Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity, Inc. (, also SigRho) is an American collegiate and national multicultural fraternity. Founded in 1996, it was the first national multicultural fraternity in the United States.
History Sigma Beta Rho was founded on , at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia as a South Asian interest fraternity. Its founders originally attended three different college campuses and came together to form the fraternity. The first eight members of the fraternity's are its national founding fathers: Russell Abdullah, Anuj Datta, Neil Datta, Rajan Dogra, Suman Ghosh, Shoor Kalam, Saiful Khandker, and Bonit Sharma.
Beta chapter was chartered at Binghamton University on August 22, 1998. That same year, the fraternity was incorporated in the State Department of New York. In its first few years of existence, Sigma Beta Rho changed its focus from a South-Asian interest fraternity to one with a multicultural mission. It promotes cultural awareness and spreads a positive image of diversity.
Sigma Beta Rho was a founding member of the National APIDA Panhellenic Association (NAPA). Sigma Beta Rho member Akash Kuruvilla co-authored the original constitution of NAPA. The fraternity was also accepted into the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) on April 15, 2007, as its 69th member organization.
Since 1998, Sigma Beta Rho has initiated over 3,000 members.
Symbols The colors of Sigma Beta Rho are red, black, and green. Its symbol is the King Cobra. Its motto is "Brotherhood Beyond All Barriers". Its pillars are "Society, Brotherhood, Remembrance". Its nicknames are SBRho and SigRho.
Philanthropy The fraternity’s national philanthropic focus is on its partnership with SOS Children's Villages. Local chapter efforts have supported Habitat for Humanity, Read Across America, and Relay for Life.
Organization The national executive board is the governing body that presides over the nationwide fraternity. The fraternity's national headquarters is in New York City, New York.
Chapters Sigma Beta Rho used the term "entities" for its colonies, associate chapters, and chapters. A colony is a new group, working meeting the requirements to charter as a chapter. A colony becomes an associate chapter after a certain amount of time and after meeting requirements for membership, finances, and community service. Associate chapters are chartered as a chapter after maintaining the requirements for an associate chapter for an established period of time.
In the following list, active chapters indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics. Chapter Charter date and range Institution Location Status Alpha – 20xx ? University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inactive Beta – 20xx ? Binghamton University Binghamton, New York Inactive Gamma – 20xx ? St. John's University Queens, New York Inactive Delta –20xx ? Hofstra University Hempstead, New York Inactive Epsilon – 20xx ? Pace University New York City, New York Inactive Zeta – July 2020 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York Inactive Eta – 20xx ? Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Inactive Theta Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey Active Iota – 20xx ? University of Washington Seattle, Washington Active Kappa – 20xx ? University of Rochester Rochester, New York Inactive Lambda – 20xx ? Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia Inactive Mu University of South Florida Tampa, Florida Active Nu University of Georgia Athens, Georgia Active Xi – 20xx ? University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland Inactive Omicron – 20xx ? University of Maryland, Baltimore County Catonsville, Maryland Inactive Pi – 2019 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Inactive Rho Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inactive Sigma Georgia Tech Atlanta, Georgia Active Tau – 20xx ? University of Houston Houston, Texas Inactive Upsilon Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Active Phi – c. 2022 University of the Sciences Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inactive ChiUnassigned Psi – 20xx ? Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, Florida Inactive OmegaUnassigned Alpha Alpha Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida Active Alpha Beta Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts Active Alpha Gamma Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon Inactive Alpha Delta University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Active Alpha Epsilon University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois Active Alpha Zeta – 202x ? University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Inactive Alpha Eta 2018 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts Inactive Alpha Theta University of North Florida Jacksonville, Florida Active Alpha Iota 201x ? New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey Active Alpha Kappa 201x ? Rutgers University–Newark Newark, New Jersey Active Alpha Lambda Emory University Atlanta, Georgia Active Alpha Mu 20xx ? – 202x ? Stockton University Galloway, New Jersey Inactive Alpha Nu 20xx ? Syracuse University Syracuse, New York Active Alpha Xi2017Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New JerseyActive Boston University Boston, Massachusetts Colony Indiana University BloomingtonBloomington, IndianaAssociateKennesaw State UniversityCobb County, GeorgiaColonyLong Island UniversityBrooklyn, New YorkColony Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Colony University at Albany, SUNYAlbany, New YorkColonyUniversity at BuffaloBuffalo, New YorkColony University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MichiganColonyWayne State UniversityDetroit, MichiganAssociate
See also List of social fraternities and sororities National APIDA Panhellenic Association List of Asian American fraternities and sororities Cultural interest fraternities and sororities
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