Founding Date

Apr 21st, 2018

Founded in 1764, Brown University is the 7th oldest college in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. After the Corporation voted to allow women to sit for exams, President Andrews recruited six women to begin study at Brown in the fall of 1891, two of whom would become the first female graduates in 1894. A few years later, the first sorority was established on campus. The establishment of Theta Delta included events led by Kati Wechsler, Alpha Nu-USC and Madison Estes, Beta Gamma-Utah, Collegiate Development Consultants assigned to support the chapter. “Infoviews” between potential members, Fraternity staff and volunteers, and a preference event with sisters from Zeta Zeta-Boston were held in February 2018. The establishment events culminated in spring 2018 with the pledging of the charter members of Theta Delta-Brown and a Bid Day celebration. The chapter selected Ruth Bamuwayme to receive the charter from 2014-2018 Fraternity President Stacia Rudge Skoog, Beta Zeta-Denison. Theta Delta and its 54 charter members join the sisterhood of over 230,000 living members with their April 21 Initiation and Installation. Theta Gamma celebrates becoming Delta Gamma’s 202nd chapter since 1873, and the 152nd active chapter of Delta Gamma on college campuses today. Theta Delta is the first collegiate chapter in the state of Rhode Island.