National History
When Ms. Anh Ngoc Nguyen began her education at the University of Georgia, it was difficult to find friends who could understand and relate to her Asian background. In the predominantly white school of 30,000 students, minorities, especially Asians, were very under represented. Worse, was the lack of unity amongst the few Asians on campus.
In the Winter of 1998, Ms. Nguyen began her quest to find other females who shared a common belief: promoting Asian awareness through sisterhood. Her quest led to the formation of the founding class. The founders felt a need for an Asian-interest sorority to promote Asian awareness on campus. They wanted to educate their peers about the Asian culture and to strip away the stereotypes that were attributed to Asians. They felt that a sorority would serve the community much better than joining a club because they felt the Asian clubs were often limited in serving the entire Asian community as a whole. Because these organizations were often segregated into their own ethnic backgrounds, they tended to promote their own culture. The founding sisters felt that Asian cultures could be better exhibited and promoted on campus through a sorority.
In addition, most students who move away from home to attend college get homesick. Thus, the sorority wanted to provide a sisterhood for girls with the guidance and support similar to that of a family. With these goals in mind, the founding mothers: Anh Ngoc Nguyen, Theresa Sung, Sarah Chong Mi Cho, Carmela de Guzman, Yvonne Minh Ta, Linh Khanh Do, and Rebecca Kim Stephenson took on the enormous task of creating Delta Phi Lambda on December 5, 1998.
Currently Delta Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. has fourteen strong established chapters on campuses across the nation including: University of Georgia, University of Cincinnati, Georgia State University, University of Central Florida, Georgia Institute of Technology, DePaul University, Illinois State University, Emory University, Purdue University, Loyola University, Grand Valley State University, University of West Florida, University at Albany, and University of North Carolina Charlotte. Though we are a young sorority, we have grown tremendously over the years. We hope to continue to spread Asian-awareness through sisterhood to more locations across the country, so that other collegiate women may be embraced by the everlasting sisterhood that has given sisters priceless lifelong experiences and most importantly, treasured memories.
In the Winter of 1998, Ms. Nguyen began her quest to find other females who shared a common belief: promoting Asian awareness through sisterhood. Her quest led to the formation of the founding class. The founders felt a need for an Asian-interest sorority to promote Asian awareness on campus. They wanted to educate their peers about the Asian culture and to strip away the stereotypes that were attributed to Asians. They felt that a sorority would serve the community much better than joining a club because they felt the Asian clubs were often limited in serving the entire Asian community as a whole. Because these organizations were often segregated into their own ethnic backgrounds, they tended to promote their own culture. The founding sisters felt that Asian cultures could be better exhibited and promoted on campus through a sorority.
In addition, most students who move away from home to attend college get homesick. Thus, the sorority wanted to provide a sisterhood for girls with the guidance and support similar to that of a family. With these goals in mind, the founding mothers: Anh Ngoc Nguyen, Theresa Sung, Sarah Chong Mi Cho, Carmela de Guzman, Yvonne Minh Ta, Linh Khanh Do, and Rebecca Kim Stephenson took on the enormous task of creating Delta Phi Lambda on December 5, 1998.
Currently Delta Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. has fourteen strong established chapters on campuses across the nation including: University of Georgia, University of Cincinnati, Georgia State University, University of Central Florida, Georgia Institute of Technology, DePaul University, Illinois State University, Emory University, Purdue University, Loyola University, Grand Valley State University, University of West Florida, University at Albany, and University of North Carolina Charlotte. Though we are a young sorority, we have grown tremendously over the years. We hope to continue to spread Asian-awareness through sisterhood to more locations across the country, so that other collegiate women may be embraced by the everlasting sisterhood that has given sisters priceless lifelong experiences and most importantly, treasured memories.
