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.