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Kappa Sigma at NKU
Kappa Sigma is the oldest fraternity in the world. On October
8, 2005 it was officially brought to Northern Kentucky University. Fourteen men united for a greater cause, and the
first official meeting of Kappa Sigma was held. The turnout for the first meeting was not what was expected but
it didn't stop the future brothers from achieving their goal. After the meeting was over the future Brothers bonded
by getting together and chalking the entire campus with Kappa Sigma logos in order to further spread the word, to
help them reach the 25 men they would need to start their Colony.
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History of Kappa Sigma
T he Fellowship of Kappa Sigma began over six hundred years ago when students of the University
of Bologna joined together for their mutual protection. These students, five disciples of a renowned Greek scholar and
statesman teaching at the University of Bologna, considered themselves sons of the same father - their learned teacher Manuel
Chrysoloras. These sons of this father, these brothers,
joined together to create Kappa Sigma.
The American Founding
On a cold December evening, December
10, 1869, five friends enrolled at the University of Virginia met at 46 East Lawn to draft a constitution and found the Kappa
Sigma Fraternity in North America. Adopting the traditions of their Renaissance forbearers at Bologna, these five friends
bound themselves together by an oath and preserved
their union with secret work. This Ritual made
them brothers, restoring the luster to the colors long-fading in Europe.
Information Taken From the "Bononia Docet"
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