sˈɪɡmə fˈaɪ oʊmˈeɪɡə wʌz fˈaʊndᵻd æt ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv sˈʌðɚn kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi nˈaɪn, ænd ɪz ðɪ ˈoʊldɪst ˈeɪʒən ɐmˈɛɹɪkən soːɹˈɔːɹᵻɾi æt jˌuːˌɛssˈiː ænd jˌuːtˈiː ˈɔːstɪn ænd θˈɜːd ˈoʊldɪst ˈeɪʒən soːɹˈɔːɹᵻɾi ɪnðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts.
Sigma Phi Omega was founded at the University of Southern California in 1949, and is the oldest Asian American sorority at USC and UT Austin and third oldest Asian sorority in the United States.