Chapters with the same name as the frat/sorority
 

For example, is there an Alpha Phi chapter of Alpha Phi?

I checked our website and there is no delta gamma chapter of delta gamma

I don't think ADPi has started using 3 greek letters for chapter designations... so I guess we don't have an Alpha Delta Pi chapter of ADPi :p

We haven't arrived at that one yet. You'd have to have quite a few chapters before you get a "Sigma Nu" chapter. However, I'm not aware of any rule that would prevent it.

The only rules we have regarding the naming of chapters state that we will have no chapter starting with alpha and we will not use omega in any chapter designations.

Pi Beta Phi uses the province/state name and the greek letter to name a chapter. For example, my chapter is Ontario Gamma, which means we are the third chapter to be installed in the province of Ontario.
There would have to be a hell of a lot of chapters in one province or state to have the chapter Pi Beta Phi.

LX Z of LXA!:cool:

Since many times we go by Lamda Chi it is funny to have Brothers ask our Chapter designation and we tell them, no no what Chapter, we know you are a LX!

Happened to me in Melbourn, Fl. Had to take out my card and show them! Freaked them out especially since I only had a single # on it--- # 1.:D

We do have a:

delta zeta: memphis
delta chi: California davis
delta psi: baylor (inactive)
delta upsilon: Indiana/Purdue Fort Wayne
zeta psi: salisbury state

The really cool thing about my ADPi chapter designation is that my sister's AChiO chapter at Miami U is the same...we are both the Beta Tau chapters!!! SO we are still linked somehow! ;)

Ironically, my chapter of initiation is actually Delta Gamma, so it's kind of weird talking to someone about the chapter because I'll say 'Delta Gamma' but I have to specify that I'm an ADPi.

Some of the other chapters we have with the same names of Frats/Sororities are the following:

Alpha Phi (closed chapter)
Delta Zeta (closed chapter)
Delta Chi (University of Northern Colorado) (Frat)
Delta Upsilon (University of Tennessee-Martin) (Frat)
Zeta Psi (University of North Carolina-Greensboro) (Frat)

I believe that is it.

Brianna

Well, we've got an Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, and Delta Zeta chapters...and in another 20ish years maybe we'll get up to KD. ;)

Alpha Phi - USC (Closed)
Delta Zeta - High Point
Delta Gamma - Kansas
Delta Omicron - Western Carolina
Delta Chi - Lambuth (Closed)
Delta Upsilon - Northern Michigan (Closed)
Delta Psi - Eastern Ill.
Delta Phi - Cal of Penn (Closed)
Zeta Psi - SUNY Brockport (Closed)
Theta Tau - Temple
Theta Chi - Georgia

Alpha Phi Omega has tons of these...

Kappa Sigma: California State University - Sacramento
Delta Chi: Texas A & M - Kingsville (inactive)
Kappa Alpha: Lamar University
Sigma Pi: Prairie View A & M
Alpha Phi: Washington University (St. Louis)
Chi Omega: McKendree College
Chi Phi: Oakland Community College - Orchard Ridge (inactive)
Delta Gamma: Ohio University
Alpha Epsilon Pi: Georgia Military College
Kappa Delta: Florida A & M
Sigma Chi: Miami - Dade Community College, North Campus (inactive)
Phi Mu: Norfolk State University (inactive)
Theta Chi: George Washington University
Alpha Gamma Delta: SUNY - New Paltz
Delta Upsilon: East Stroudsburg University (inactive)
Delta Zeta: University of Pennsylvania
Sigma Nu: Delaware Valley College
Sigma Kappa: Eastern University (inactive)

Just to name some. :D

We skipped over a Delta Zeta chapter and right went from Delta Epsilon to Delta Eta.

One chapter name that I wish HAD been skipped is the Epsilon Zeta chapter. But it was installed in the 1920's and the ladies almost certainly had no inkling of possible connotations.

We also have a Gamma Phi chapter. It's at Auburn University.

of our active chapters, we have

Delta Zeta
Theta Chi
Theta Xi
Delta Chi
Delta Psi

I'm assuing that we also have inactive chapters named Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, Delta Phi, and Zeta Psi...

What exactly is Alpha Phi Omega? I am at GWU and have never heard of it.

