non-NPC national/regional social sororities (recruitment-based)
 

The thread on helping smaller GLOs made me realize that very few of us know about the national/regional social sororities who are not of the NPC.

Here is a partial listing of non-NPC, recruitment-based social sororities that are (inter)national/regional. Please let me know of others, so I can add their info to the list. (Since I am not as familiar with the non-NPC, intake-based social sororities, I hope someone will post a thread on them too - some info can be found on this older thread -
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...threadid=32212 )

General Social Sororities
1. Alpha Kappa Phi (Agonian) - founded in 1885, 4 active chapters (NY based); www.geneseo.edu/~ago/
2. Alpha Sigma - founded in 1992, 4 active chapters (NY based); www.alphasigmasorority.com/
3. Alpha Sigma Theta - founded 1984, 3 chapters (east coat, west coast - NY, CA); www.alphasigmatheta.com/
4. Kappa Beta Gamma – founded 1916, 7 chapters (mainly mid-west - IL, WI, MI); www.kappabetagamma.org
5. Kappa Delta Phi NAS - founded in 1969, 13 active chapters (New England based - NH, RI, ME, VT, MA, NY); very closely affiliated with Kappa Delta Phi men's fraternity, www.KappaDeltaPhiNAS.org
6. Kappa Lambda Psi – founded 1980, 5 chapters, only 1 active (New England based - NY, NJ); http://www.geocities.com/MaristKLP/
7. Iota Beta Chi - founded 1996, 2 chapters (Canada based), http://www.iotabetachi.com/
8. Pi Nu Epsilon – founded 1914, 4 chapters (mainly east coast - NY, Canada); www.canton.edu/pi_nu_epsilon/
9. Sigma Gamma Phi (Arethusa) - founded in 1870, 4 active chapters (NY based) http://www.main.arethusa.org/


Niche-Market Social Sororities
1. Alpha Delta Chi (Christian) – founded 1925, 13 chapters (mainly west coast - CA); www.alphadeltachi.org/
2. Alpha Sigma Kappa (engineering) – founded 1989, 6 chapters (mainly central); www.alpha-sigma-kappa.org/
3. Ceres (agriculture) – founded 1985, 9 chapters (mainly west, mid-west - WA, Canada, SD, ND, KY, IL); www.ceresfraternity.org
4. Mu Epsilon Theta (Catholic) – founded 1987, 2 chapters (south – TX), http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/metheta/
5. Phi Beta Chi (Christian) – founded 1980, 7 chapters (mainly central, east coast – TX, IN, NC) www.phibetachi.org/
6. Phi Sigma Rho (engineering) – founded 1984, 22 chapters (west coast, central, mid-west, east coast – CA, OR, WA, MO, TX, IN, OH, MI, KY, PA, NY, NJ, FL); www.phisigmarho.org
7. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi (Jewish) – founded 1998, 5 active chapters (mainly west coast, central – CA, AZ, MN); www.sigmaaepi.com/
8. Sigma Alpha Iota (music) - founded 1903, 212 chapters (allows dual membership with other social sororities); www.sai-national.org
9. Sigma Phi Lambda (Christian) - founded 1988, 23 chapters (mainly south - TX, OK, AL, MO, MS, AR, FL, SC); www.sigma-phi-lambda.com
10. Sigma Alpha Omega (Christian) – founded 1998, 15 chapters (mainly east coast, mid-west – NC, GA, IL); www.sigmaalphaomega.org
11. Theta Alpha (Christian) - founded 2006, 3 chapters (Florida based); www.thetaalpha.org

Re: non-NPC national/regional social sororities (recruitment-based)
 

they have at least one chapter in michigan - at the university of michigan

Re: non-NPC national/regional social sororities (recruitment-based)
 

I'm really impressed with these girls - there is a chapter on my campus, and while it is definitely not something I would ever be interested in (it's not really my religion), I have to give them respect. They are really hardcore. (If sometimes a little harsh toward 'the rest of us', lol.) Check out their chapter website: http://www.gtadx.org/

This is another non-NPC national that GT has on campus: Alpha Omega Epsilon - a professional and social engineering sorority. They have 21 chapters and colonies. http://www.aoesorority.org/

There's also Sigma Alpha, a national agricultural sorority. According to the website, they have 60 chapters.

Iota Beta Chi is a social sorority for Halifax area universities (all of Dalhousie's GLOs are open to students who attend Halifax universities, I believe. I know that AGD is open to all the schools (Dal, St. Mary's, Mount St. Vincent)). Their Beta chapter is at the University of New Brunswick

IBX Alpha Chapter

IBX Beta Chapter

Kappa Beta Gamma was an NPC member for several years but withdrew due to the loss of several chapters. They were founded originally as a sorority for Catholic women. At present, they are trying to grow the sorority in order to rejoin NPC.

