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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
Social, collegiate, or general fraternities in the North American fraternity system are those that do not promote a particular profession, as professional fraternities do, or discipline, such as service fraternities. Instead, their primary purposes are often stated as the development of character, literary or leadership ability, or to serve a ...
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, and a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations also refer to themselves as women's fraternities. This list of North American collegiate sororities and women's fraternities is not exhaustive.
Delta Tau Delta (ΔΤΔ) is a United States–based international Greek letter college fraternity. [1] Delta Tau Delta was founded at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia, (now West Virginia) in 1858.
In 2023, the university recognizes more than seventy Greek letter organizations. [1] Six percent of the university's undergraduates, more than 5,300 students, belonged to a fraternity or sorority during the 2020–21 academic year. [ 2 ]
For 2014, DePauw University was again ranked #1 in Greek Life by the Princeton Review. [1] [2] A position the school has held several times since over the past fifteen years including a stretch of seven consecutive years (2002-2008). [3] Following is a list of DePauw University fraternities and sororities. [4]
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 ...