{"id":1673,"date":"2024-06-21T11:04:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/?page_id=1673"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:17:37","slug":"centennial-celebration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/sigma-gamma-rho\/centennial-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Centennial Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Sigma Gamma Rho at Butler Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/sigma-gamma-rho\/news-and-highlights\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">News and Highlights<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/sigma-gamma-rho\/landmarks-and-history\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Landmarks and History<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/sigma-gamma-rho\/centennial-celebration\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Centennial Celebration <\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphachapter1922.org\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">The Alpha Chapter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-uplifting-a-hundred-year-sisterhood\">Uplifting a hundred-year sisterhood.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/06\/08105158\/sgr-stories-site-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/06\/08105158\/sgr-stories-site-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/06\/08105158\/sgr-stories-site-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/06\/08105158\/sgr-stories-site-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/06\/08105158\/sgr-stories-site.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout 2022, Butler commemorated the the 100-year anniversary of the founding of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. on Butler&#8217;s campus in 1922. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butler welcomed thousands of members of Sigma Gamma Rho to campus for The Homecoming celebration on July 12, 2022, and the Sigma Gamma Rho Founders\u2019 Plaza monument was formally dedicated during a ceremony that commemorates the establishment of Sigma Gamma Rho on November 12, 1922.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Danny Kibble, Executive Director of Advancement for Diversity, Equity, &amp; Inclusion Initiatives and Family Philanthropy, has worked alongside the leaders of Sigma Gamma Rho in planning the centennial celebration and this remarkable campus monument. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGrowing from seven individuals in Indianapolis to more than 100,000 global members is an incredible accomplishment,\u201d Kibble said. \u201cIt has been an honor to witness the leadership of Sigma Gamma Rho International Sorority, Inc., and Butler University work together to commemorate the legacy of the seven founders of Sigma Gamma Rho. 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