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Categories of fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities may be categorized in numerous ways, and any organization may fall into multiple categories. These types of divisions include the following:
Purpose: general (social), professional, honor, or service
Size: local or "national" organization; ranges of size and geographic distribution among the "nationals"
Era: the epoch in which the organization was founded
Special cultural or religious interest
Membership: male-only, female-only, or coeducational; historically, other membership restrictions may have applied
Generally, these organizations fall into these broad categories:
Social fraternities and sororities
Cultural interest fraternities and sororities
Religious interest fraternities and sororities
Service fraternities and sororities
Honor societies
Professional fraternities
North-American Interfraternity Conference
For nearly 100 years, the North-American Interfraternity Conference (formerly known as the National Interfraternity Conference) has assisted men's college fraternities in working together. On November 27, 1909, 26 fraternities met to discuss critical issues facing fraternities at that time. A formal organization was completed in 1910. In 1931 the organization's name was changed from Interfraternity Conference to National Interfraternity Conference. In 1999, the leadership again changed the name to North-American Interfraternity Conference to celebrate the membership of brothers in Canada. As of 2004, the NIC had 64 member organizations with 5500 chapters located on 800 campuses in the United States and Canada with approximately 350,000 undergraduate members. The NIC is led by a board of directors comprised of 15 volunteers from member fraternities. The headquarters and professional staff are located in Indianapolis, IN.
Mission
The NIC serves to advocate the needs of its member fraternities through enrichment of the fraternity experience; advancement and growth of the fraternity community; and enhancement of the educational mission of the host institutions. The NIC is also committed to enhancing the benefits of fraternity membership. Each of the 64 member organizations has adopted basic expectations of their members and agreed to the following Nine Basic Expectations.
- I will know and understand the ideals expressed in my fraternity ritual and will strive to incorporate them in my daily life.
- I will strive for academic achievement and practice academic integrity.
- I will respect the dignity of all persons; therefore I will not physically, mentally, psychologically or sexually abuse or harm any human being.
- I will protect the health and safety of all human beings.
- I will respect my property and the property of others; therefore, I will neither abuse nor tolerate the abuse of property.
- I will meet my financial obligations in a timely manner.
- I will neither use nor support the use of illegal drugs; I will neither misuse nor support the misuse of alcohol.
- I acknowledge that a clean and attractive environment is essential to both physical and mental health; therefore, I will do all in my power to see that the chapter property is properly cleaned and maintained.
- I will challenge all my fraternity members to abide by these fraternal expectations and will confront those who violate them.
NIC Meetings
The NIC is not a governing or regulatory board. It is a voluntary trade association; therefore, it is important that the leadership of the organization gather on a regular basis. This occurs annually at the NIC Congressional Reception and the NIC Annual Meeting.
At the congressional reception, the leadership of the NIC, National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), National Pan Hellenic Council (NPHC), and the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) sponsor a serious of meetings and receptions to advance an agenda that is positive toward fraternal organizations. Legislative priorities are determined with current emphasis on the College Fire Prevention Act, which authorizes federal funding to upgrade fire safety in college dormitories and fraternity/sorority housing. It is estimated that there is $3.7 billion worth of fraternity housing, most of which is currently not fitted with fire prevention devices such as sprinklers. Other legislative priorities include Freedom of Association, Freedom of Speech, student privacy, and single sex exemptions under Title IX.
Public Relations Efforts
The NIC will begin an era of research and development related to targeting a distinct market of individuals interested in joining a fraternity. Preliminary internal research indicates time, resources, energy, and message should be focused on high school juniors and seniors. Great effort must be made to influence this group to consider membership in a fraternity. The target group needs to be exposed to the values of the fraternity culture and be given the opportunity to see that their personal value structure can match to that of a fraternity's. This effort needs to occur prior to the target group entering the college environment.
Support from the university community is essential to the success on the NIC's public relations initiatives. Through solid partnerships, the fraternity and university communities recruit a solid student base and this will have a positive effect on the retention of these students in college and within the fraternity.
Educational Programming
Five permanent staff members create learning opportunities for all undergraduate men through a variety of programs, most notably the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI), IMPACT, Futures Quest, Recruitment Program, Alumni Academy, and the Alcohol Summit. The purpose of the NIC is to promote service, scholarship, the opportunity for self-development, and brotherhood.
The Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI) is a five day co-educational program that brings fraternity and sorority leaders together and teaches leadership skills, creates awareness of important issues, and calls on each graduate of the program to lead a change initiative within his/her fraternity/sorority community. The program, begun in 1990, has over 4600 graduates since its inception. In addition, over 120 fraternity/sorority advisors, staff, and volunteers participate each year as facilitators during the program. These facilitators support the work of the NIC staff by leading small group discussions that personalize the experience throughout the institute. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has become an active partner in the UIFI curriculum by sponsoring the Service component of the curriculum.
IMPACT is a campus based weekend program that brings fraternity and sorority community leaders together to identify a strategy for change and/or improvement to the local fraternal experience. IMPACT is an acronym for Influence, Motivation, Purpose, Action, Commitment, and Trust. These are the five ideals that the curriculum of the program emphasizes. The campus leaders work together during the course of the weekend to identify what needs to change in order to ensure a bright future for the entire community. The staff of the NIC leads these programs throughout the year.
