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Ever forward tri sigma3/23/2023 ![]() ![]() In addition to service to her sorority, Brown served AAUW (American Association of University Women) for 20 years from 1989-2009 including serving as the AAUW of Michigan State President from 2004-2006. Omicron chapter at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, where Brown pledged and was a member during her collegiate years, was founded in 1917 and will be celebrating their 100th chapter anniversary in 2017. Sigma Sigma Sigma thrives today as a social sorority and reaffirms its long-standing core values of wisdom, power, faith, hope, and love. Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority was founded in 1898 at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia by eight women based on their mission to establish a perpetual bond of friendship, to develop strong character in women, and to maintain high standards of conduct. The Sailboat is the national symbol of the sorority which stands for "Ever Forward." Not one to rest on past achievements, Brown has lived this motto by making a positive difference in several different organizations as she continues "Ever Forward." Her sisters simply stated at the 2016 national convention in Chicago, "Ruth not only talks the talk, but she walks the walk." Brown was then nominated by her sisters and honored on the floor of the 2016 national convention by earning the Emily Gates Alumna Achievement Award, the highest recognition bestowed an alumnae by the national sorority. ![]() As a past president of her alumnae chapter, Western Wayne-Washtenaw (Michigan) Alumnae Chapter, Brown earned the Alumnae chapter's highest award, the "Laurel Award" in recognition of living her sisterhood. ![]() While still a collegiate at Eastern, Brown earned the highest award Omicron bestows upon a sister, the "Pearl Award", for always being there for her sisters. Brown has exemplified a legacy of excellence and hard work in over 34 years of sorority participation. The Emily Gates Alumna Achievement Award is named for Emily Gates who demonstrated unselfish devotion to Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority, as well as many community projects, including outstanding service to the sorority and to society. HILLSDALE - Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority recently bestowed Ruth Brown of Hillsdale with the Emily Gates Alumna Achievement Award and honored her at the "Sigmas Shining Brightly" Laurels Awards Banquet during the 2016 national convention held in Chicago.Ä«rown has attended every national convention since she was initiated into Omicron Chapter at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, in the fall 1982 pledge class. ![]()
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