Same Chapter designation as another
 

I was wondering if there were any GLO chapters at schools where there was another chapter with the same designation. For instance at Smith College: ABC-Alpha Beta Chapter, XYC-Alpha Beta Chapter.

I'm guessing there can't be very many. There are probably a lot from GLO's who use the state naming system. Let's see what everyone can come up with.

Yep, at SIUE, there are two IFC fraternities that are both Illinois Eta Chapter.

At the University of North Alabama, Sigma Chi and Zeta Tau Alpha are both Eta Rho chapters.

This is slightly off topic....but how do each national headquarters determine the naming system of the chapters? you would think it would be the same, but at SPSU, we are the Iota Theta Chapter - number 200, and Sigma Nu is the Iota Pi chapter, but they are also number 200. HUH???!!!

Some GLOs name their chapters differently than others. Some go by State (Florida Alpha, for example), others have a system that doesn't necessarily go Alpha, Beta etc, then Alpha Alpha, Alpha Beta etc, then Beta Alpha, Beta Beta and so on.

We used to designate chapter names by the date of colonization; now it's by the date of installation.

That makes sense. Yeah we get our chapter name based on date of installation, and Alpha-Omega, then all Alpha Alpha, Alpha Beta...etc.

I dont guess its that common for orgs with 3 letters (but it could happen), but I guess for orgs with only 2 letters, wouldn't it be cool to be the sigma nu chapter of sigma nu? Haha.

The University of the South (Sewanee) has Tennessee Omega chapters of both ATO and SAE.

-Jason

We don't use Omega in any of our chapter names, nor do we start any chapter designation with Alpha except for the original chapter, (ie. no Alpha Beta chapter).

My chapter is number 272, Mu Tau.

That would be cool! Another cool thing is when a chapter has the same designation of a two letter GLO - an example would be Delta Gamma chapter of Alpha Delta Pi.

Yeah - we have the Alpha Chi chapter of AXO and the Delta Zeta chapter, in Michigan, has DZ on campus.

As for chapter names, we did Alpha - Omega, then started over with Alpha Beta... so its always the letter after the letter you start with (in other words, there is no Beta Alpha chapter, but rather Beta Gamma).

We also have no double-letter Eta combinations. Only the original Eta chapter. We jumped from Zeta to Theta - I've never heard an official reason why, but I'm sure no one wanted to be the Eta Pi chapter or something :p

Oh - the double letters, Alpha Alpha, etc. are for alum chapters. Last year the MOM alum chapter was installed - Mu Omicron Mu. It was funny to see the embroidered seat cover that said "MOM" on it.

I never realized there were so many different ways to name the chapters! i guess you learn something new every day :cool:

At Michigan State both my chapter (SDT) and Alpha Phi are the Beta Beta chapters of our organizations.

For some reason I remember my ex telling me that Fiji named their chapters not in order, but somehow by the name of the school or city that the chapter was in. For example, he went to Texas A&M, and I think they are the Alpha Mu chapter.

Any Fijis out there who want to comment on that?

I dunno if this is on purpose or just a coincidence, but one of my guy friends was a Sammy at Adelphi and he said they were the Delta Phi chapter.

At Florida A&M, both the AKAs and the Deltas are Beta Alpha Chapter.

At Howard, the AKAs, Deltas, Zetas, Omegas, and Sigmas are all Alpha chapters.

I am not a member of Phi Gamma Delta, however, my former upstairs neighbor is a Fiji and we discussed this before. Granted it was at a party so my recollection may not be what it should be.

My understanding is that not all chapters are named in that way (name of the school or city), but most are. As I recall, (may be wrong, so please correct) Fiji's chapter designations started with the single letter chapters (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc.), then at some point, the chapters were named after either the city or college.

For example, his Fiji chapter at The University of Colorado is Beta Kappa - for Bolder, Colorado. The Fiji chapter at The University of Kentucky is Upsilon Kappa named for University of Kentucky.

FYI: I believe that Alpha Epsilon Pi may do something similar. UK's chapter, now inactive, was Lambda Kappa (Lexington, Kentucky).

Interesting -- we did the same thing, and I didn't know of any other GLO that followed that pattern. I have no idea why we did it that way.

We do have a Beta Alpha chapter, though. It came after Psi Omega and was followed by Gamma Alpha, Gamma Beta, Delta Alpha, etc.

We have no double-letter (like Beta Beta) chapters, except for Alpha Alpha, which is the chapter designation for a national honorary initiate.

The University of Kentucky
 

The University of Kentucky

E
Alpha Gamma Delta
Phi Sigma Rho

GI
Kappa Alpha Theta
Sigma Nu

Kentucky
Ceres
Delta Chi
FarmHouse
Triangle

Kentucky B
Phi Kappa Psi
Pi Beta Phi

Kentucky E
Phi Delta Theta
Sigma Alpha Epsilon

The University of Nebraska
 

The University of Nebraska

Z
Alpha Omicron Pi
Delta Zeta*

Q
Phi Beta Chi
Sigma Delta Tau*

K
Alpha Gamma Rho
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma

N
Alpha Phi
Pi Kappa Phi*

X
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Sigma Phi*
Sigma Psi Zeta

P
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Delta

R
Alpha Xi Delta
Kappa Alpha Theta

AE
Alpha Delta Pi
Sigma Chi
Theta Xi

Nebraska
Acacia
Delta Chi*
Delta Upsilon
FarmHouse
Triangle

Nebraska A
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Kappa Psi
Sigma Phi Epsilon

*inactive

Chi Chapters:
DDD
DKE

The Phi Kappa Tau's chapter name is Delta Gamma at Ole Miss. The ATO's chapter name is Delta Psi.

