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FOUNDED ON A ROCK
Our Story
Gamma Phi Beta is one of the ten oldest women’s organizations in the United States.
Four women, Helen M. Dodge, Frances E. Haven, Eunice Adeline Curtis, and Mary A. Bingham founded Gamma Phi Beta on November 11, 1874 at Syracuse University. These four women started an organization that encourages women to seek their full potential as well as everlasting friendships.
After its installment, Dr. Frank Smalley, a professor at the university, coined the word “sorority” especially for Gamma Phi Beta. Organizations created following the footsteps of Gamma Phi Beta have been called sororities ever since.
The Gamma Phi Beta chapter at the University of Southern Indiana was founded on November 15, 1998.
Our Creed
Gamma Phi Beta from the past has given
A heritage that makes a fuller life.
Gamma Phi Beta in the present bids
Us strive for lasting values and ideals.
Gamma Phi Beta in the days to come
Will prove that fundamentals can endure.
Therefore we shall embody in our lives
The truths that make for finer womanhood.
Once more we pledge a loyalty that means
Adherence to all true and noble things;
A learning that enriches all our days
With magic gold that is forever ours;
A labor that each hour will glorify
The simple, common task, the common cause;
A love that will be strong and great enough
To encompass and to pity all the world.