The founding members of Sigma Alpha, Marilyn Burns, Cindie Davis, Ann Huling Mathews, Amy Mathews, and Jennifer McMillian, wanted an organization that would allow women to establish lifelong friendships with other women who were pursuing similar goals and careers. They came up with the idea of a sorority, but this would not be a typical sorority. It would be comprised of women majoring in agriculture and would develop not only social skills but professional skills. With a little hard work, Sigma Alpha became an officially recognized student organization on January 26, 1978 at Ohio State University. For the next few years, the sorority thrived locally, then began to spread nationally after the creation of the National Board in 1980.

    The Beta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Alpha  was activated on February 18, 2006 with 20 founding members of which Margaret Groth was the President, Rachel Paskey the Vice President, Amy Begtson acted as the Secretary and Lisa Kossel served as the Treasurer. Much like the original founding members of Sigma Alpha at Ohio State, the four executive team members were looking for an alternative to the social Greek life that was already in place at UW-River Falls.

   We look forward to upcoming classes and the postive changes we will achieve as a chapter as we continue to grow on the UW-River Falls campus.

Pledge Classes

Alpha Class - 7 members activated on September 27, 2006
Beta Class - 6 members activated on April 9, 2007
Gamma Class - 12 members activated on November 12, 2007
Delta Class - 3 members activated on April 14, 2008

Epsilon Class-10 members activated on December 1, 2008

Eta Class-

Zeta Class-