are you a fraternity, or a sorority?
 

I'm trying to find out what women's (or co-ed) GLO's call themselves a "fraternity" as opposed to a "sorority". Anybody want to chime in???

We are Officially the Chi Omega Fraternity. I think the word sorority was coined by Gamma Phi Beta when they were founded although I'm not sure what their official name is.

-M

We are Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity for women.

Alpha Gamma Delta is an International Fraternity for Women.

D Phi E is Delta Phi Epsilon International Sorority

Kappa Kappa Gamma is an International Fraternity for Women

Alpha Xi Delta is a National Fraternity for Women

Pi Beta Phi is also a fraternity for women. The word sorority did not exist when many groups were founded, thus they called themselves fraternity.


PBF

Pi Beta Phi is a Fraternity for Women.

I am a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity.

I'm pretty sure we're Alpha Delta Pi International Sorority, but I'll check out our national website :)

Our legal name is Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity, Inc. and we only use "Inc." when it is legally required. We also do not use the term "international" in our name even though we have chapters in another country.

Phi Mu Fraternity

Alpha Phi is Alpha Phi International Fraternity

Beta Sigma Phi is Beta Sigma Phi International Sorority

Delta Gamma Fraternity

We are Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority!!!

We are Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority. (although Alpha thru Upsilon Charters have Fraternity on them...we changed along the way).

PsychTau

This was touched on, and there's info about it in other threads, but the word "sorority" didn't exist (at least in the GLO world) until Gamma Phi Beta was founded. Sororities founded before that used the word "fraternity." However some sororities founded after GPhiB chose to stick with the word "fraternity."

ADPi was founded before GPhiB, but under a different name. I believe when they changed their name to Alpha Delta Pi, they adopted the word "sorority" with their new name.

We are Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority.

We are Alpha Psi Lambda National Fraternity, Inc.

social co-ed latino based fraternity.

Phi Sig is "Phi Sigma Sigma fraternity Inc." Hence making us a fraternity for women


ETA... I wonder why it is that while *most* Npc groups have chapters in Canada and are therefore Intl some put SOOO much more emphasis on the fact that they are international than others ? ....

From my point of view, and from what I have heard from my Canadian sisters, it's insulting when we call ourselves National because we're international, or for instance when talking about HQ calling it "Nationals", because it's International.

That and the fact that it is pretty cool that we have international chapters.

I agree. Alpha Gam emphasizes "International" out of respect to our Canadian sisters. We're proud of them--we want EVERYONE to know they are there and they are just as important as the rest of their sisters in the lower 48! :)

Plus, I would say that "most" NPCs being international is somewhat of a misnomer--AFAIK, only 12 NPCs have active chapters outside of the US. I think that's something to toot our horns about! ;)

interesting... there was a thread about which orgs. had chapters in Canada and I *thought* I head remembered more than 12 being listed... but Greeklawgirl is always a wealth of knowledge of all things NPC :D
Makes me want to contact Phi Sig and tell them we should start embracing our sisters to the north and making certain EVERYONE knows they are there. (Right moosegirl ?) :cool:

right! :p

actually I proposed a constitutional change this year asking all instances of "national" be changed to "international"....who knows if it'll go through? :confused:

AS far as groups in Canada - 19 NPC have been in Canada, but fewer are still here (thus the 12)

36 NAIC groups have been in Canada - again, not sure how many still have canuck chapters

I personally don't feel the need to add International into our name.

We are Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated.

I think our founders were some of the original women's libbers! They wanted something equal to the men on campus, and we are a ladies fraternity. According to my pledge manual, all greek letter groups, whether for men or women, were called fraternities until 1874 when the term sorority was used. And the word sorority was coined for Gamma Phi Beta.

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I figured this out a while ago:

Here is a list. If there are any corrections let me know.

In sum:
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, 1851 (Adelphean Society became a Sorority in 1904)
Phi Mu Fraternity, 1852 (Philomathean Society became a Fraternity in 1904)
Pi Beta Phi Fraternity, 1867 (I. C. Sorosis Fraternity adopted name PBF in 1882)
Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity, 1870 (January 27)
Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870 (October 13)
Alpha Phi Fraternity, 1872
Delta Gamma Fraternity, 1873
Sigma Kappa Sorority, 1874 (November 9) (Founded as a Fraternity, became a Sorority in 1904)
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, 1874 (November 11)
Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity, 1885
Delta Delta Delta Fraternity, 1888
Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity, 1893 (founded as a Sorority, became a Fraternity in 1913)
Chi Omega Fraternity, 1895
Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity, 1897 (January 2)
Kappa Delta Sorority, 1897 (October 23) (don't know if it changed)
Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority, 1898 (April 20) (don't know if it changed)
Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity, 1898 (October 15)
Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority, 1899 (founded as a Fraternity, became a Sorority in 1935)
Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority, 1901
Delta Zeta Sorority, 1902
Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity, 1904
Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority, 1909
Theta Phi Alpha Fraternity, 1912
Phi Sigma Sigma Fraternity, 1913
Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority, 1917 (March 17)
Sigma Delta Tau Sorority, 1917 (March 25)

Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc

--- Try saying that five times fast:D

You're right! :)

We were founded by a member of a women's fraternity, but we are a sorority.

sorority
 

Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Inc.

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Quite right, AEPhi was a sorority from the start.

Founders' Day = October 24.

now do you guys Incorporated, or IIIINNNNCCOOPORATED!!!?!?!!?!

:p

Thanks Abbey! I thought that's what it was, and then checking the international website I couldn't find it stated plainly like that *anywhere*, so I knew another sister would come across this thread and correct me if I was wrong! :)

Founder's Day: May 15 :) (less than two months from now until we're 153!!! :D)

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October must've been a good month, 'cause that's when we were founded too. :)

Great minds think alike :D Kappa Delta was founded on October 23!

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My birthday! :D

Delta Omega Delta Sorority we are the Omega LaDEES not men lol........

We are Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated

Founded at Howard University in 1913 by 22 DEDICATED and DETERMINED women. We are an international sorority of over 900 chapters and 200,000 plus members.



@ starang, you know we stretch incorporated when need be but for the purposes of this dicussion I'll leave it simple.