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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 ...
The fraternity was founded on October 4, 1968, by students from the University of the Philippines Diliman. [2] Initially known as the "Order of the U.P. Triskelions", the organization later on changed its name to the "Order of the Grand Triskelions", then later "Triskelions Grand Fraternity" which was then changed into the Greek letter name Tau Gamma Phi, in line with other student fraternities.
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]
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 ...
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.
Greek letter organizations rely heavily on the relationships among their members, both active and alumni. Through practices that bring the chapter together as a whole, fraternities and sororities emphasize the bond that is created through their shared Greek affiliation.