University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
 

On my campus, we have

Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Phi
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Delta Zeta
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Phi Mu
Phi Sigma Sigma
Pi Beta Phi
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Kappa

I know that we once had

Alpha Sigma Alpha
Delta Phi Epsilon
Theta Phi Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha

Which leaves only

Alpha Sigma Tau
Sigma Sigma Sigma

Does anyone know if these groups have ever been here? AST does not list inactive chapters on its website, and Tri-Sigma's website is not working right now.

Fraternities
 

Also, for the fraternities, we have

Acacia
AXP
Alpha Delts
AEPi
Aggers
AGS
AKL
Alpha Sigs
ATO
BSPsi
Betas
Chi Psi
DChi
DPhi
Delts
DU
Farmhouse
KDR
LXA
OD
Phi Delts
Phi Psi
Skulls
Phi Sigs
Pikes
Pi Lams
Sammys
Sigma Chi
Sigma Nu
SPhiD
Sig Eps
Sigma Pi
STG
TEP
TKE
Theta Chi
Theta Xi
Triangle
ZBT
ZPsi

I know that
Delta Sigs
Pi Kaps
Phi Taus
all left my freshman year. Also, I know that Phi Kaps were here at one point in time.

Anyone know of other fraternities that were here at one point?

Why did Delta Sig leave?

Geez that's huge! How many students at that school and what percent is Greek?

Our Kappa Deuteron Charge of Theta Delta Chi was closed down in 1998, if I'm not mistaken. So, adding your list, Theta Delta Chi once was in UI.

hehe...
 

DeltaBeta baby,

This is just off topic and random:

Your signature "Theres no place like HOME" (with the Phi and Mu of course) was our homecoming theme (well, minus the Phi and Mu!) and was just thinking about how cool it would have been if we had a Phi Mu chapter here! (actually the founders of my chapter wanted to be a chapter of Phi Mu, but then fell in love with Phi Sig when they made their presentation!)

hehe

just random!

Alpha Xi Delta
 

So sorry I forgot you guys!

I have no idea if AXiD was ever here, so someone please fill me in.

Risk Management Issues. That is all I will say about it.

Around 30,000 undergrad, and about 22% Greek.

Biggest in the world!

Not to mention, we have a variety of locals and all of the divine nine.

LMAO....yeah, that sounds about right.

Re: Alpha Xi Delta
 

Alpha Xi Delta's Kappa chapter was at the University of Illinois from 1905 until sometime in the late 1990s.

Go Illini!!! :)

I'm a Phi Sig at U of I and to answer one of your questions, our house mom (whose been here for 20 years!!!) had said that Tri Sigma's use to be on campus. I can't remember the reason why they left. I've also heard that Zeta Tau Alpha is looking to recolonize but greek affairs won't let them back in right now because we are not ready to expand with more sororities.

And I wanted to say great job with recruitment!!!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)


Phi Sigma Sigma
Theta Chapter
University of Illinois

:eek: WoW That is a huge greek system going on! UNT currently has 6 NPC sororities and 10 or 11 IFC Fraternities. I have heard that even though the campus has about 30,000 students, only about 7% are Greek, but I'm not sure on those exact figures. I read in the paper the other day 2 IFC fraternities are hoping to colonize here as well.

ZTA used to inhabit the Theta Chi house but left a few years back because of numbers. I believe their nationals still has the power to purchase back their house if they ever decide to recolonize, which is cool because it's a gorgeous, huge house!

AZD was definitely on campus- their house is a few blocks away from mine. It's set pretty far back from campus so I imagine they had a problem with reaching quota because of their location- on a campus as big as ours, girls balk when houses are far away. The house is very pretty and looks to be in stellar condition- I'd love to see AZD take it back!

I think we also used to have Fiji, back in the day. One of my sister's father was a Fiji U of I alum but he told her they got kicked off for risk management reasons. We definitely used to have Theta Delta Chi- I believe they adopted part of a street (I think Armory). If you look through old editions of the Illio (yearbook) we used to have a ton of other sororities that I believe were local. And then we have a huge amount of professional interest groups too :)

Hey, someone forgot 9 fraternities and sororities!
 

Why weren't the NPHC groups mentioned? :confused: Someone mentioned them later, but not in the initial post.

