Three letter chapters

[naraht]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I am glad you are learning something new.

I just wanted you to know that there are not 9 NPHC fraternities and not all of us use Greek letters for alumni/alumnae chapters.

Omega Psi Phi's lettering is not "a mess" even if it is unclear to you.

If you can direct me to any source as to how letters have been assigned to alumni/alumnae chapters in Omega Psi Phi I would be grateful. Ideally this would be an explanation that would enable me to figure out if tomorrow a new alumnae chapter was chartered in Ottumwa, Iowa what it's letters would be. (I don't *think* location affects lettering, but beats me)

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by naraht

If you can direct me to any source as to how letters have been assigned to alumni/alumnae chapters in Omega Psi Phi I would be grateful. Ideally this would be an explanation that would enable me to figure out if tomorrow a new alumnae chapter was chartered in Ottumwa, Iowa what its letters would be. (I don't *think* location affects lettering, but beats me)

Omega Psi Phi has graduate chapters. I used alumni (and alumnae) in the post you quoted but not in reference to Omega Psi Phi and other fraternities that use "graduate" instead of "alumni."

Check out their national website and district websites.

This excites you but bores the hell out of me so good luck figuring this all out.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Omega Psi Phi has graduate chapters. I used alumni (and alumnae) in the post you quoted but not in reference to Omega Psi Phi and other fraternities that use "graduate" instead of "alumni."

Check out their national website and district websites.

This excites you but bores the hell out of me so good luck figuring this all out.

I'm still trying to figure out why I used alumni/alumnae. Fortunately, there aren't WiOPF websites.

I tried their National site, While I can find geographically based searches for Omega Psi Phi, I can't find anything on that site with the chapters (much less the graduate chapters) with the order of chartering. It does appear that the graduate chapters in the larger communities (especially those likely to have early graduate chapters like Atlanta and Chicago) have two letter names and the smaller communities (which would be more likely to come later) are in the second and third letter same category.

I'm on the National History Committee for APO, so I'm used to this. (I've done research on both closed schools with APO charters and the two chapters in the APO whose chartering dates are more than 5 years from where they should be in the letter order)

Thanx for your help.