Tau Beta Sigma
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Tau Beta Sigma Honorary Band Sorority, (ΤΒΣ, colloquially referred to as TBSigma or TBS) is a co-educational service sorority.
Tau Beta Sigma | |
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ΤΒΣ | |
Founded | March 26, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-03-26)[1] Texas Tech University |
Type | Recognition,[2] Service[3] |
Affiliation | PFA |
Emphasis | Collegiate band |
Scope | National |
Motto | "Tau Beta Sigma for Greater Bands" |
Colors | White and Blue |
Flower | The "American Beauty" Red Rose, long-stemmed |
Publication | The PODIUM (1947–Present) The Baton (1947) |
Chapters | 121 active, 239 chartered |
Colonies | 2 |
Members | 3,800 collegiate 47,000+ lifetime |
Headquarters | 401 E. 9th Ave. Stillwater, OK 74074 USA |
Website | Tau Beta Sigma homepage |
The sorority, headquartered at the historic Stillwater Santa Fe Depot in Stillwater, Oklahoma, numbers over 3,800 active members in 160 active chapters, and over 40,000 alumni. Since 1946, Tau Beta Sigma has been recognized by Kappa Kappa Psi as "an equal affiliated organization with a parallel purpose, function and role in the college and university band setting", and the two organizations hold joint conventions.[4] The two organizations contribute to a national publication called, The Podium. Tau Beta Sigma also administers an alumni association open to members and friends of both organizations.[5]