Fraternity/Sorority

ΣΦΕ (Sigma Phi Epsilon), commonly nickname SigEp or S.P.E., is a social fraternity for male college students in the United States. It was founded on November 1, 1901 at Richmond College (now the University of Richmond) and its national headquarters remains in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded on three principles: Virtue, Diligence, and Brotherly Love. It is the largest social fraternity in the United States in terms of current undergraduate membership, the fourth largest in terms of total...

Sigma Alpha Epsilon (also known as SΑΕ) is a secret letter, social college fraternity. Founded on March 9, 1856 , it has initiated more men since its founding than any other fraternity with more than 280,000 initiated members. At present, SAE has more than 8,200 undergraduates at more than 225 chapters in 47 states. It established a national headquarters (Levere Memorial Temple on the campus of Northwestern University in Chicago, 1929), a national Leadership School (1935), a national Men's...

Delta Delta Delta (ΔΔΔ), also known as Tri Delta, is an international collegiate women's fraternity founded on November 27, 1888. With 136 chapters in the United States and Canada it is one of the largest women's organizations in the world. Delta Delta Delta was founded by Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Florence Isabelle Stewart and Isabel Morgan Breed at Boston University. Three women's groups were already represented at Boston University in 1888 (Kappa Kappa Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta...

Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT, brothers of which are nicknamed Zebes or Zeebs) is a historically Jewish, presently nonsectarian international fraternity. Today the merged Zeta Beta Tau Brotherhood numbers over 130,000 initiated Brothers, and over 80 student chapter locations. The first verse of the fraternity song is "Here's to our fraternity..." The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity was inspired by Dr. Richard J. H. Gottheil, a professor of language at Columbia University and a Zionist. On December 29, 1898, he...

Kappa Upsilon Chi ("Keeping Under Christ", Kappa Chi, or ΚΥΧ) is a national men's fraternity composed of Christian collegians seeking to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. Kappa Upsilon Chi was founded in 1993 at Texas Tech University and has expanded across the southern United States of America. The organization is currently composed of roughly 250 active collegians and over 1,000 alumni. The mission of Kappa Chi is to expand beyond general men's ministry and to be a fraternity...

The Kappa Alpha Society (ΚΑ), founded in 1825, is the progenitor of the modern fraternity system in North America. This is most clearly evidenced by its being first in the fraternities that compose the Union Triad. In addition, Baird's Manual (amongst other sources) states that KA, unlike other fraternities with claims to the contrary, has maintained a continuous existence since it's foundation, making it the oldest undergraduate fraternity that exists today. As of Spring 2007, there are seven...

Delta Kappa Epsilon (ΔΚΕ; also pronounced D-K-E or "Deke") was founded at Yale College in 1844 by 15 men of the sophomore class who, upon hearing that some but not all of them had been invited to join the two existing societies (Alpha Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon), instead elected to form their own fraternity. These men sought to establish a fellowship "where the candidate most favored was he who combined in the most equal proportions the gentleman, the scholar, and the jolly good fellow." In the...

The Tryon Coterie, founded in 1947, was the oldest of Baylor University’s men’s social clubs. Try-C affiliated with Phi Delta Theta in 1977 it is now the Texas Lambda chapter of Phi Delta Theta. The chapter models itself as Phi Delta Theta - The Tryon Coterie. The Try-C’s started Sing!, Chili Cook-off, and off campus "illegal" dances among other things. The fraternity founded the Great Gloomy Gathering tradition of members wearing basic tuxedos, and dates wearing black gowns to a formal ball...

ΚΣ (Kappa Sigma) is an international fraternity with currently 216 chapters and 29 colonies in North America. There have been more than 250,000 initiates, of which more than 182,500 are living and more than 12,000 are undergraduates. It is currently the leader of all American fraternities in terms of pledges and new initiates per year, service hours, and philanthropic donations. It has the oldest continuous endowment fund which has donated $4.5 million to undergrads since its inception in 1919....

Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ) Sorority is a non-profit Greek letter organization of college educated women who perform public service initiatives, placing emphasis on the African-American community. Membership in Delta Sigma Theta is open to any woman who meets the membership requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or religion. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913, on the campus of Howard University by twenty-two women. Today, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is the largest African...

ΣΞΕ (Sigma Xi Epsilon), commonly nickname Sigma or SXE, is a locally chartered social fraternity for male college students at St. Joseph's College, New York. As of May 2008, it has 42 total brothers. The name Sigma Xi Epsilon came about because the symbols represent a transforming E. This transformation signifies the journey that takes place in joining and participating in the Sigma Xi Epsilon fraternity, and throughout one's life. On October 4, 2004, Joseph Pugliese stood in front of the...

ΣΝ (Sigma Nu) is an undergraduate college fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. Sigma Nu was founded in 1869 by three cadets at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. Founders James Frank Hopkins, Judge Greenfield Quarles and James McIlvaine Riley formed Sigma Nu shortly after Hopkins witnessed what he considered a hazing ritual by upperclassmen at the Virginia Military Institute. Sigma Nu's existence remained secret until the founders publicly announced...

Delta Sigma Phi (ΔΣΦ, also known as DSP or Delta Sigs or Delt Sigs or D-Sigs) is a fraternity established at the City College of New York in 1899 and is a charter member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference. The headquarters of the fraternity is the Taggart Mansion located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The mansion was once the home of former Indianapolis mayor and congressman Thomas Taggart and is on the National Register of Historic Places. In addition to the Sphinx, the lamp, the...

Delta Phi Epsilon (ΔΦΕ) is the name given to several college fraternities and sororities. Delta Phi Epsilon is the first and only national professional foreign service fraternity and sorority. Founded at Georgetown University on January 25, 1920, the fraternity's mission is to promote good fellowship among persons studying or engaged in foreign service. The Alpha chapter went on to colonize at many other universities throughout the country, although many chapters have since become inactive due...

Lambda Pi Upsilon Sorority (ΛΠΥ) (also known as Latinas Poderosas Unidas)) is a Latina based Greek letter intercollegiate sorority founded on November 6, 1992. Lambda Pi Upsilon Sorority, Latinas Poderosas Unidas, Inc., continues its devotion towards youth, community and organizational assistance by implementing rigorous events, programs and publications, which address such issues. To be recognized as leaders of our community is accomplished by way of extreme confidence in our capabilities...