Chapter Designations

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

I wish we did ours like the fiji's do it..

they use the greek letters to write the name (sorry that was confusing

For example, Univ of Oklahoma, in Norman is:
Nu Omicron (Norman Oklahoma)

University of Arkansas in Fayetteville is:
Phi Alpha (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

I thought it was kind of clever.

Originally Posted by TSteven

Some Fiji chapters designations are derived from the university's initials.

University of Kentucky = Upsilon Kappa
Texas A&M University = Alpha Mu

Originally Posted by TSteven

Since some Fiji chapter designations are derived from the university's initials, then I would guess they the chapter would select the university initials.

Two examples I know of.

University of Kentucky = Upsilon Kappa Chapter
Texas A&M University = Alpha Mu Chapter

Originally Posted by notmanhattan

I know earlier in the thread they talked about FIJI chapters being named after their towns or their schools. But what about the FIJI chapter at the University of Georgia-- Kappa Deuteron. Anyone know where this came from?

Bumping...I know this is an old thread, but it was linked in the other one. This is probably the better space to have the discussion that was going on there anyway...

The UT Austin FIJI Chapter is Tau Deuteron. "Tau", clearly from "Texas", and I have read in other threads that deuteron is sometimes used for a chapter that was closed and then recolonized. I'm not sure that's the case with this one. Does anyone know the history on this?

My ignorance and confession - when I was in college, I didn't even realize that "deuteron" wasn't a "real" greek letter!

[DreamfulSpirit]

With OPA, we go in alphabetical order Alpha through Omega, then Alpha Alpha, so on and so forth.

Our alumnae chapters though start with Omega and then add a greek letter: like Omega Gamma is the Atlanta alum chapter, Omega Delta is the alum chapter in Nashville, etc.