As stated in its mission statement, Sigma Alpha Sorority is dedicated to “cultivating professional women in agriculture.” The MU Chapter plans to take its mission one step further by using prize money to purchase livestock from a young woman at the 2016 Missouri State Fair. The Animal Agriculture Alliance announced in December that Sigma Alpha MU chapter, Alpha Chi, placed…
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Forty Boxes of Hope
Ag sorority provides gifts for Operation Christmas Child
Children across the world may have a brighter Christmas thanks to members of the University of Missouri chapter of Sigma Alpha, a professional agriculture sorority. Lauren Dietzschold and Hannah Wedemeyer, co-chairs of the chapter’s philanthropy committee, said the 70 members of the sorority made approximately 40 gift boxes to send to Operation Christmas Child, an international Christian charity that provides…
Mizzou’s Sigma Alpha Chapter Honored by Nationals
The University of Missouri’s Alpha Chi chapter of Sigma Alpha sorority was honored with six 2011 national awards. Sigma Alpha is a national professional agriculture sorority with 53 chapters across the country. They have been on the MU campus since 2002 and have been growing steadily over the years. “The Alpha Chi chapter is honored to be recognized for the…