Futures Quest brings together the newest members of the fraternity community. In order to participate, these men will have joined a fraternity in the previous year. The curriculum of Futures Quest is designed to allow the participants to begin their fraternal journey in a very positive way and builds an awareness of the vast scope of the opportunities that are available to each of them. During the experience, these men will identify a personal action plan for what he wants to accomplish during his years in college and beyond. The participants leave the program with a feeling of confidence and their self-esteem is affirmed. This in turn positively influences the fraternities as these men assume the leadership positions.
The most important aspect of the fraternal experience may be the need to invite new members to join a fraternity each year. As a result, the NIC offers a program to its members that teaches participants new skills in recruitment and focuses on the positive aspects of membership. The Recruitment Program is one of the most important programs offered by the NIC. Not only does it ensure that membership in fraternities will continue, it also teaches vital skills that each participant can use beyond the fraternal experience. The program makes the direct statement, "If you want to recruit me, then you better have a plan." The goal of the program is that every participant has a plan of action for their recruitment goals.
Programs are offered for alumni members of fraternities as well. Vital to the success of the undergraduate chapters, is the importance of having chapter advisors and alumni mentors. The Alumni Academy is an opportunity for alumni members of fraternities to identify ways to serve the fraternity as a chapter advisor, house corporation member, and/or mentor. In addition, the alumni are re-educated about the purpose of fraternity in the lives of young men and the newer aspects of the fraternity experience in today's society. Finally, the academy forms a community from among the alumni boards that are on each campus. It brings together the alumni role models, getting them to solve campus issues while recognizing the effectiveness of teamwork.
The NIC is always seeking ways in which it may develop new initiatives to enhance the work of its member organizations. In 2000, the NIC received a $750,000 cooperative grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This signaled the beginning of efforts to reach into the college community and have students determine the best course of action to take to deal with the number one issue on college campuses - alcohol. The Alcohol Summit is designed to bring together a coalition of students to discuss alcohol issues and create lasting outcomes to address the effects of alcohol and high risk drinking behaviors.
Members
• Acacia
• Alpha Chi Rho
• Alpha Delta Gamma
• Alpha Delta Phi
• Alpha Epsilon Pi
• Alpha Gamma Rho
• Alpha Gamma Sigma
• Alpha Kappa Lambda
• Alpha Phi Delta
• Alpha Sigma Phi
• Alpha Tau Omega
• Beta Sigma Psi
• Beta Theta Pi
• Chi Phi
• Chi Psi
• Delta Chi |
• Delta Kappa Epsilon
• Delta Phi
• Delta Psi
• Delta Sigma Phi
• Delta Tau Delta
• Delta Upsilon
• FarmHouse
• Iota Phi Theta
• Kappa Alpha Order
• Kappa Alpha Psi
• Kappa Alpha Society
• Kappa Delta Phi, Inc.
• Kappa Delta Rho
• Lambda Chi Alpha
• Lambda Phi Epsilon
• Lambda Sigma Upsilon |
• Lambda Theta Phi
• Phi Gamma Delta
• Phi Iota Alpha
• Phi Kappa Psi
• Phi Kappa Sigma
• Phi Kappa Tau
• Phi Kappa Theta
• Phi Lambda Chi
• Phi Mu Delta
• Phi Sigma Phi
• Pi Kappa Alpha
• Pi Kappa Phi
• Pi Lambda Phi
• Psi Upsilon
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Sigma Alpha Mu |
• Sigma Chi
• Sigma Lambda Beta
• Sigma Nu
• Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Sigma Phi Society
• Sigma Pi
• Sigma Tau Gamma
• Tau Delta Phi
• Tau Epsilon Phi
• Tau Kappa Epsilon
• Theta Chi
• Theta Delta Chi
• Theta Xi
• Triangle
• Zeta Beta Tau
• Zeta Psi |
National Panhellenic Conference
Overview
The National Panhellenic Conference is a governing body for 26 women's sororities:
• Alpha Gamma Delta
• Alpha Delta Pi
• Alpha Chi Omega
• Alpha Sigma Alpha
• Alpha Epsilon Phi
• Alpha Sigma Tau
• Alpha Xi Delta
• Alpha Omicron Pi
• Alpha Phi
• Gamma Phi Beta
• Delta Gamma
• Delta Zeta
• Delta Phi Epsilon
• Delta Delta Delta
• Zeta Tau Alpha
• Theta Phi Alpha
• Kappa Delta
• Kappa Kappa Gamma
• Kappa Alpha Theta
• Pi Beta Phi
• Sigma Delta Tau
• Sigma Sigma Sigma
• Sigma Kappa
• Phi Mu
• Phi Sigma Sigma
• Chi Omega
History of the National Panhellenic Conference
Early histories of women's fraternities contain accounts of "rushing and pledging agreements" or "compacts" among fraternities on various campuses, and also many stories of cooperation and mutual assistance. However, no actual Panhellenic organization existed and no uniform practices were observed.
By 1902, it was obvious that some standards were needed, so the women of Alpha Phi invited Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Chi Omega and Chi Omega to a conference in Chicago on May 24. Alpha Chi Omega and Chi Omega were unable to attend. The remaining seven groups met and the session resulted in the organization of the first interfraternity association and the first intergroup organization on college campuses. (National Interfraternity Conference for men's fraternities was organized in 1909, now called the North-American Interfraternity Conference).
