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A fraternity or fraternal organization is an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood; dedicated to the intellectual, physical, and social development of its members. Service clubs, lineage societies, and secret societies are among the fraternal organizations listed here.
Alpha Phi Omega (ΑΦΩ), commonly known as APO, [4] but also A-Phi-O [5] [6] and A-Phi-Q, [7] is a coeducational service fraternity.It is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of over 25,000 students, and over 500,000 alumni members.
Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) International Fraternity is one of the largest of North American social fraternities.The fraternity has 244 active undergraduate chapters and 152 alumni chapters across the United States and Canada and has initiated over 350,000 members. [1]
A fraternity is usually understood to mean a social organization composed only of men while a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations refer to themselves as women's fraternities.
The fraternity has over 290,000 members and has been open to men of all races since 1945. Currently, there are more than 730 active chapters in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia. It is the largest predominantly African-American intercollegiate fraternity and one of the ten largest intercollegiate fraternities in the United ...
Kappa Sigma (ΚΣ), commonly known as Kappa Sig or KSig, is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1869. Kappa Sigma is one of the five largest international fraternities with currently 318 active chapters and colonies in North America. [2]
Frat Boy – a member of a fraternity characterized by a way of dressing [124] and a homogeneous behavior as other members of that fraternity. Legacy – a rushee who is related to a member of the same fraternity or sorority they are rushing is almost always offered a bid. Traditionally a legacy has a parent or sibling that is a member, but ...
Founding members included members of the Woodmen of the World, Maccabees, International Fraternal Alliance, National Dotare, Royal Adelphia, Order of Vesta, and Order of the Orient. The order had a unique assessment plan issuing $50 certificates to its members and then assessing them 25 cents per week. [322] Apparently defunct by the early ...