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Chapters and colonies of Tau Beta Sigma are organized into seven districts, six of which are named for the geographical region of the United States that they represent. These are the North Central, Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Western Districts. [2] North Central District: Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin
Tau Beta Sigma was founded at Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) by Wava Banes (Turner Henry). [1] Due to corporation laws in the state of Texas at the time, however, the Texas Tech sisters surrendered their name, ritual, jewelry, constitution and Alpha chapter designation in January 1946 to the local band sorority at Oklahoma State University. [1]
In 1947, Kappa Kappa Psi created its first National Intercollegiate Band, a band composed of musicians from universities across the United States.Since 1953, the national chapters of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma have commissioned a new work for wind band to be premiered at the National Intercollegiate Band concert.
At Texas Tech, a local sorority for women in the band was established as Tau Beta Sigma. The women of Tau Beta Sigma petitioned Kappa Kappa Psi to be chartered as an auxiliary chapter of the fraternity, which was supported by founder A. Frank Martin, who was serving as National Executive Secretary, and Max Mitchell, Grand Second Vice President.
Chapter Chartered/Range Institution Location Status Reference Alpha: November 4, 1899 – 1977; 1987 –2020, 2022: Eastern Michigan University: Michigan: Active [a]Beta: 1905 – 1917, 1940
Phi Beta Sigma (ΦΒΣ) is an international historically Black fraternity.Founded on January 9, 1914, on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., Phi Beta Sigma has chartered chapters at other colleges, universities, and cities, and named them with Greek-letters.
In the following list of chapters, ... Beta Sigma: 1938 South Carolina State University: ... Beta Tau Omega: 1938 Huntington: West Virginia Active
Beta Sigma Tau (ΒΣΤ) was an American social fraternity founded at Roosevelt University in May 1948. It was the first national fraternity that was interracial and interreligious. In 1960, most of its active chapters were absorbed into Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.