This meeting, and the next few, resulted in several mutual agreements, especially regarding pledging. Up to this time, no guidelines had been set, and women could be pledged to groups before enrolling in college and, indeed, even belong to more than one group.
The fact that NPC is a "Conference" is significant to the NPC philosophy because the organization is a conference, not a congress. It enacts no legislation except for the conduct of its own meetings. Other than the basic UNANIMOUS AGREEMENTS which all groups have voted to observe, NPC confines itself to recommendations and advice, and acts as a court of final appeal in any College Panhellenic difficulty. One of its greatest services is providing Area Advisors for College Panhellenics and Alumnae Panhellenics.
AES Merger with NPC
Members of Sigma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Sigma Alpha organized the Association of Pedagogical Sororities on July 10, 1915. The membership consisted of sororities, who like the name indicates, were primarily located on state campuses where women entering the educational field were predominant. In 1917, Pi Kappa Sigma and Delta Sigma Epsilon joined the association, followed by Theta Sigma Upsilon in 1925, Alpha Sigma Tau in 1926, and Pi Delta Theta in 1931. At the third biennial conference, the name of the association was changed to the Association of Educational Sororities (AES). Later, the word "Educational" was changed to "Education".
The AES was a strong group of leaders that focused not only on educational (providing scholarships) and women-centric issues, but cooperated to support issues outside of the sorority world including defense projects during World War II. One of the projects started by the AES member groups resulted in what is today the world-renowned Leader Dogs for the Blind School in Rochester, MI.
After much work on the part of NPC and AES, on November 12, 1947, the six AES sororities were unanimously accepted as associate members of NPC. At the same time, five other sororities were also admitted. In December of 1951, the six sororities became full members of NPC.
Since that time, three have merged with other NPC member groups leaving Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau and Sigma Sigma Sigma as the remaining former-AES members.
National Pan-Hellenic Council
The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. (NPHC) was formed as a permanent organization on May 10, 1930 on the campus of Howard University, in Washington, D.C. NPHC is an umbrella organization for nine international Greek letter fraternities and sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Iota Phi Theta, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma, Sigma Gamma Rho and Zeta Phi Beta. The council promotes interaction through forums, meetings and other mediums for the exchange of information and engages in cooperative programming and initiatives through various activities and functions.
List of Social Fraternities and Sororities
Social or general fraternities and sororities in the North American fraternity system are those not associated with a particular profession or discipline; they are formed solely for the purpose of developing friendships.
Nicknames
Due to the large number of Greek organizations, and the confusion that derives from the use of combined Greek letters in predominantly English-speaking nations, may organizations may be informally better-known by their nicknames than by their letters. These nicknames usually follow certain patterns:
· An initialism based on the letters, either in Greek form or their Anglicized equivalent. For instance, Alpha Epsilon Pi as "A-E-Pi," Delta Gamma as "D-G," or Phi Gamma Delta as "FIJI"
· An invented word based on the letters, such as Pi Kappa Alpha as "Pike", Zeta Beta Tau as "Zebe", or Sigma Alpha Mu as "Sammy", Sigma Tau Gamma as SIG TAUS.
· To shorten the letters themselves, for example Sigma Nu as "SigNu" or "Sigma Phi Epsilon" as "SigEp"
