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National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) - conference formed by 26 national Greek lettered sororities and women's fraternities; North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) - conference formed by 75 national fraternities; Professional Fraternity Association (PFA) - association of 36 national collegiate professional, service and honor fraternities
In North America, fraternities and sororities (Latin: fraternitas and sororitas, 'brotherhood' and 'sisterhood') are social clubs at colleges and universities.They are sometimes collectively referred to as Greek life or Greek-letter organizations, as well as collegiate fraternities or collegiate sororities to differentiate them from traditional not (exclusively) university-based fraternal ...
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. This list of collegiate North American fraternities is not exhaustive.
Delta Chi (ΔΧ) is an international Greek letter collegiate social fraternity formed on October 13, 1890, at Cornell University, initially as a professional fraternity for law students. On April 30, 1922, Delta Chi became a general membership social fraternity, eliminating the requirement for men to be studying law, and opening membership to ...
Zeta Beta Tau (ΖΒΤ) is a Greek-letter social fraternity based in North America. It was founded on December 29, 1898. Originally a Zionist youth society, its purpose changed from the Zionism of the fraternity's early years when, in 1954, the fraternity became non-sectarian and open to non-Jewish members, changing its membership policy to include "All Men of Good Character" regardless of ...
Kappa Alpha Theta - ΚΑΘ-Alpha chapter, founded at DePauw in 1870, Theta is the first Greek-letter women's fraternity. Kappa Kappa Gamma - ΚΚΓ-Iota chapter, founded at DePauw in 1875. Pi Beta Phi - ΠΒΦ-Indiana Epsilon chapter, founded at DePauw in 1942. Psi Lambda Xi - ΨΛΞ-A local sorority founded in March, 2007. Alpha Kappa Alpha ...
The University of Michigan's Peninsular chapter was founded on August 5, 1846, and is the oldest continuous Greek-letter fraternity on the campus. [8] Authorized on June 12, 1846, by the President of the Alpha Delta Phi, William Henry Goodrich (Yale 1843), seven members were the first of the chapter to be initiated as brothers.
Where it existed, the society was known for being made up of men with a sense of humor. Many colleges and traditional fraternities fought to abolish Kappa Beta Phi since it was often characterized as a fraternity solely for drinking and partying while making a mockery of academics and more reputable organizations such as Phi Beta Kappa.