Is it fair to say that it's the largest "in the world"? Are there really any college Panhellenics outside of the United States and Canada? It's not as if you're competing against Panhellenics in Zimbabwe. But, I guess it is pretty cool to say you're the "largest in the world".

Read my post carefully, please. "Someone mentioned them later, but not in the initial post. " And not by name.

My bad, I'm just not here right now.

Re: Hey, someone forgot 9 fraternities and sororities!
 

Well, since her question dealt with sororities and fraternities that HAD been on her campus but no longer were -- and all of the Divine Nine are still there -- it wasn't really relevant to the question.

And why wouldn't it be okay to say that it's the biggest Panhel in the world? It's like the Miss Universe pageant -- they're not competing with anybody from Mars or Jupiter, but the winner is still known as "Miss Universe," not "Miss World." :D

Divine Nine?
 

Hi, I have a question as to what you mean when you refer to the "divine nine?"

Thanks

Re: Divine Nine?
 

The Divine Nine are the historically black organizations under the NPHC umbrella:

Alpha Phi Alpha
Kappa Alpha Psi
Omega Psi Phi
Iota Phi Theta
Phi Beta Sigma

Alpha Kappa Alpha
Zeta Phi Beta
Sigma Gamma Rho
Delta Sigma Theta

ZTA
 

A friend of mine from ISU (Illinois State) said Zeta's were once in the delta tau delta house and a bell at the top of their tower still has the letters ZTA on it. It's a big deal cuz they want the bell back!
:)

University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign must have the most exhausting formal recruitment! When do you rush, Fall or Spring? My feet hurt just thinking about those poor pnms walking from house to house to house to house! Wow.
Panhellenic meetings must be quite something as well, there must be lots of opportunity to take on projects and spearhead committees.
You guys are fortunate, it sounds like it would be wonderful to be involved in such a large Greek System.
violets

She's not kidding. I was in urbana last year attending a conference at the Holiday Inn. I visited the Alpha Chi Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity there and let me tell you, it is impressive. It would be great to have that many greek organizations on our campus.:cool:

UIUC rush is pretty tiring! We have recruitment in the fall, right at the beginning of the school year. The first stage is Open House, where you go to all the houses- that alone takes one and a half days! First Invite takes up a day, Second Invite the whole afternoon and evening, and Third Invite (Pref Night) lasts the whole night. The taxation of it all can be hurtful on numbers- lots of girls drop out after Open House, the hardest stage of all. A good recruitment counselor tells her girls to take extensive notes on each house (names of girls, clothes worn, personal opinions, house, what went on, conversation topics) so that she doesn't get them confused. I know more than one girl who had a problem keeping AEPhi, Alpha Phi, AOII, and ADPi straight, just because of their names!

Our size also means that rush can be pretty cutthroat for numbers. Luckily, it also means that almost any girl who rushes will be guaranteed a bid somewhere on campus! It also means a lot of drama between houses and often there is a very cliquey attitude which I could do without. Panhel meetings are also a source for lots of drama and lots of production- while PHC/IFC often get a lot of stuff done on campus (especially philanthropy wise) it's not always fun and games. I'm good friends with our panhel rep and she says meetings can be very stressful!

Totally off the subject...
 

Is Natalie still your panhel rep?

Wow! After reading that impressive line up, I'm sitting here with my mouth open. I cannot even imagine!! :eek: What is house total on your campus? What is the average size of a fraternity/sorority? Is there a wide range in sizes or is everyone pretty much the same?

House total for NPC groups is 145, so most groups are right around that.

Fraternties vary from 20-100, but I would say the majority are around 45-60.

Interestingly enough, a group can change its reputation in one year with one or two good pledge classes.

AST
 

No AST was never at U of I U. We are at U of I Chicago.

DeltaBetaBaby: Yep she is and she's doing a great job!

I have to say that being in a school where Greeks are such a big presence, it's hard to come up with reasons to badmouth the system. Most of the people who rush do it to meet people since it's such a large school, and since PHC recruitment can be tiring, you often easily weed out the girls who are just in it for fun and games, and aren't that dedicated. The size of our system often means it attracts devoted students- most of the fraternities and sororities are full of very bright, hardworking members who manage to get so much accomplished in their years here.