· To eliminate letters, particularly when a chapter is the only one on a campus to use them: Pi Beta Phi as "Pi Phi", Lambda Chi Alpha as "Lambda Chi," or Kappa Kappa Gamma as just "Kappa" and Beta Theta Pi as "Beta".
As five fraternities share the first two letters "Phi Kappa," the middle Kappa is sometimes eliminated, as "Phi Psi" for "Phi Kappa Psi" or "Phi Sig" for "Phi Kappa Sigma."
Fraternities
· Acacia
• ΑΧΡ - Alpha Chi Rho, "Crows"
• ΑΔΓ - Alpha Delta Gamma, "ADG"
• ΑΔΦ - Alpha Delta Phi
• ΑΕΠ - Alpha Epsilon Pi, "AEPi" - national Jewish fraternity
• ΑΓΩ - Alpha Gamma Omega - national Christian fraternity
• ΑΓΡ - Alpha Gamma Rho, "AGR" - agricultural fraternity
• ΑΓΣ - Alpha Gamma Sigma
• ΑΚΛ - Alpha Kappa Lambda, "AKL"
• ΑΦΑ - Alpha Phi Alpha - first intercollegiate fraternity founded for African-American men
• ΑΦΔ - Alpha Phi Delta, "APD"
• ΑΣΦ - Alpha Sigma Phi, "Alpha Sig"
• ΑΤΩ - Alpha Tau Omega, "ATO"
• ΒΧΘ - Beta Chi Theta - South Asian interest fraternity
• ΒΩΦ - Beta Omega Phi - Asian-American interest brotherhood founded in 1965
• ΒΣΨ - Beta Sigma Psi - "Beta Sig" - National Lutheran Fraternity
• ΒΤ - Beta Tau
• ΒΘΠ - Beta Theta Pi, "Beta"
• ΧΦ - Chi Phi
• ΧΨ - Chi Psi - initiates typically referred to as "Lodgers"
• ΔΧ - Delta Chi
• ΔΚΕ - Delta Kappa Epsilon - "DKE" or "Deke"
• ΔΛΦ - Delta Lambda Phi - for gay, bisexual, and progressive men
• ΔΦ - Delta Phi
• ΔΟΣ - Delta Omicron Sigma - military veterans fraternity
• ΔΣΦ - Delta Sigma Phi
• ΔΤΔ - Delta Tau Delta, "Delts" or "DTD"
• ΔΥ - Delta Upsilon, "D-U" or "Ducks" - non-secret international men's fraternity
• ΔΨΕ - Delta Psi Epsilon
• FarmHouse
• ΓΣΤ - Gamma Sigma Tau - regional multicultural fraternity, officially the Delphic of Gamma Sigma Tau
• ΙΝΔ - Iota Nu Delta - The first South Asian interest fraternity, established 1994
• ΚΑ Order Kappa Alpha Order, "KA" - Traditional Southern fraternity
• ΚΑΨ - Kappa Alpha Psi, Kappas - historically African-American
• ΚΑ Society - Kappa Alpha Society, "KA"
• ΚΔΦ - Kappa Delta Phi
• ΚΔΡ - Kappa Delta Rho, "KDR"
• ΚΚΨ - Kappa Kappa Psi, "Psi" "K-Psi" - National Honorary Band Fraternity, Inc. [1]
• ΚΣ - Kappa Sigma, "Kappa Sig"
• ΚΥΧ - Kappa Upsilon Chi, "Kappa Chi"- National Christian Fraternity
• ΛΧΑ - Lambda Chi Alpha, "Lambda Chi" or "Choppers" - founded in 1909 at Boston University
• ΛΦΕ - Lambda Phi Epsilon - first and only international Asian-interest fraternity, founded in 1981
• ΛΣΥ - Lambda Sigma Upsilon- Latino fraternity, first to compete in step competition against the Noble Nine
• ΛΘΠ - Lambda Theta Phi - Latino fraternity first recognized by the NIC
• ΛΥΛ - Lambda Upsilon Lambda - Latino fraternity
• ΝΑΦ - Nu Alpha Phi - national Asian-interest fraternity founded in 1994 at SUNY Albany.
• ΩΔ - Omega Delta - multicultural social fraternity
• ΩΔΦ - Omega Delta Phi
• ΩΔΠ - Omega Delta Pi
• ΩΦΓ - Omega Phi Gamma - an Asian-interest fraternity established at the University of Texas at Austin
• ΩΦΡ - Omega Phi Rho
• ΩΨΦ - Omega Psi Phi, "Que's" - historically African-American
• ΩΣΤ - Omega Sigma Tau, "Omegas" - first and largest Asian-interest fraternity established at UCLA in 1966
• ΦΒΣ - Phi Beta Sigma - Historically African-American fraternity
• ΦΔΘ - Phi Delta Theta, "Phi Delt," "Phis"
• Phi Gamma Delta, "FIJI"
• ΦΙΑ - Phi Iota Alpha - the oldest Latino fraternity in existence - "Fiota" in Spanish and "Phiota" in English
• ΦΚΝ - Phi Kappa Nu, "Phi Kap" or "Phi Nu"
• ΦΚΨ - Phi Kappa Psi, "Phi Kap" or "Phi Psi"
• ΦΚΣ - Phi Kappa Sigma, "Skulls"
• ΦΚΤ - Phi Kappa Tau, "Phi Kap" or "Phi Tau"
• ΦΚΘ - Phi Kappa Theta - "Phi Kap" or "Phi Thets"
• ΦΛΧ - Phi Lambda Chi
• ΦΜΑ Sinfonia - Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia - social music fraternity for men
• ΦΜΔ - Phi Mu Delta
• ΦΣΚ - Phi Sigma Kappa - "Phi Sig"
• ΦΣΦ-Phi Sigma Phi
• ΦΣΑ-Phi Sigma Alpha
• ΦΣΠ - Phi Sigma Pi
• ΠΑΦ - Pi Alpha Phi - the first Asian American interest fraternity established at the University of California, Berkeley
• ΠΔΨ - Pi Delta Psi - Asian American interest fraternity established in 1994 at Binghamtom University of Binghamton, N.Y.