From Kappa Beta Gamma's website...
"Currently, Kappa Beta Gamma is actively looking to increase its numbers to become Pan-Hellenic affiliated. The sorority is recruiting both inactive and new chapters to expand our sorority's ideals and provide more leadership opportunities for women."

This is the one of the reasons why I asked my question about "pan-hellenic" vs. "panhellenic" usage.

Thank you! I have added them to the list.

These groups would not be part of this list becase they are professional fraternities/sororities, and so like service fraternities/sororities are co-ed.

From my understanding, groups like Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity had to drop the references to "professional" to receive exemption from Title IX. There are other threads where Phi Mu Alpha brothers explain this whole Title IX thing, but basically after Title IX there is not such thing as a "professional and social" fraternity/sorority. A group is either a social and exempt from Title IX, or a professional and co-ed.

Sigma Alpha is not coed, at least not according to their website.

Phi Kappa Pi (Clios) http://www.geneseo.edu/~clio/ , I believe they are regional as well..on SUNY campuses

Same for Alpha Omega Epsilon. According to their website - "Alpha Omega Epsilon is a professional and social sorority composed of female engineering students and alumnae."

http://www.aoesorority.org/about.asp

Some professional fraternities/sororities may not always advertise that they are co-ed. But legally, they must allow both female and male members due to Title IX.

ETA: A member of Sigma Alpha confirmed that they do allow both female and male members.

From info on the internet, Phi Kappa Pi (Clionian Sorority) was founded in 1872 at Geneseo State Normal School and had 7 chapters in NY. Clionian Sorority dissolved nationally in 1954, when all fraternal organizations in the SUNY system were forced to go local. Two chapters of the old Clionian Sorority still exist today (at SUNY-Geneseo and at SUNY-Postdam), but they have never become re-affliated.

Theta Alpha is a new Christian sorority that is expanding regionally across Florida and into Georgia. They already have 2 established chapters. I read about them in the Up and Coming GLO section of Greekchat. Website is www.thetaalpha.org

Actually I think there are 4 different Alpha Sigmas.

There are several different Alpha Sigmas, as it seems to be a popular name, but this Alpha Sigma has 4 chapters. :) I should have included the webste when I posted it the first time.

http://www.alphasigmasorority.com/

Sigma Phi Lambda is another Christian national sorority, and they have a lot of chapters around Texas that I know of. Here's their wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Phi_Lambda

(I couldn't get the www.sigma-phi-lambda.com site to work for some reason.)

Other smaller sororities that I can name off the top of my head would be multicultural ones like Kappa Delta Chi, alpha Kappa Delta Phi, and Theta Nu Xi. I'm not sure if they pertain to this list or if they're in another council or not, but there they are.

I know Kappa Delta Chi does not pertain to the list, they're a NALFO (national council for Latino GLOs) organization. Theta Nu Xi is one of the largest multicultural sororities in the country, but they're not in the NMGC (national council for multicultural GLOs). alpha Kappa Delta Phi is one of the largest Asian sororities in the country, but isn't in any national councils that I know of.

kappa beta gamma is not a religious sorority, we're a social sorority that was founded on christian beliefs. however, there isn't much religious affiliation currently (at least i can say that about nu chapter, where i was a sister :) ) also, i just wanted to make a note about the information listed in the first post. while kappa beta gamma, is mostly a midwest based sorority, there is a chapter on the east coast. i just don't like to see my chapter forgotten:p

Alpha Sigma has four different chapters in NY- Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Baruch College, & St. Francis.

That would be me.....

Founded in 1971....13 chapters and 2 colonies and you can update it to the North East area with the addition of 1 chapter and 1 colony in PA. We are actively looking to expand into NJ & MD as well. Our national website is KappaDeltaPhiNAS.org (the one you have is one hosted by our Kappa Sigma chapter)

Although we are affiliated with Kappa Delta Phi Fraternity Inc. We are a seperate national organization with our own Executive Director, Board of Director's, Constitution & By-Laws, etc. We host our annual convention in conjuction with Kappa Delta Phi Fraternity although our General Business Meetings & Board of Directors meetings are held seperately. We co-host a joint Awards Banquet as well as an Alumni Cocktail Party at our annual conventions.

p.s. I love that I found this sight and all of this information is so readily available. Thank you to all who have put the effort into gathering it!!!!

KBG update
 

Ok, here is the Kappa Beta Gamma update/clarification.

We never were a part of NPC. We never had the chapter numbers when were were interested. By the time we had reached the 7 required chapters, the requirement changed to 14. I have not seen it, but our advisor used to have a copy of the 1977 Bairds manual, where underneath the listings of NPC sororities, Kappa Beta Gamma stands alone as the only non-NPC affiliated social sorority listed. I think that is why so many people thought we were NPC at one time.

