Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.: Sigma Mu Chapter

On September 12, 1983, Doris Payton, Mary Hearn, and Carolyn Malone, under the direction of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.’s Gamma Gamma Zeta chapter, petitioned MUW for sanctioning of an undergraduate chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. on the campus of Mississippi University for Women. Fourteen young ladies had aspirations of becoming members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. They wanted to promote the cause of education by encouraging the highest standards of scholarship, promote the cause of education by encouraging the highest standards of scholarship; promoting worthwhile projects on campus and in the community; fostering the spirit of sisterly love; and promoting the ideas of finer womanhood. The Sigma Mu Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. gained recognition as an official MUW organization on October 5, 1983. Members of Sigma Mu actively participate in various community service projects as well as the American Heart Walk, March of Dimes, Breast Cancer Awareness, and other nationally and internationally recognized health and educational awareness projects. From the very beginning of the present, the sisters of Sigma Mu have been striving to promote the highest standards of Scholarship, Service, Sisterly Love, and Finer Womanhood on the campus of MUW.