• ΠΚΑ - Pi Kappa Alpha, "Pike"
• ΠΚΦ - Pi Kappa Phi, "Pi Kapp"
• ΠΛΦ - Pi Lambda Phi, "Pi Lam"
• ΨΥ - Psi Upsilon - "Psi U"
• Saint Anthony Hall - formerly "Delta Psi"
• ΣΑΕ - Sigma Alpha Epsilon, "SAE"
• ΣΑΜ - Sigma Alpha Mu, "Sammy"
• ΣΒΡ - Sigma Beta Rho, "SigRho" - largest historically South Asian multicultural fraternity
• ΣΧ - Sigma Chi, "Sig" or "SigChi"
• ΣΛΒ - Sigma Lambda Beta - largest Latino-based fraternity
• ΣΝ - Sigma Nu, "SigNu" or "Snu"
• ΣΦΔ - Sigma Phi Delta
• ΣΦΕ - Sigma Phi Epsilon, "SigEp"
• ΣΦ Society - Sigma Phi Society
• ΣΠ - Sigma Pi
• ΣΤΓ - Sigma Tau Gamma
• ΤΕΦ - Tau Epsilon Phi, "Tep"
• ΤΚΕ - Tau Kappa Epsilon, "TKE" or "Teke"
• ΘΧ - Theta Chi
• ΘΔΧ - Theta Delta Chi, "Theta Delt"
• ΘΞ - Theta Xi
• ΘΤ - Theta Tau
• Triangle - social fraternity of Engineers, Architects & Scientists
• ΖΒΤ - Zeta Beta Tau, "ZBT" or "Zebe"
• ΖΨ - Zeta Psi - "Zetes" (pronounced Zates)
Locals
• ΦΔΑ - Phi Delta Alpha - Dartmouth College
• William Penn Society - The William Penn Society, "Penns" - Whittier College
• Pan Sophic[2], "Pans" - Oldest independent fraternity in Pennsylvania - Grove City College
Sororities and Women's Fraternities
• ΑΧΩ - Alpha Chi Omega, "A Chi O"
• ΑΔΧ - Alpha Delta Chi - National Christian sorority
• ΑΔΠ - Alpha Delta Pi, "A D Pi," oldest secret society for women (originally the "Adelphean Society")
• ΑΕΦ - Alpha Epsilon Phi, "A E Phi"
• ΑΓΔ - Alpha Gamma Delta
• ΑΚΑ - Alpha Kappa Alpha, "AKA" - historically African-American
• ΑΟΠ - Alpha Omicron Pi, "AOPi"
• ΑΦ - Alpha Phi, "A-Phi" - an international sorority
• ΑΣΑ - Alpha Sigma Alpha
• ΑΣΤ - Alpha Sigma Tau
• ΑΞΔ - Alpha Xi Delta
• ΧΔΘ - Chi Delta Theta - Asian-American interest
• ΧΩ - Chi Omega, "Chi O"
• ΔΔΔ - Delta Delta Delta, "Tri-Delt"
• ΔΓ - Delta Gamma - founded in 1873 at Lewis School for Girls in Oxford, MS
• ΔΦΕ - Delta Phi Epsilon, "D Phi E"
• ΔΞΦ - Delta Xi Phi - national, non-hazing multicultural sorority founded at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1994.
• ΔΖ - Delta Zeta, "DZ"
• ΔΦΛ-Delta Phi Lambda - Asian interest sorority
• ΔΣΘ - Delta Sigma Theta - historically African-American
• ΔΨΕ-Delta Psi Epsilon - Christian Sorority
• ΕΣΦ - Epsilon Sigma Phi - a local multi-cultural sorority founded at SUNY Stony Brook in 1995.
• ΓΦΒ - Gamma Phi Beta - an international sorority; invented term sorority
• ΚΑΘ - Kappa Alpha Theta, "Theta" - first all-female fraternity.
• ΚΔ - Kappa Delta, "KD"
• ΚΦΑ - Kappa Phi Alpha - "KPA" multicultural sorority at Cuny Baruch
• ΚΦΛ - Kappa Phi Lambda, "Kappa" "KPL" - Asian-American interest sorority
• ΚΚΓ - Kappa Kappa Gamma, "Kappa"
• ΚΖΨ - Kappa Zeta Psi [3]- local sorority, known as KZPsi
• ΛΘΑ - Lambda Theta Alpha - historically Latina sorority
• ΜΣΥ- Mu Sigma Upsilon - multicultural sorority
• ΩΦΧ - Omega Phi Chi - multicultural sorority
• ΦΜ - Phi Mu
• ΦΣΣ - Phi Sigma Sigma
• ΦΣΡ - Phi Sigma Rho - Engineering Sorority
• ΠΒΦ - Pi Beta Phi, "{i Phi"
• ΠΒΧ - Pi Beta Chi
• ΣΓΡ - Sigma Gamma Rho - historically African-American
• ΣΔΤ - Sigma Delta Tau, "S D T"
• ΣΚ - Sigma Kappa
• Sigma Nu Omega Sorority Inc.
• ΣΟΠ - Sigma Omicron Pi - Asian-American-interest sorority, "S O Pi"
• ΣΣΡ - Sigma Sigma Rho - first South-Asian based sorority on the East Coast, "Sig Sig Rho"
• ΣΣΣ - Sigma Sigma Sigma, "Tri-Sig"
• ΣΨ - Sigma Psi
• ΣΨΖ - Sigma Psi Zeta [4] - first East Coast-based Asian-interest sorority
• ΣΘΨ- Sigma Theta Psi - multicultural sorority also known, "Sigma" or "STP"
• ΤΒΣ - Tau Beta Sigma
• ΘΦΑ - Theta Phi Alpha
• ΖΦΒ - Zeta Phi Beta - historically African-American
• ΖΤΑ - Zeta Tau Alpha
• ΖΨΣ - Zeta Sig - private women's fraternity founded at Carnegie Mellon University in 1993
Coed Fraternities
• ΔΦΒ - Delta Phi Beta - South Asian fraternity established in 1992
• ΖΔΞ - Zeta Delta Xi - coed fraternity at Brown University
Cultural interest fraternities and sororities
Cultural interest fraternities and sororities in the North American student fraternity and sorority system refer to general or social organizations oriented to students having a special interest in a culture or cultural identity.
Although racial and religious restrictions have long since been abolished in all North-American Interfraternity Conference and National Panhellenic Conference organizations, their memberships nationally remain predominantly Caucasian, and National Pan-Hellenic Council memberships predominantly African American. The new generation of "cultural interest" organizations has arisen to serve the interests of communities whose numbers in the traditional Greek system are historically small and dispersed.