We are not looking to become Panhellenic at this time. Aside from not having required numbers, there are other personal reasons why we have no interest. Apparently a decade ago or so, NPC had made an agreement with us that if we reached seven active chapters, they would assist us in expansion to reach the required 14 to gain NPC membership, however we currently don't have that relationship anymore, obviously.

Alpha Sigma Kappa- Women in Technical Studies is interested in expansion. However, it is very difficult for numerous reasons. I think the biggest though is who we pool from for membership. Because we are pulling women from technical fields (architecture, engineering, mathematics, and the sciences) we start with a limited pool. Then, at least in my experience, the women in these fields are generally not interested in greek life, or at best only have an indifferent opinion of it. Partly this is because they are motivated in what they want to do, but also b/c they generally aren't the "pretty" girls of the sterotypical image of sororities.

I know there is a larger interest for this group than what I've been able to see at Oklahoma, but we are seriously overshadowed by the large NPC and IFC presence. (e.g. no matter how hard we try, we are still hidden) :(

Yes Phi Kappa Pi (Clio) is a regional sorority, we have remaining chapters at Geneseo and Potsdam. We originally had 9 chapters throughout the SUNY system before the national ban in 1953.

Another regionally affiliated organization is Alpha Delta~ http://www.geneseo.edu/~ade/ they also have a chapter in Potsdam called ADK

I love that we got included here!! Cuz, we are social! Just not NPC cuz we are "special interest". We went social as soon as title IX was released because our national board wanted us to remain single sexed.

Alpha Omega Epsilon is not co-ed. We fall under Title IX because we are a social sorority, as well as professional. There was a discussion about this at our International Convention and I believe our IEB consulted with our lawyers about this.

Sorry for the bump of the old thread, but I wanted to correct this.

Alpha Chi Sigma
 

Don't forget Alpha Chi Sigma (known as AXE). It is a national co-ed professional chemistry fraternity. My boyfriend is a member at Syracuse University!

They have this really funny shirt that says: (front) Chemists do it on a table...(back) Periodically (with a periodical table on the back).

The site says there have been 90 chapters chartered with 50 active. It was founded in 1902 at the University of Wisconsin! Although they are a professional fraternity, they also operate as a social organization. At Penn State, they have a house!

http://https://www.alphachisigma.org...e.aspx?pid=211

They were started at UW! They have a big plaque in the entrance to the chemistry honoring them, which I think is cool. I like seeing a university honor a GLO. :)

They have a house here, too, where they offer free chemistry tutoring. (I took them up on this a lot prior to my MCAT.)

Wow! That is really cool! Hey, would you mind telling me about the MCAT? My boyfriend, the AXE member, is planning on taking the MCAT. He wants to do a graduate program in Science before going to medical school.

I also like to see when schools honor GLOs. I think there is something at the school where Phi Mu was founded honoring both Phi Mu and Alpha Delta Pi. Anyone care to verify that?

I've seen photos of a fountain at Georgia Wesleyan, which I think honors both of the Macon Magnolias. I can't seem to find a picture of it, though. Mabe somebody else will have better luck? Both Phi Mu and Alpha Delta Pi have rooms decorated in the 1800's style, too.

Adelphean Room:
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:4...ages/ADPi1.jpg

Philomathean Room:
http://www.travelpost.com/MainImages...450108_170.jpg

They're both in the Cannonball House:
http://www.travelpost.com/MainImages...449171_170.jpg

If you go through my facebook photos there is an album with ALL of the Macon bits and goodies!

There are also Multicultural sororities and fraternities, such as Chi Upsilon Sigma, Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Inc., Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Inc. Alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Pi Delta Psi Fraternity, Delta Sigma Iota Fraternity, Lambda Theta Phi, Lambda Sigma Upsilon. .... and the list goes on. There are so many GLO's out there that are not in the NPC. Some may be BGLO's or not....

Yes, it sounds as if you're saying Kappa Beta Gamma was kicked out of the NPC. Kappa Beta Gamma never was NPC to begin with. I should know...

Kappa Beta Gamma is strictly Christian based, not Catholic. I do not approve of this comment. Not only that but we were founded in 1917, not 16.

Those posts were over five years old....

So, what, I can't comment? In fact, a lot of this information about KBG is inaccurate and not up to date.

Since your sorority only had chapters at Catholic-based colleges until 2002 (Lambda at Northern Michigan - your 11th chapter), you'll have to excuse those of us who believed that KBG was initially founded and based on Catholic principles. It is an easy mistake to make and one that several people shared.

Kaorin_Kanoe, please read the entire thread before commenting.

Also, no one gives a damn if you approve or don't approve.