Founding Mothers
Miki Haga
Joyce Ishibashi Tawa
Ida Kado Watanabe
Kazuko Kay Matsumoto
Helen Morita Matsunaga
Cherry Okimoto
Akiko Sato Miyamoto
Edna Tanaka Okui
Helen Taniguchi Wakamatsu
Miki Tanimoto
Dottie Uno
Julia Uriu
Grace Wada Iino
Betty Wakamatsu Nishikubo
Chiyoe Yata Oki
Influential Individuals that helped lay the sorority's foundations during the 1950s:
Mitzi Okamoto
Thelma Sasada Yamamoto
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Symbols of ΣΦΩ
Colors: Kelly Green (Strength) & Maize Yellow (Character)
Flower: Yellow Rose
Mascot: The White Dove
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Motto
Sigma Phi Omega's Motto is:
"The Reward is in the Doing"
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Goal
The goal of the sister of Sigma Phi Omega is to "achieve a greater womanhood"
History
Sigma Phi Omega was originally founded in 1949 at the University of Southern California by a group of Japanese women in response to growing anti-Asian-American sentiment that followed as a result of World War II and Pearl Harbor. We are the third oldest Asian American sorority in the nation.
National Convention Awards
2022
Dallas, TX
Convention
President of the Year Award
Recipient: Christine Tran, Charter Class
2023
Houston, TX
Convention
Service of the Year Award