{"id":21880,"date":"2023-05-01T14:34:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T18:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=21880"},"modified":"2023-05-01T14:34:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T18:34:14","slug":"sigma-gamma-rho-joins-transylvania-community-welcomes-five-new-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/sigma-gamma-rho-joins-transylvania-community-welcomes-five-new-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigma Gamma Rho joins Transylvania community, welcomes five new members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/Sigma-Gamma-Rho-New-Member-Reveal-74-1-730x486.jpg\" alt=\"Five Transylvania students at a Sigma Gamma Rho member presentation\" class=\"wp-image-21887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/Sigma-Gamma-Rho-New-Member-Reveal-74-1-730x486.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/Sigma-Gamma-Rho-New-Member-Reveal-74-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/Sigma-Gamma-Rho-New-Member-Reveal-74-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/Sigma-Gamma-Rho-New-Member-Reveal-74-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/Sigma-Gamma-Rho-New-Member-Reveal-74-1-810x539.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/Sigma-Gamma-Rho-New-Member-Reveal-74-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/Sigma-Gamma-Rho-New-Member-Reveal-74-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At 7:22 p.m. on a mild spring night, a group of students dressed in royal blue and gold walked in a line across Back Circle. A crowd filled with students and guests from the community looked on as the members of Transylvania\u2019s newest fraternity and sorority life organization were revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sigma Gamma Rho is one of the Divine Nine, the member organizations of the National Pan-Hellenic Council representing historically Black fraternities and sororities. The Transylvania chapter, Upsilon Lambda, includes five charter members who participated in the April ceremony.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrival of Sigma Gamma Rho on Transy\u2019s campus is the result of a collaboration between the offices of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Student Life, as well as a growing partnership with the NPHC community in Lexington. Earlier this year Kappa Alpha Psi, a Divine Nine fraternity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2022\/11\/kappa-alpha-psi-welcomes-transylvania-sophomore-during-inaugural-presentation-event\/\">recruited and introduced members at Transy.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sigma Gamma Rho charter class includes M&#8217;Kiyah Baird \u201925, Trize Gipson \u201923, Alena Jenkins \u201925, Kennedy Kniffley \u201925 and Camae Mason \u201923.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt means so much to me to now have Sigma Gamma Rho Inc. here on campus,\u201d Mason said. \u201cA few of us had been working to get National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations here since I was a freshman, but to be a member of \u03a3\u0393\u03a1 means even more to me than I can note. Being a part of a sisterhood that strives to better society is such a unique experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While students at Transylvania have a nearly 50-year history with NPHC organizations, there haven&#8217;t previously been any groups on campus for them to join. In the past, Transylvania students were accepted into chapters based at the University of Kentucky. Among the first were Rosz Mack Akins &#8217;76 and Vanessa Newman Moore &#8217;76, who joined Alpha Kappa Alpha\u2019s Iota Sigma chapter in 1974. Others continued joining chapters through the 1980s and as recently as the early 2000s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But according to Candy Rivera Evans, assistant director of campus and community engagement, Transylvania now has the student demographics that encourage expansion into these new organizations. \u201cStudents have been asking for NPHC representation,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deidra Dennie, Transy\u2019s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, helped organize an information session in April 2022 with representatives from the NPHC organizations. After the session, Transy students identified Sigma Gamma Rho and Kappa Alpha Psi as groups they would be interested in inviting to campus. \u201cBeing a member of a historically Black Greek organization is a unique experience and one I want to share with others on our campus,\u201d Dennie said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That experience is not lost on the new members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hope our chapter makes a great impact when it pertains to doing community service and bettering our community,\u201d Mason said. \u201cI hope future new members understand that they are joining a much bigger community than just their new chapter \u2014 they have sisters for life that will continue to encourage them to be the best they can be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.78052%\"><figure 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