Asian
• ΒΧΘ - Beta Chi Theta (South Asian)
• ΒΩΦ - Beta Omega Phi - founded in 1965
• ΓΣΤ - Gamma Sigma Tau - A historic regional multicultural fraternity called the Delphic of Gamma Sigma Tau
• ΙΝΔ - Iota Nu Delta - first South Asian interest fraternity, established 1994
• ΚΦΛ - Kappa Phi Lambda - Asian-American interest sorority, "Kappas," "KPL"
• ΛΦΕ - Lambda Phi Epsilon - first and only international Asian-interest fraternity, founded in 1981
• ΝΑΦ - Nu Alpha Phi
• ΩΣΤ - Omega Sigma Tau - aka Omegas - first and largest Asian-Interest Fraternity established at UCLA in 1966
• ΠΑΦ - Pi Alpha Phi - the first Asian American interest fraternity established at the University of California, Berkeley
• ΠΔΨ - Pi Delta Psi
• ΣΒΡ - Sigma Beta Rho, "SigRho" - largest historically South Asian multicultural fraternity
• ΣΨΖ - Sigma Psi Zeta - first East Coast based Asian-interest sorority
Latino
• ΑΠΣ - Alpha Pi Sigma Latino Sorority
• ΑΨΛ - Alpha Psi Lambda Latino Fraternity
• ΑΡΛ - Alpha Rho Lambda Latino Sorority
• ΓΑΩ - Gamma Alpha Omega Latino Sorority
• ΓΖΑ - Gamma Zeta Alpha Latino Interest Fraternity
• ΓΦΩ - Gamma Phi Omega Latino Sorority
• ΚΔΧ - Kappa Delta Chi Latino Sorority
• ΛΑ;Υ - Lambda Alpha Upsilon Latino Fraternity
• ΛΘΑ - Lambda Theta Alpha Latino Sorority
• ΛΘΝ - Lambda Theta Nu Latino Sorority
• ΛΘΦ - Lambda Theta Phi Latino Fraternity
• ΛΠΥ - Lambda Pi Upsilon Latinas Poderosas Unidas, Latino Sorority
• ΛΠΧ - Lampda Pi Chi Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad, Latino Sorority
• ΛΣΥ - Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latinos Fraternity
• ΛΥΛ - La Unidad Latina,Lambda Upsilon Lambda - Latino fraternity
• Hermandad de ΣΙΑ - Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha Latino Sorority
• ΝΑΚ - Nu Alpha Kappa Latino Interest Fraternity
• ΦΙΑ - Phi Iota Alpha - the oldest Latino fraternity in existence - "Fiota" in Spanish and "Phiota" in English
• ΣΔΑ - Sigma Delta Alpha Latino Fraternity
• ΣΛΒ - Sigma Lambda Beta Latino Fraternity
• ΣΛΓ - Sigma Lambda Gamma Latino Sorority
• ΣΛΥ - Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Senoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority
• ΧΥΣ - Corazones Unidos Siempre Chi Upsilon Sigma Latino Sorority
• ΩΔΦ - Omega Delta Phi Latino Fraternity
• ΩΦΒ - Omega Phi Beta Latino Sorority
LGBT
· ΔΛΦ - Delta Lambda Phi
Multicultural
· ΑΖΝa Zeta Nu
· ΝΦΨ - Nu Phi Psi Fraternity, Multi cultural fraternity
· ΣΒΡ - Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity Inc.
Service Fraternities and Sororities
Service fraternity may refer to any fraternal public service organization, such as the Kiwanis or Rotary International. In Canada and the United States, the term fraternal organization is more common as "fraternity" in everyday usage refers to fraternal student societies.
In the context of the North American student fraternity and sorority system, service fraternities (for all-male and coed organizations) and service sororities (for female-only organizations) comprise a type of organization whose primary purpose is community service. Although prospects are usually allowed to join only one service fraternity on a campus, they are not restricted from joining other types of fraternities.
They may be contrasted with professional fraternities, whose primary purpose is to bring together those with an interest in a field, and general or social fraternities, whose primary purpose is to develop friendships. Some general fraternities and their chapters, especially members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, emphasize the service aspects of their activities; the existence however of such a component does not alter their primary charter, nor thus their classification.
The first and largest service fraternity is Alpha Phi Omega, established on December 16, 1925.
Service fraternities
· ΑΦΩ - Alpha Phi Omega - coed national (with independent organizations in US and Phillipines)
Service sororities
· ΓΣΣ - Gamma Sigma Sigma - national · ΩΦΑ - Omega Phi Alpha - national· ΕΣΑ - Epsilon Sigma Alpha - non-student international service sorority
Honor Society
In the USA, an honor society (or 'honour society') is an organization or rank, the induction into which recognizes excellence among one's peers. There are numerous societies recognizing various fields and circumstances; the Order of the Arrow, for example, is the camping honor society of the Boy Scouts of America. Chiefly, the term refers to scholastic honor societies, those which recognize students who excel academically or as leaders among their peers, often within a specific academic discipline. Most honor societies invite students to become members based on their grade point averages of those students, either overall, or for classes taken within the discipline for which the honor society provides recognition. In some cases, membership in an honor society is considered exclusive; a member of such an organization cannot join other honor societies representing the same field. These organizations may be termed honor fraternities. They are in turn to be distinguished from closed general societies, whose membership may be exclusive but are not based primarily on academic achievement. Honor societies exist at the high school, collegiate/university, and postgraduate levels, although university honor societies are by far the most prevalent. The majority of U.S. and international collegiate honor societies are affiliated with the Association of College Honor Societies.