I know the Chi Omega's at Alabama are also the Nu Beta Chapter, which is the name of my AOII chapter at Ole Miss.

SDSU has the Gamma Alpha chapters of both Delta Sigma Phi and Alpha Phi

As well as the Beta Lambda Chapters of ZBT and Gamma Phi.

AT Bowling Green State Univ. Ohio

Beta Mu Chapter of

Alpha Xi Delta
Delta Gamma
Kappa Delta

That's kinda funny... I would have expected it to be Beta Chi instead of Beta Kappa... Hmm, maybe they already had a Beta Chi.

Thanks for the information! :)

Zeta Phi Beta and Phi Beta Sigma
-Morgan State University: Gamma Chapter
-Clark Atlanta University: Psi Chapter

University of Michigan
Zeta Sigma Chi and Alpha Phi Alpha are both Epsilon chapters.

DePauw has the Alpha chapters of Alpha Chi Omega and Kappa Alpha Theta :)

I know it's not the same, but I used to think it was cool that the AXO chapter in Chapel Hill that we do stuf with is Epsilon Chi and the AOII chapter on Elon's campus was Epsilon Chi.

longwood college (in va.)should hold 4 alpha chapters if they all name them like we do:

kappa delta, zeta tau alpha, sigma sigma sigma and alpha sigma alpha

The Tekes go in Greek Letter order, except for Scorpion at Cornell, which was the local's name, in place of Sigma.

So the first 24 (with that exception) are Alpha - Omega.

The second 24 are Alpha + (i.e Alpha-Alpha - Alpha Omega)

Then Beta + etc.

To save embarassment, they skipped the Eta + and skipped to Theta +

No decent chapter would enjoy being named Eta Beta or Eta Kappa, or something like that, altho at least one GLO uses Eta +

Unlike most GLOs, we use the classic greek nomenclature:
after all single letters, we use the second tier, third, and so on, of Greek letters (deuteron, triton, etc). So, for example, Beta Charge is in Cornell University, Beta Deuteron Charge is in Iowa State, Beta Triton Charge is in Lake Forest, Beta Proteron Charge is (was) in Ballston Law School in NYC. Alpha Charge is for our founding Charge in Union College, Omega Charge is for departed brothers.

As far as same chapter names, I think Union College in Schenectady, NY, should have six "Alpha" chapters, due to the fact that it was the birthplace of six national fraternities:
Kappa Alpha
Sigma Phi
Delta Phi
Psi Upsilon
Chi Psi
Theta Delta Chi

/hijack
Does anyone else notice that all FIJI front doors are painted purple? Along the same line, SigEps are painted red?

AGD: For all two letter designation names, the first letter represents the region (e.g. Alpha and Zeta first means northeast; Beta and Epsilon, midwest; Gamma and Theta, south; Delta, west)

At the University of Toronto, Pi Phi and Phi Delt are both Ontario Alphas.

Gamma Phi and AEPhi are both Alpha Alpha chapters, but AEPhi closed at U of T in the mid 50s.

At IU:

Phi Mu and Alpha Tau Omega are Delta Alpha chapters
Delta Tau Delta and ADPi are Beta Alpha chapters
Pi Beta Phi and Phi Kappa Psi are Indiana Beta chapters
Kappa Alpha Theta and Sigma Pi are Beta chapters.

At Iowa State both Kappa Alpha Theta and Delta Tau Delta are Gamma Pi chapters.

In Alpha Sigma Phi, it's by Greek alphabetical order by date of installation, omitting Omega and any double-letter combination ending in Omega.

Hmm, several people have mentioned the omega thing. Am I a retard or is there something bad luck about Omega? Other than its the last letter of the alphabet and people are supersticious about it being last?

Tri Sigma doesn't use Omega in it's chapter designations because the Omega chapter is the chapter reserved for those sisters who pass away. Several other groups do the same. It's just tradition.

I believe that both Chi Omega and Delta Zeta's chapter designations at Louisville are "Beta Gamma".

That is my chapter. And pull at my heartstrings since my chapter was closed in May.

I always say "Delta Gamma, University of Arizona" just because it's the name of another sorority (that ironically is directly across the street from the ADPi house at U of A)

End of my little mini hijack

Chapter Designation
 

By coincidence, the local chapter that became the Delta Lambda chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha was Delta Lambda Sigma. It was a 20+ year old local chapter at Georgia State University before being chartered in 1961. Our chapters are named in Greek alpha order, too, although I do know of one exception.

I had the priviledge of meeting some of the Delta Lambda Sigma alumnae last year. For reasons I don't quite understand, they chose not to be initiated upon installation, as is our custom. To this day they still wear their Delta Lambda Sigma badges when they get together. It was really cool.