Root of Panhellenic:
Pan - meaning "all" or "encompassing"
Hellenic - refering to Hellenes or the Hellenic Culture, another name for Greek.
Therefore, Panhellenic means all-Greek. It is used to signify the organization or councils that supervise Greek organizations, usually sororities, on a campus.
The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) is made up of 26 national sorority member groups. <A HREF="http://www.greeklife.org/npc]http://www.greeklife.org/npc[/URL" TARGET=_blank>
The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is made up of 9 historically Black fraternities and sororities. [URL=http://www.nphc.org]http://www.nphc.org</A>
The National InterFraternity Council (NIC)oversees the 66+ member fraternities. There are members of the NIC that also belong to the NPHC. IN addition, there is some cross over for some of the Latino groups.
http://www.nicindy.org
The Latino organizations have tried on at least 2 separate occasions that I know to form national councils. Unfortunately the infighting between the organizations causes many problems and the groups can't seem to bond together for common interest.
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Fraternally,
Barbara
Zeta Tau Alpha Alumna
If you have to go around telling everyone you're in charge you're not much of a leader.
[This message has been edited by PnguinTrax (edited January 15, 2000).]
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