Awesome work, PenquinTrax! The only thing I would add about Alpha Delta Pi is that we also include the African Violet as our flower, due to the seasonal rarity of the Woodland Violet.

honeychile

Well if it makes you feel better, KDR is one of the ONLY fraternities that Phi Mu hangs out with at my school. The KDRs are real sweethearts :)

Beta Theta Pi
 

Beta Theta Pi Facts:

Founded: August 8, 1839 at Miami University (OH)

Nickname: Beta, BTP <-------I hate that

Mascot: Dragon

Colors: Delicate Shades of pink and blue are official, though everything is pretty much red and dark blue now.

Flower: the Rose, but I'm not sure which variety and I can't find it on our GF website...wish I had my pledge manual at home.

Gem: The diamond is standard on all badges (though now due to expense cubic zirconium is in the badge first recieved upon membership and if you want the diamond you must buy a new badge)

Philanthropy:Was Children's Burn Awareness but that has since been dropped as a national partnership in favor of chapters finding programs that have a bigger impact in the community of the chapter. However chapters can continue to do Children's Burn Awareness if they so desire.

Gamma Phi Beta

Nickname: G Phi B, G Phi, Gamma Phi

Colors: Brown and Mode (light and dark brown)--official international colors; Blue and Gold--explansion colors; Red, Yellow, Blue, and Green--informal colors

Mascot: no international mascot, but some chapters adopt their own local mascot

Symbol: the Crescent Moon

Jewel: Pearl

Flower: Pink Carnation

nyrdrms -- I've been curious about this, and your post reminded me -- why does Gamma Phi use so many colors? What's the difference between "explanation" colors and "informal" colors? I think your official colors are so distinctive!

Fraternally,
Christin

great job posting all of the sororities. two other things for sigma kappa though.

jewel - pearl
philanthropy - main sea coast project
no official mascot, but we use the dove, heart and sometimes snake. that's it.

shelley j
sigma k

I would have to agree that most of the information about AOII is correct, HOWEVER Barnard College and Columbia University are not interchangable. . . . . Barnard was the women's college of Columbia University. Our Founders were student of Barnard College as women were not allowed to attend Columbia University proper.

Sarah

Just a slight new correction- our new Philanthropy is CampfireUSA. Camp Sechelt was low on funding and counselors, so it was sold and we recently began a philanthropic partnership with CampfireUSA. :-)

A couple of minor corrections:
Philanthropy: Maine Sea Cost Mission, Alzheimer's foundation. Gerontology, and Inherit the Earth. (yes, folks, count 'em, that'd be 4!)
Official Mascots: Dove and Heart, adopted in 1994 and 1988 respectively, although the Snake is widely used as an unofficial mascot
Nicknames: Sig Kaps, Sigma K's, Snakey K's, Sigma's (although this is not used on campuses with Sigma Sigma Simga's)

Alpha Chi
 

Alpha Chi Omega's philanthrophy is also Victims of Domestic Violence.

Lambda Chi Alpha



Founded: 1909 Boston U
Merger: 1939 with TKN and to this day is the largest Merger of any Greek Orgs.

Flower: White Rose

Colors: Purple, Green, and Gold

Coat of Arms: Most intricate
and True to the Hereldry of yore.

Philanthropy: "Great American Food Drive". The largest in the World

No mascot or official gem other than the pearl that is in the Badge part of the Cresent.

Badge and recognition symbol: The Cross and The Cresent.

Nicknames: Lamda Chi's, Chops, Choppers.

Phi Beta

Nickname: none

Founded: May 5, 1912 at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Flower: American Beauty rose; the yellow rose is also commonly used, tho not "official"

Colors: violet & gold

Jewel: none officially, although pearls are used on our jeweled badges

Mascot: none, although some chapters have their own various ones

Symbols: rose, lyre

Motto: To Be Rather Than To Seem To Be

National Philanthropy: the MacDowell Colony

AOIIalum--

Sorry about that, it was a typo...it was supposed to say that blue and gold are our expansion colors...used for when we have colonies...I think, I just learned about it all at our last retreat.

Well, I know we have local colors at my chapter because brown and mode don't particularily make for attractive coats, letters, etc....we use navy and red, a lot of chapters, especially down south, use pink and white. As for all the other informal colors, I believe it's just because brown and mode aren't very nice to wear, although I will admit I got several brown sweaters for Christmas. :)

I believe you guys were founded at Boston University, not Boston College.