National History

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       Sigma Alpha Iota is an international music fraternity whose mission is to encourage, nurture, and support the art of music. The organization was founded on June 12, 1903, at the University School of Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan by seven outstanding women at the university: Elizabeth Campbell, Frances Caspari, Minnie Davis Sherrill, Leila Farlin Laughlin, Nora Crane Hunt, Georgina Potts, and Mary Storrs Andersen.   

 

       Sigma Alpha Iota is an organization that promotes interaction among those who share a commitment to music.  Members of SAI are active in all areas of campus music and campus life, working closely with faculty, administration, campus and community groups, music professionals and patrons.  In addition to personal encouragement and support, members may receive scholarships, loans, and awards in many areas at all levels of music-related study.  Sigma Alpha Iota has long been recognized as a leader in the field of music and provides a lifetime of fraternity contact.

       Since its founding, Sigma Alpha Iota has initiated over 128,600 members and now has over 330 active collegiate and alumnae chapters worldwide. For more information, please visit Sigma Alpha Iota's National Website.

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Chapter History

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       The Zeta Tau chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota was chartered on February 14, 1976.  It was the first Greek music organization to be established at the University of Central Florida.  Phi Mu Alpha (Mu Eta chapter, 1979), Kappa Kappa Psi (Eta Sigma chapter, 1982), and Tau Beta Sigma (Zeta Psi chapter, 1982) followed.  These chapters all continue to be active at the university.
 
       In the spring of 2010 Zeta Tau assisted in the creation of the Lambda Iota Chapter at Rollins College.  Zeta Tau’s Vice President of Membership taught Lambda Iota’s Members in Training, and other sisters of Zeta Tau acted as Big and Secret sisters.  Zeta Tau sisters also volunteered to help with the pledging and Initiation Ceremony for Lambda Iota.

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