Important national and international honor societies include the following.
Secondary
• Delta Epsilon Phi (German)
• Eta Sigma Alpha (National Home School Honor Society)
• International Thespian Society (Theatre)
• Mu Alpha Theta (Mathematics)
• National Honor Society
• Tri-M (Music)
Collegiate/University
• Alpha Beta Gamma, ΑΒΓ (Business at Two-Year Colleges)
• Alpha Chi, ΑΧ (All Academic Fields)
• Alpha Chi Sigma, ΑΧΣ (Chemistry)
• Alpha Delta Mu, ΑΔΜ (Social Work)
• Alpha Epsilon, ΑΕ (Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering)
• Alpha Epsilon Delta, ΑΕΔ (Premedicine)
• Alpha Kappa Delta, ΑΚΔ (Sociology)
• Alpha Kappa Mu, ΑΚΜ (All academic fields)
• Alpha Lambda Delta, ΑΛΔ (Freshman scholarship)
• Alpha Mu Gamma, ΑΜΓ (Foreign language)
• Alpha Phi Sigma, ΑΦΓ (Criminal Justice)
• Alpha Pi Mu, ΑΠΜ (Industrial Engineering)
• Alpha Psi Omega, ΑΨΩ (Theatre)
• Alpha Sigma Mu, ΑΣΜ (Metallurgy and Materials Engineering)
• Alpha Sigma Nu, ΑΣΝ (General scholarship at Jesuit institutions of higher education)
• Arnold Air Society (primarily United States Air Force cadets)
• Beta Alpha Psi ΒΑΨ (accounting, finance and computer information system)
• Beta Beta Beta, ΒΒΒ - Biology
• Beta Gamma Sigma, ΒΓΣ (Business)
• Beta Kappa Chi, ΒΚΧ (Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
• Beta Phi Mu, ΒΦΜ (Library & Information Studies and Information Technology)
• Blue Key Honor Society (Leadership)
• Chi Epsilon, ΧΕ (Civil Engineering)
• Chi Sigma Iota, ΧΣΙ (Professional Counseling)
• Delta Epsilon Sigma, ΔΕΣ (General Scholarship at Colleges and Universities with a Catholic Tradition)
• Delta Epsilon Tau, ΔΕΤ - Distance Education and Training Council
• Delta Mu Delta, ΔΜΔ (Business Administration)
• Delta Phi Alpha, ΔΦΑ - German
• Delta Sigma Rho - Tau Kappa Alpha, ΔΣΡ-ΤΚΑ (Forensics)
• Delta Tau Alpha, ΔΤΑ (Agriculture)
• Eta Kappa Nu, ΗΚΝ (Computer & electrical engineering)
• Gamma Beta Phi, ΓΒΦ (Academics)
• Gamma Theta Upsilon, ΓΘΥ (Geography)
• Golden Key International Honour Society (Academics)
• Kappa Delta Pi (Education)
• Kappa Kappa Psi, ΚΚΨ (College Bandmembers)
• Kappa Mu Epsilon, ΚΜΕ (Mathematics)
• Kappa Omicron Nu, ΚΟΕ (Human Sciences)
• Kappa Tau Alpha, ΚΤΑ (Journalism and Mass Communication)
• Lambda Alpha, ΛΑ (Anthropology)
• Lambda Iota Tau, ΛΙΤ (Literature)
• Lambda Pi Eta, ΛΠΗ (Communication)
• Lambda Sigma, ΛΣ (Student Leadership, Scholarship and Service)
• Mortar Board (Leadership)
• Mu Kappa Tau, ΜΚΤ (Marketing)
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars (Scholarship, Leadership & Service)
• Omega Chi Epsilon, ΟΧΕ (Chemical Engineering)
• Omega Rho, ΟΡ (Operations Research & Management Science)
• Omicron Delta Epsilon, ΟΔΕ (Economics)
• Omicron Delta Kappa, ΟΔΚ (Scholarship, Leadership and Service for juniors and seniors)
• Omicron Kappa Epsilon, ΟΚΕ - Dental Surgery
• The Order of Omega (Service to the Greek letter fraternity and sorority system)
• Pershing Rifles (for outstanding student members of the United States armed forces)
• Phi Alpha Theta, ΦΑΘ (History)
• Phi Beta Kappa ΦΒΚ (undergraduate arts and sciences)
• Phi Eta Sigma, ΦΗΣ (Freshman scholarship)
• Phi Kappa Phi, ΦΚΦ (All Academic Fields)
• Phi Lambda Upsilon, ΦΛΥ (Pure and Applied Chemistry)
• Phi Sigma, ΦΣ (Biological Sciences, All Pure and Applied Fields)
• Phi Sigma Iota, ΦΣΙ (Foreign Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, ESL, & Cultures)
• Phi Sigma Pi, ΦΣΠ (general scholarship)
• Phi Sigma Tau, ΦΣΤ (Philosophy)
• Phi Theta Kappa, ΦΘΚ (All academic fields at Two-Year Colleges)
• Phi Upsilon Omicron, ΦΥΟ (Family and Consumer Sciences)
• Pi Alpha Alpha, ΠΑΑ (Public Affairs and Administration)
• Pi Delta Phi, ΠΔΦ (French)
• Pi Gamma Mu, ΠΓΜ (Social Sciences)
• Pi Kappa Lambda, ΠΚΛ (Music)
• Pi Omega Pi, ΠΩΠ (Business Education)
