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University of California, Davis
Delta Chapter Est. 1993
"The FIRST Asian-American Interest Sorority Nationwide"
The sisterhood of Sigma Omicron Pi was established at San Francisco State University in 1930 by ten Asian American women pursuing the interest of teaching. They chose the Greek letters of Σ, O, and Π to represent themselves as the “Sisters of Pedagogy.” The Constitution was derived from an existing “Honorary Society of Education.”
The sorority was active in the Asian Community for the next 15 years. At the advent of World War II, the organization was forced to become inactive. In 1946, a group of women from the University of California, Berkeley re-established Sigma Omicron Pi on their campus. Since its inception, SOPi has grown in membership with student chapters at:
♥ Beta Chapter - San Francisco State University, 1988
♥ Gamma Chapter - San Jose State University, 1992
♥ Delta Chapter - University of California, Davis, 1993
♥ Epsilon Chapter - Sacramento State University, 1993
♥ Zeta Chapter - University of California,Santa Cruz,1995
♥ Eta Chapter - University of Maryland, College Park, 1997
♥ Theta Chapter - University of California, Irvine, 2001
♥ Iota Chapter - Pennsylvania State University, 2001
♥ Kappa Chapter - University of California,San Diego, 2002
♥ Lambda Chapter - The John Hopkins University, 2002
♥ Mu Chapter - University of California, Riverside, 2003
♥ Nu Chapter - Binghamton University, State University of New York, 2008
Though the sorority no longer centered around the interest of teaching, it still maintained its commitment to the Asian American Community. All of the chapters became extremely involved in their respective communities, volunteering their time at community agencies and raising money to donate to favorable charities. Sigma Omicron Pi earned respectable reputation as a benefactor to the Asian American cause.