Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Psi Chapter

Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Psi Chapter. . Four Syracuse University women – Helen M. Lodge, Frances E. Haven, E. Adeline Curtis and Mary A. Bingham – started their own Greek-letter secret society on November 11, 1874. Thanks to Professor Frank E. Smalley, the group became the first women's society to call itself a sorority while the existing groups were incorporated as women's fraternities. Three decades later, Gamma Phi Beta and six other women's fraternities founded the National Panhellenic Council. , The four founders chose Gamma Phi Beta's open motto to be “Founded Upon A Rock” derived from Matthew 11:28 and the sorority used that foundation as it expanded throughout the United States and Canada beginning in the late 19th century. , Locally, 18 University of Oklahoma women who were members of a local group were initiated into Gamma Phi Beta sorority on September 15, 1918, making Psi chapter its 23rd chapter. The first chapter house was located at 1924 West Boyd with the current house being built in 1949 and extensively remodeled in 1988. , Ps! chapter prides itself on decades of active campus involvement and leadership opportunities its members have parlayed into professional success. Based on its core values, “Love, Labor, Learning and Loyalty,” women who have joined Gamma Phi Beta sorority have experienced a lifetime of sisterhood flowing with love as they strive to promote the highest type of womanhood. Generations of Gamma Phi Beta women have used the core values and legacy of service set forth by its four founders to achieve success in their lives. , The crescent moon always will remind every Gamma Phi Beta sister of the growth of our sorority and their true and constant friends.