Sigma Lambda Upsilon

Sigma Lambda Upsilon
ΣΛΥ
Founded	December 1, 1987 (1987-12-01) Binghamton University Vestal, New York
Type	Social
Scope	National
Motto	Hasta La Muerte (Until Death)
Colors	Gold, Black, Silver & Red
Flower	Red Pansy
Jewel	Black Pearl
Publication	The Spirit of Ella
Philanthropy	Literacy
Chapters	38 undergraduate chapters 14 graduate-professional chapters
Mascot	Black Persian Cat with Gold Eyes
Headquarters	Grand Central Station P.O. Box 4170 New York, New York, USA
Homepage	http://www.sigmalambdaupsilon.org/

Sigma Lambda Upsilon (ΣΛΥ) or Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc. is a Latina-based sorority founded on December 1, 1987 at Binghamton University.

1 History
2 Philanthropy
3 Mentoring programs
4 Awards & recognition
5 Undergraduate chapters
6 Graduate chapters
7 References
8 External links

History

The organization was created to promote academic achievement and serve the Latino community and the campuses that Sigma Lambda Upsilon serves. The sorority is now present in over 50 campuses. Though Latina-based, Sigma Lambda Upsilon Sorority, Inc. is a non-discriminatory organization.

Philanthropy

In the spring of 2000, the Sorority decided to focus its efforts and funding on literacy, with particular emphasis on aiding Latino children.

Mentoring programs

Sigma Lambda Upsilon's national initiatives are the LADYS and PEARLS programs. Promoting Education, the Arts, our Roots, Leadership and Service is a mentoring program designed and geared toward girls ages 8 to 14 with the intention of instilling a sense of sisterhood, cultural pride, academic excellence and service to the community within its participants, through team-building activities and projects. Program participants are known as the Sigma Lambda PEARLS and work closely with the Hermanas of Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc.

The Sigma Lambda LADYS program was piloted in the Fall of 2001 by the Theta Epsilon Graduate/Professional Chapter of Buffalo/Rochester, New York. It is a mentoring program first geared toward young women ages 14 to 18 attending various high schools in the Buffalo/Rochester area, and has since expanded to other regions.

Awards & recognition

Sigma Lambda Upsilon Sorority, Inc. has been recognized by the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) for the Sorority’s outstanding commitment to academic and professional excellence, as well as, continuous philanthropic efforts.

Undergraduate chapters

Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc. has 38 chapters at over 60 Colleges and Universities:

Alpha Chapter - Binghamton University
Beta Chapter - Buffalo State College, University at Buffalo, Daemen College
Gamma Chapter - University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Bryn Mawr College, Drexel University, St. Joseph’s University
Delta Chapter - Brown University
Epsilon Chapter - State University of New York at Cortland
Zeta Chapter - State University of New York at Oswego
Eta Chapter - Syracuse University
Iota Chapter - Cornell University, Ithaca College
Kappa Chapter - Princeton University
Lambda Chapter - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mu Chapter - University at Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Union College, College of Saint Rose
Nu Chapter - Pennsylvania State University
Xi Chapter - University of Rhode Island
Omicron Chapter - New York University, City College-CUNY, Baruch College-CUNY, St. Francis College, Lehman College-CUNY
Pi Chapter - Yale University
Rho Chapter - Johnson and Wales University
Sigma Chapter
Tau Chapter - Stevens Institute of Technology, Rutgers University-Newark
Upsilon Chapter - University of Maryland, College Park
Phi Chapter - University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Smith College, Hampshire College, Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College
Chi Chapter - Boston University, Tufts University, Brandeis University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Psi Chapter - University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. John Fisher College, Nazareth College
Omega Chapter - Old Dominion University
Alpha Alpha Chapter - Columbia University, Barnard College
Alpha Beta Chapter - Dartmouth College
Alpha Gamma Chapter - George Washington University
Alpha Delta Chapter - State University of New York at Stony Brook
Alpha Epsilon Chapter - State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Alpha Zeta Chapter - Virginia Commonwealth University
Alpha Eta Chapter - Indiana University at Bloomington
Alpha Theta Chapter - Wesleyan University
Alpha Iota Chapter - Hamilton College
Alpha Kappa Chapter - Adelphi University
Alpha Lambda Chapter - Montclair State University
Alpha Mu Chapter - State University of New York at New Paltz
Alpha Nu Chapter - Grand Valley State University
Alpha Xi Chapter - Pace University-Pleasantville
Alpha Omicron Chapter - University of Connecticut-Storrs
Alpha Pi Chapter - Georgia State University
Alpha Rho Chapter - University of Virginia-Charlottesville^[1]

Graduate chapters

Theta Alpha - New York City, NY
Theta Beta - Providence, RI
Theta Gamma - Albany, NY
Theta Delta - Texas
Theta Epsilon - Buffalo, NY
Theta Zeta - Philadelphia, PA
Theta Eta - New Jersey
Theta Theta - DC/Maryland/Northern Virginia
Theta Iota - Miami & Tampa, FL
Theta Kappa - California
Theta Lambda - Harrisburg, PA
Theta Mu - Boston, MA
Theta Nu - OH / MI / IN / IL
Theta Xi - Rochester, NY
Theta Omicron - Westchester, NY
Theta Pi - Atlanta, GA

