Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity

Phi  Beta Sigma (click here to see pictures of us)

Chapter: Lambda  Pi

Founded:  January 9, 1914 at Howard University  

Philanthropy:  Sigmas Against Teenage Prenancy Plus (SATAPP), March of Dimes birth defect division, Sigmas Waging War Against Cancer (Project SWWAC)

Flower:  White Carnation

Mascot:  Dove

Colors:  Royal Blue and Pure White

Famous Members:  Emmitt Smith, George Washington Carver, Huey P. Newton, Blaire Underwood, Frank Trigg (UFC), Jerry Rice and Morris Chestnut

Fun Fact:  First NPHC fraternity to be recognized on the campus of Howard University on April 15, 1914, the first fraternity to be constitutionally bound with a sister organization (Zeta Phi Beta) and the only NPHC Organization to have a member on the face of a U.S. coin (George Washington Carver, 1951 half dollar).

Recent campus achievements:  2007-2008 NPHC President, 2nd place in 2008 'Ante Up' Step Show, UCO Leadership Summit participant and Highest Fall 2007 GPA among NPHC fraternities at UCO.

Quote from a member: "Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the  same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein."  Jonathan Bolden

Date founded at UCO:  January 9, 1979