Lambda Sigma
Name Chartered Institution Location Status
Alpha November 7 , 1922 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania Active
Beta April 6 , 1925 Miami University Oxford , Ohio Inactive
Gamma 1925 University of Missouri Columbia , Missouri Inactive
Delta June 4 , 1927 Pennsylvania State University State College , Pennsylvania Inactive
Epsilon November 19 , 1927 Allegheny College Meadville , Pennsylvania Active
Zeta 1927 Muskingum University New Concord , Ohio Active
Eta May 2 , 1929 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania Active
Theta March 12 , 1931 University of Kentucky Lexington , Kentucky Inactive
Iota March 1 , 1941 University of Mississippi Oxford , Mississippi Active
Kappa October 20 , 1945 Seton Hill University Greensburg , Pennsylvania Inactive
Lambda October 27 , 1945 University of Mississippi Westminster College Active
Mu March 11 , 1948 Eastern Kentucky University Richmond , Kentucky Active
Nu October 18 , 1952 University of Louisville Louisville , Kentucky Inactive
Xi April 11 , 1953 Grove City College New Wilmington , Pennsylvania Inactive
Omicron December 5 , 1954 Northern Illinois University DeKalb , Illinois Active
Pi May 18 , 1957 Auburn University Auburn , Alabama Active
Rho May 3 , 1959 Thiel College Greenville , Pennsylvania Active
Sigma May 16 , 1959 Alfred University Village of Alfred Inactive
Tau November 20 , 1960 University of Kansas Lawrence , Kansas Active
Upsilon November 18 , 1961 Morehead State University Morehead , Kentucky Inactive
Chapters
Lambda Sigma has 39 active chapters : [ 3 ]
Lambda Sigma (ΛΣ) is an American college honor society for second-year students. Originally named the Society of Cwens, the society was established at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 1922 as a women's honors society, and became a national organization with the 1925 foundation of chapters at Miami University and the University of Missouri. The society is dedicated to the purpose of fostering leadership, scholarship, fellowship, and the spirit of service among college students, and to promoting the interests of the college or university in every possible way.