Chapter naming

[Jen]

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[aephi alum]

Some GLO's start with Alpha and go through the Greek alphabet until they hit Omega. Then they start with Alpha Alpha through Alpha Omega, Beta Alpha through Beta Omega, etc.

Others break it down by state, so the first chapter in Massachusetts would be Massachusetts Alpha, the first chapter in Ohio would be Ohio Alpha, etc.

AEPhi did something a little different. They went from Alpha to Omega, then went from Alpha Alpha through Alpha Omega, then Epsilon Alpha through Epsilon Omega, then Phi Alpha through Phi Omega. After that they started over with Beta Alpha. So I'm from the Beta Epsilon chapter, but we were the 101st chapter chartered.

HTH

[Optimist Prime]

some do it backwards..they go from Alpha to Omega then Alpha Alpha to Omega Alpha. Then Alpha Beta to Omega Beta..etc. My org.( Theta Chi) doesn't double the letters. It went from Omega to Alpha Beta. and then Beta Alpha to Beta Gamma.

[TechAPhi]

Alpha Phi chapters are named in alphabetical order as they are incorporated. Thus...

Alpha (Syracuse University), our founding chapter, through the Greek alphabet to Omega (University of Texas).

There is only one collegiate chapter that begins with "Alpha" and that is our very first chapter at Syracuse. So we have no "Alpha Alpha" chapter, for example.
Instead, after the first 24 (Alpha through Omega), we began at Beta Alpha (University of Illinois), our 25th chapter.

Interesting side note: All Alpha Phi chapters are named in order of the Greek alphabet except the Eta chapter at Boston University. This chapter should have been Gamma--or the third chapter--but was incorporated as the Eta chapter because it had seven founding members and Eta is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet.

Jen

[CutiePie2000]

I am not sure how Delta Delta Delta denotes its American chapters, but in Canada, it goes Canada Alpha, Canada Beta, Canada Gamma, Canada Delta (they've had up to 4 Canadian chapters).

Not sure how TriDelts denote their USA chapters...they use a different method though for their USA chapters...

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Another thing...some GLOs have chapters will have a "deuteron"...
A "deuteron" (D) after the chapter name indicates that the chapter has been inactive at some point in its history but is currently an active chapter.
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Delta Gamma: they pretty much use the Alpha Gamma, Alpha Delta, Alpha Epsilon method (they're up to Eta Eta right now)...however, the first few chapters were able to use whatever they wanted. The first ever chapter for DG is "Psi" (now closed). Then, DG realized that they needed to start naming their chapters in a more orderly fashion, so they use the method that is in place today. However, you still see a bit of the here and there method that they used to use....for example, DG's chapter at U of Washington in Seattle is "Beta" chapter, but it is actually not the second ever chapter...it is farther down the line than that.

[TechAPhi]

CutiePie2000: Good catch on the deuteron! I never would have thought to mention that!

Jen

None has mentioned this yet either. Some sororities and fraternities, use the Omega chapter as one to honor brothers and sisters who have passed on.

My sorority is just at Delta (We label our chapters, and pledge classes, with alphabetical increments).

[AOPiLaLa]

Alpha Omicron Pi started off going from Alpha to Omega and then(I think) to Alpha Beta, Alpha Gamma, etc, etc. But when we got to a LOT of chapters, some of chapters took letters that also meant their college. For example, I attended Elon College and my AOTT chapter their is Epsilon Chi. And I am now an advisor at Georgia State and they are the Gamma Sigma chapter. I thought that was neat and always easy to remember. Anyone else do anything like that?

[SigmaChiCard]

something i've always been told is that most all glo's before they get their actual charter on a campus and are just a colony, will add an alpha to the end of what they currently are, ie sigma chi alpha, is that true for any/all glo's that you know of? My friend was telling me this, so I just started thinking about Lambda Chi, and how their name implies (to those who know, at least on our campus) are forever like a colony. I'm not degrading, that's just the only org i know of off-hand with an alpha at the end, but i don't know much about glo's outside what's at my campus.

[GmuTeke]

Another interesting note:

While TKE does Alpha Alpha when they run through the greek alphabet (that being the 25th chapter), we don't have any Eta Chapters, it simply skips from Zeta Omega to Theta Alpha.

Various reasons for this are bandied about the chapter, personally, I think it's because they didnt want anyone to be the "Eta Pi" chapter. (apologies go out to any chapters that are Eta Pi)

[AlphaGam1019]

rofl, GMU!

[shadokat]

We name like AEPhi said. We went Alpha through Omega, then Delta Alpha through Delta Omega, Phi Alpha through Phi Omega and Epsilon Alpha through Epsilon Omega. Now we're in Gamma. Colonies get single letters until they are formally chartered, and then they get a dual letter name.

[The1calledTKE]

TKE also has a chapter that has an unusual chapter and its called the Scorpion chapter. Its at Cornell University. It would have be our sigma chapter but they took that name thats why we don't have a sigma chapter.

[SSS1365]

Originally posted by Artimis
None has mentioned this yet either. Some sororities and fraternities, use the Omega chapter as one to honor brothers and sisters who have passed on.

I know that Tri Sigma is one such GLO that does this. When a member or alum passes on, we say she entered Omega chapter.

[The1calledTKE]

TKE says when a member dies that they entered the chapter eternal.