AOII has/had chapters named:

Alpha Phi
Delta Chi
Delta Psi
Kappa
Kappa Alpha
Kappa Delta
Lambda Chi
Sigma Alpha
Sigma Chi
Theta
Theta Chi
Theta Psi

Also, we've had Alpha, Omicron, Pi, Alpha Pi, Alpha Omicron, Omicron Pi, Pi Alpha and Pi Omicron chapter names.

Its a well regarded national service fraternity that is co-ed.
http://www.APO.org/

HM, guess it just boils done to having so many Letters In the Greek Alphabet!:)

Of course, the Greek Organizations whom start out with with State, Name, Alpha, Beta etc. will never have these problems. But the ones Such as LXA that go by the Greek Designation ergo will always have duplicate designations from other Organizations!:D

WHOA!!! lol, that's my chapter :-) This is like the first time I've ever heard anyone on GC (besides me) talk about my chapter ::laughs:: You made my day :-) Now, My day is going to get better, because I'm gonna go take a nap.

On a short note: whenever i heard someone talk about DY the fraternity, i used to get excited because i thought they were talking about us, but then i realized there was a fraternity called Delta Upsilon....crushed me for all of 5 minutes :-)

Greek Love and Mine
~*~Mandie~*~

the UT Austin chapter of AXO is the Alpha Phi chapter

Just out of curiosity, when you have an Alpha Phi chapter, is it Pheye or Phee?

It took me a while to get the whole EZ thing but now that I think about it that's awful!!! Poor girls in that chapter!!!

I was told that when phi comes after alpha it was always said as phee.

The Phi in Alpha Phi Omega is pronounced Pheye, not Phee.

i know there is a phi mu chapter of chi omega at lehigh university. it was funny becuase phi mu and chi o did presentations when they added a new chapter.

there is also a phi mu chapter of alpha chi rho at lehigh. one of my sisters was dating one of the brothers and we hung out a few times.

Not that this has anything to do with chapters but it was a question posed.
When you say 'Alpha Phi' the 'Phi' is 'Phee'. If you were saying 'Gamma Phi Beta' or 'Pi Beta Phi' the 'Phi' would be 'Pheye'. Took me awhile to learn that. :)

Brianna

We'd have to do a LOT of expansion before we ran into that problem! :p

We have:
Alpha Phi (Ohio University)
Alpha Chi (Boston University) (could be taken for AXO)
Phi Mu (SUNY Binghamton)

We too have an Epsilon Zeta chapter (ASU)... if I'd joined that chapter I think I wouldn't have gotten a chapter guard :p

(Some of these might be closed. I'm using AEPhi's website as my reference because I'm too lazy to get out my new member manual.)

I too wonder what you'd do if your chapter designation was the same as another sorority on campus... like if you're in the Alpha Phi chapter and Alpha Phi also has a chapter at your school. I can imagine a lot of confused PNMs...

I wish AEPhi was still here!!!!

What's weird, is that Alpha Chi Rho has a "Delta Sigma Phi" chapter.

Ok, Delta Delta Delta has a:

Delta Gamma
Delta Zeta
Delta Chi
Alpha Phi (pronounced fee)
Phi Mu (with no pronunciation given)

I don't really know any of the frat's names, besides those on my campus, so I'm not much help there.

We do have a Delta Delta chapter; which has GOT to be strange.
We are up to naming Epsilon Alpha...so soon we will see if we get an EZ chapter of Tri Delta.

Our earliest chapters have double letter designations (Beta Beta, Gamma Gamma etc) and yes, we do have a Mu Mu chapter. It's at Eastern Michigan U but has been inactive since circa World War II. When all the chapters were announced at the centennial convention, you can bet they were careful to pronounce it "Mew Mew."

Stan - every Alpha Chi Rho chapter has a Phi somewhere in their designation.

Hmmm interesting. Know why?

In regards to Epsilon Zeta chapter designation, ADPi's Epsilon Zeta chapter is at Southwest Texas State University ~ it's been around since 1966! :)

Phi is significant to AXP, and I believe it appears in all their chapter designations. I don't know exactly why; I assume that is not for me to know.

It is pronounced alpha PHEYE

LOL, I missed the most obvious one! :p

While my original question was referring to two lettered GLOs (such as a Delta Gamma chapter of Delta Gamma or a Phi Mu of a Phi Mu (which I know now doesn't exist since they skip over)), what about three lettered chapters? Is there a Gamma Phi chapter of Gamma Phi Beta?