 North Carolina State
Chapter History
The NCSU Chapter was founded on December 7, 1995 by Sarah Sills
Brown. Once the Interest Group grew to 26 interested women,
membership was closed. The next stage was Colony status.
After a lot of hard work, the charter was obtained on April 19, 1997.
When Ceres started there were many groups at North Carolina State
University devoted toward agriculture, but none were specifically for
women. Women have always played an important role in agriculture
and our founding president, Sarah Sills Brown, wanted an organization
that would promote this importance. |
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 International
History
At the 1984 FarmHouse Conclave a "Proposal
for the Establishment of an Agricultural Sorority" was passed
unanimously. Three of the women's groups which had been
affiliated with FarmHouse as clubs or colonies (Colorado State,
Alberta, Cal Poly-Pomona) for at least the previous two years indicated
that they wanted to be a part of forming the proposed ag-related
women's fraternity or sorority.
This group chose the name Ceres International
Fraternity and developed its by-laws and rituals, all of which was
subsequently ratified by what were to be the three founding chapters
and by the FarmHouse International Executive Board. On
October 12, 1985 , Ceres International Fraternity became a
reality. On that date, nineteen women were initiated as
chartering members of the Colorado State Chapter. They were the
first members of the new agriculture related women’s fraternity.
The first Biennial Conclave of Ceres International Fraternity was
held August 4-7, 1986 at the University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in conjunction with the FarmHouse
Conclave. By the 1988 Conclave, Ceres had successfully
grown. This Conclave marked the beginning of all Ceres board
positions being held by Ceres alumnae.
In 2004, Ceres celebrated their 20th anniversary
at the 10th Biennial Conclave in Ames, IA.
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Ceres
Women's Agricultural Fraternity
