin K. Matthiews, a librarian … Continue reading →

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April 16, 1891- The Meeting Before the First NPC Meeting in 1902

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Fran Becque, Ph.D.

The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) celebrates May 24, 1902 as its first meeting date.* However, there was a meeting which took place in Boston more than a decade earlier than the 1902 meeting. The first meeting was called to order … Continue reading →

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10 Sorority Women From the Golden Age of Television

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Fran Becque, Ph.D.

To close out Women’s History Month, 10 sorority women from television’s earlier years are spotlighted. Today’s college students cannot possibly fathom what life was like in those days when there were only a handful of channels on the television – … Continue reading →

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10 Authors Who Are Sorority Women (Hint – Caddie Woodlawn, Kinsey Millhone, Atticus Finch, Too)

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Fran Becque, Ph.D.

In honor of Women’s History Month, here is a list of noted authors who are National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) women. Limiting it to 10 women is quite difficult, especially when there are 26 NPC groups (and I did not address the … Continue reading →

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Moving on to March, the Farewell February Wrap-Up

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Fran Becque, Ph.D.

February has been a long month. I’ve spent it with a 17 year-old-dog whose days are truly numbered. We love him; he’s been a terrific member of our family, and it is heartbreaking to see him go downhill. Worse than toilet … Continue reading →

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Ten Notable Sorority Women

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Fran Becque, Ph.D.

“Are you telling me that Carrie Chapman Catt was a member of a sorority?” I was asked with some incredulity. It wasn’t meant as a polite question. I wanted to say that technically Catt was a member of a women’s … Continue reading →

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A Sunday Afternoon Steeped in the College Culture of the Late 1860s

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Fran Becque, Ph.D.

Monmouth College, in Monmouth, Illinois, has digitized its student newspapers. I spent Sunday afternoon trying to read them. Unfortunately, they were not printed on the best of paper and the pdfs  are sometimes next to impossible to decipher. What I … Continue reading →

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Friends For Life, For Fun, and For Support

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Fran Becque, Ph.D.

Today’s post is about things I’ve seen posted on the internet in the last 24 hours. The first is from an almost year-old news story which appeared in the Lansing State Journal last February. A friend posted it to her … Continue reading →

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