• Pi Sigma Alpha, ΠΣΑ (Political Science)
• Pi Tau Sigma, ΠΤΣ (Mechanical Engineering)
• Pi Theta Epsilon, ΠΘΕ (Occupational Therapy)
• Psi Beta, ΨΒ (Psychology at Two-Year Colleges)
• Psi Chi, ΨΧ (Psychology)
• Rho Chi, ΡΧ (Pharmacy)
• Semper Fi Society (United States Marine Corps cadets)
• Sigma Beta Delta, ΣΒΔ (Business, Management, and Administration)
• Sigma Delta Pi, ΣΔΠ (Spanish)
• Sigma Gamma Tau, ΣΓΤ (Aerospace Engineering)
• Sigma Lambda Alpha, ΣΛΑ (Landscape Architecture)
• Sigma Lambda Chi, ΣΛΧ (Construction Management Technology)
• Sigma Pi Sigma, ΣΠΣ (Physics)
• Sigma Tau Delta, ΣΤΔ (English)
• Sigma Theta Tau, ΣΘΤ (Nursing)
• Sigma Xi, ΣΞ (General research)
• Tau Alpha Pi, ΤΑΠ (Engineering Technology)
• Tau Beta Pi, ΤΒΠ (Engineering)
• Tau Beta Sigma, ΤΒΣ (coed sorority of college band members)
• Tau Sigma Delta, ΤΣΔ (Architecture)
• Theta Chi Beta, ΘΧΒ (Religious Studies)
• Theta Alpha Kappa, ΘΑΚ (Religious Studies/Philosophy)
• Upsilon Pi Epsilon, ΥΠΕ (Computing Sciences/Computer engineering)
Post-graduate
· Alpha Omega Alpha (Medicine)
· Order of the Coif (Law)
Independent
Some universities have their own independent, open honor societies, which are not affiliated with any national or international organization. Such organizations typically recognize students who have succeeded academically irrespective of their field of study. These include:
• Cap and Skull at Rutgers University
• Florida Blue Key at University of Florida
• Iron Arrow Honor Society at the University of Miami
• Order of the Torch at Florida International University
• Xi Mu Iota at Colorado State University
Professional Fraternity
Professional fraternities in the North American fraternity system are organizations whose membership is restricted to students and faculty members in a particular field of professional education. Within that field, their membership is exclusive; however, they may initiate members who belong to other types of fraternities. Unlike most social fraternities, membership is usually open to both sexes.
The first professional fraternity was founded at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1819: the Kappa Lambda Society, established for students in medical school.
Most major professional fraternities are members of the Professional Fraternity Association. This group resulted in 1978 from a merger of the Professional Interfraternity Conference (for men's groups) and the Professional Panhellenic Association (for women's groups).
• ΑΖ - Alpha Zeta - Agriculture
• ΑΗΡ - Alpha Eta Rho - Aviation
• ΑΚΠ - Alpha Kappa Pi - Medicine
• ΑΚΨ - Alpha Kappa Psi - Business
• ΑΡΧ - Alpha Rho Chi - Architecture
• ΑΤΔ - Alpha Tau Delta - Nursing
• ΑΧΣ - Alpha Chi Sigma - Chemistry
• ΑΩ - Alpha Omega - Dentistry
• ΑΩΕ - Alpha Omega Epsilon - Engineering Sorority
• ΓΙΣ - Gamma Iota Sigma - Insurance, Risk Management, Actuary Science
• ΔΘΦ - Delta Theta Phi - Law
• ΔΟ - Delta Omicron - Music
• ΔΣΠ - Delta Sigma Pi - Business
• ΖΦΗ - Zeta Phi Eta - Communication arts & sciences
• ΘΤ - Theta Tau - Engineering
• ΚΕ - Kappa Epsilon - Pharmacology
• ΚΨ - Kappa Psi - Pharmacology
• ΛΚΣ - Lambda Kappa Sigma - Pharmacology for women
• ΛΑ - Lambda Alpha - Anthropology
• ΜΦΕ - Mu Phi Epsilon - Music
• ΦΛ - Phi Lambda - Computer Science and Engineering
• ΠΣΕ - Pi Sigma Epsilon - Marketing
• ΡΠΦ - Rho Pi Phi - Agriculture for women
• ΣΑΙ - Sigma Alpha Iota - Music fraternity for women
• ΦΑΔ - Phi Alpha Delta - Law
• ΦΒ - Phi Beta - Creative and Performing Arts
• ΦΔΕ - Phi Delta Epsilon - Medicine
• ΦΔΦ - Phi Delta Phi - Law
• ΦΔΧ - Phi Delta Chi - Pharmacology
• ΦΡΣ - Phi Rho Sigma - Medicine
• ΦΧΘ - Phi Chi Theta - Business
• ΨΧ - Psi Chi - Psychology
• ΧΕ - Chi Epsilon - Civil Engineering
• ΩΤΣ - Omega Tau Sigma - Veterinary Medicine
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