References

-- Module:Hatnote -- -- -- -- This module produces hatnote links and links to related articles. It -- -- implements the and meta-templates and includes -- -- helper functions for other Lua hatnote modules. --

local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil') local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType local mArguments -- lazily initialise Module:Arguments local yesno -- lazily initialise Module:Yesno

local p = {}

-- Helper functions

local function getArgs(frame) -- Fetches the arguments from the parent frame. Whitespace is trimmed and -- blanks are removed. mArguments = require('Module:Arguments') return mArguments.getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true}) end

local function removeInitialColon(s) -- Removes the initial colon from a string, if present. return s:match('^:?(.*)') end

function p.findNamespaceId(link, removeColon) -- Finds the namespace id (namespace number) of a link or a pagename. This -- function will not work if the link is enclosed in double brackets. Colons -- are trimmed from the start of the link by default. To skip colon -- trimming, set the removeColon parameter to true. checkType('findNamespaceId', 1, link, 'string') checkType('findNamespaceId', 2, removeColon, 'boolean', true) if removeColon ~= false then link = removeInitialColon(link) end local namespace = link:match('^(.-):') if namespace then local nsTable = mw.site.namespaces[namespace] if nsTable then return nsTable.id end end return 0 end

function p.formatPages(...) -- Formats a list of pages using formatLink and returns it as an array. Nil -- values are not allowed. local pages = {...} local ret = {} for i, page in ipairs(pages) do ret[i] = p._formatLink(page) end return ret end

function p.formatPageTables(...) -- Takes a list of page/display tables and returns it as a list of -- formatted links. Nil values are not allowed. local pages = {...} local links = {} for i, t in ipairs(pages) do checkType('formatPageTables', i, t, 'table') local link = t[1] local display = t[2] links[i] = p._formatLink(link, display) end return links end

function p.makeWikitextError(msg, helpLink, addTrackingCategory) -- Formats an error message to be returned to wikitext. If -- addTrackingCategory is not false after being returned from -- Module:Yesno, and if we are not on a talk page, a tracking category -- is added. checkType('makeWikitextError', 1, msg, 'string') checkType('makeWikitextError', 2, helpLink, 'string', true) yesno = require('Module:Yesno') local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle() -- Make the help link text. local helpText if helpLink then helpText = ' (help)' else helpText = end -- Make the category text. local category if not title.isTalkPage and yesno(addTrackingCategory) ~= false then category = 'Hatnote templates with errors' category = string.format( '%s:%s', mw.site.namespaces[14].name, category ) else category = end return string.format( '%s', msg, helpText, category ) end

-- Format link -- -- Makes a wikilink from the given link and display values. Links are escaped -- with colons if necessary, and links to sections are detected and displayed -- with " § " as a separator rather than the standard MediaWiki "#". Used in -- the template.

function p.formatLink(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local link = args[1] local display = args[2] if not link then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no link specified', 'Template:Format hatnote link#Errors', args.category ) end return p._formatLink(link, display) end

function p._formatLink(link, display) -- Find whether we need to use the colon trick or not. We need to use the -- colon trick for categories and files, as otherwise category links -- categorise the page and file links display the file. checkType('_formatLink', 1, link, 'string') checkType('_formatLink', 2, display, 'string', true) link = removeInitialColon(link) local namespace = p.findNamespaceId(link, false) local colon if namespace == 6 or namespace == 14 then colon = ':' else colon = end -- Find whether a faux display value has been added with the | magic -- word. if not display then local prePipe, postPipe = link:match('^(.-)|(.*)$') link = prePipe or link display = postPipe end -- Find the display value. if not display then local page, section = link:match('^(.-)#(.*)$') if page then display = page .. ' § ' .. section end end -- Assemble the link. if display then return string.format('%s', colon, link, display) else return string.format('%s%s', colon, link) end end

-- Hatnote -- -- Produces standard hatnote text. Implements the template.

function p.hatnote(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local s = args[1] local options = {} if not s then return p.makeWikitextError( 'no text specified', 'Template:Hatnote#Errors', args.category ) end options.extraclasses = args.extraclasses options.selfref = args.selfref return p._hatnote(s, options) end

function p._hatnote(s, options) checkType('_hatnote', 1, s, 'string') checkType('_hatnote', 2, options, 'table', true) local classes = {'hatnote'} local extraclasses = options.extraclasses local selfref = options.selfref if type(extraclasses) == 'string' then classes[#classes + 1] = extraclasses end if selfref then classes[#classes + 1] = 'selfref' end return string.format( '

', table.concat(classes, ' '), s )

end

return p-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Module:Hatnote -- -- -- -- This module produces hatnote links and links to related articles. It -- -- implements the and meta-templates and includes -- -- helper functions for other Lua hatnote modules. --