Service fraternities and sororities

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Service fraternity or service sorority may refer to any fraternal public service organization, whether college or community-based. However, in Canada and the United States, the term "fraternity" is typically used to refer to fraternal student societies.

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In the context of the North American student fraternity and sorority system, service fraternities and service sororities comprise a type of organization whose primary purpose is community service. Members of these organizations are not restricted from joining other types of fraternities. This may be contrasted with professional fraternities, whose primary purpose is to promote the interests of a particular profession, and general or social fraternities, whose primary purposes are generally aimed towards some other aspect, such as the development of character, friendship, leadership, or literary ability.

Some general fraternities and their chapters, especially members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, emphasize the service aspects of their activities; however classification as a strictly service organization has legal meaning in regard to Title IX. Service fraternities, like professional fraternities and honor societies must be open to members of both genders since they do not have an exemption from Title IX similar to the one given in section (A)(6)(a) for social fraternities and sororities. [1]

Collegiate service fraternities and sororities

OrganizationCharter date and rangeFounding locationTypeScopeAffiliationActive chaptersStatusReference
Alpha Phi Omega December 16, 1925 Lafayette College Coed fraternityInternational PFA 621Active
Alpha Delta August 4, 2007 Washington, D.C. FraternityNationalIndependent6Active [2] [a]
Alpha Mu Sigma University of Mary Washington Coed sororityLocalIndependent1Active [3]
Alpha Tau Mu September 2, 2009 Tuskegee University African American coed fraternityRegionalIndependent2Active [4] [5] [6]
Beta Nu Theta 2017 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill African American coed fraternityLocalIndependent1Active [6] [7]
Chi Alpha Phi 1979 Lincoln University African American coed fraternityNationalIndependentActive [6] [8] [9] [b]
Delta Chi Gamma May 2014 Virginia Tech SororityLocalIndependent1Active [10] [11]
Delta Gamma Chi 2022 Penn State World Campus SororityNational (virtual)Independent1Active [12] [13]
Delta Nu Zeta December 12, 2003 Florida State University SororityRegionalIndependent2Active [14] [15]
Epsilon Sigma Alpha 1929 Jacksonville, Florida Coed sororityInternationalIndependent23Active [c]
Epsilon Tau Pi April 28, 1999 University of Dayton Coed fraternity for Eagle Scouts NationalIndependent8Active
Gamma Beta Chi November 15, 2002 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida African American fraternityNationalIndependent5Active [6] [16] [17]
Gamma Pi Alpha November 12, 1994 Tuskegee University African American sororityLocalIndependent1Active [18] [6]
Gamma Sigma Sigma October 12, 1952 New York City, New York Coed sororityNationalIndependent53Active
Kappa Delta Tau March 11, 1963 Eastern Kentucky University DororityLocalIndependent1Active [19] [20]
Lambda Delta Sigma 1919 Concordia College SororityLocalIndependent1Active [d]
Nu Alpha Nu 2006 Alabama State University African American fraternityLocalIndependent1Active [6] [21]
Nu Alpha Omicron 2012 Alabama State University African American sororityLocalIndependent1Active [6]
Omega Delta Sigma 1999 University of Florida Veterans fraternityNationalIndependent15Active
Omega Phi Alpha June 15, 1967 Bowling Green State University Coed sororityNationalIndependent29Active [e]
Phi Delta 2006 Truman University SororityLocalIndependent1Active [22]
Rho Pi Alpha 1993 Tuskegee University FraternityLocalIndependentActive [23]
Upsilon Phi Upsilon March 31, 1990 Southern University African American fraternityNationalIndependent17Active [6] [24] [25]
Zeta Mu Phi Penn State World Campus SororityNational (virtual)Independent0Inactive [26]
Zeta Theta Pi 2007 Centra Michigan University SororityRegionalIndependent2Active [27] [28]
  1. ↑ Formed when several all male chapters of Alpha Phi Omega exited after all chapters were required to become co-ed.
  2. ↑ Accepts both college and community members.
  3. ↑ Also has a larger non-collegiate division.
  4. ↑ Originally formed as a social sorority.
  5. ↑ Formed in 1953 with the assistance of brothers of the Zeta Kappa chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, but did not register as a national group until 1967 when three independent chapters merged. Member was limited to former Girl Scouts and Campfire Girls until 1958.

Non-collegiate service fraternities and sororities

OrganizationCharter date and rangeFounding locationTypeScopeAffiliationActive chaptersStatusReference
Alpha Pi Chi January 7, 1963 Chicago, Illinois African American sororityNationalIndependent40+Active [6] [29] [a]
Chi Alpha Phi 1979 Lincoln University Coed African American fraternityNationalIndependentActive [6] [8] [9] [b]
Chi Gamma Kappa January 22, 2017 Georgia African American fraternityRegionalIndependentActive [6] [30] [31] [c]
Delta Rho July 1, 2004 Orlando, Florida African American sororityNationalIndependent3Active [32] [6] [d]
Delta Theta Tau October 16, 1903 Muncie, Indiana SororityNationalIndependent72Active
Epsilon Sigma Alpha 1929 Jacksonville, Florida Coed sororityInternationalIndependent800+Active [e]
Gamma Pi Chi July 16, 2016 Georgia African American professional sororityRegionalIndependent2Active [33] [6] [f]
Psi Psi Psi October 2, 1919 Indianapolis, Indiana Sorority for Delta Delta Delta mothersInternationalIndependent8Active
Tau Gamma Delta 1942 Lewis Business College SororityNationalIndependent13Active
  1. ↑ Its founders were all associated with Alpha Gamma Chi. Members are mostly African American professionals.
  2. ↑ Accepts both college and community members.
  3. ↑ Members must be enrolled in college, have a college degree, or professional certification in her chosen career and live in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina or South Carolina
  4. ↑ Members must be at least 25 years old. Most members are professional women.
  5. ↑ Also has a collegiate division.
  6. ↑ Members must be enrolled in college, have a college degree, or professional certification in her chosen career and live in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina or South Carolina

See also

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  2. ↑ Southwick, Emily (2008-04-14). "He's not your average bear: Service fraternity responsible for bringing out UM mascot shares behind-the-scene look at being Bananas". The Maine Campus . Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
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  13. ↑ "Founders". Delta Gamma Chi. Penn State University. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  14. ↑ "Delta Nu Zetta: University of Florida", deltanuzetauf.com, retrieved 19 October 2016
  15. ↑ "Delta Nu Zeta | Nole Central". nolecentral.dsa.fsu.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
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  17. ↑ "Registered Chapters". Gamma Beta Chi NSFI. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
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  19. ↑ "KDT Active Chapter".
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  27. ↑ "Zeta Theta Pi Local Service Sorority". redbirdlife.illinoisstate.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  28. ↑ "About". Zeta Theta Pi At Illinois State University. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  29. ↑ "History | Alpha Pi Chi". alphapichi.org. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  30. ↑ "Home". Chi Gamma Kappa Social Service Fraternity. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  31. ↑ "History". Chi Gamma Kappa Social Service Fraternity. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  32. ↑ "Our History". deltarho. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
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