University of Kentucky student life

The University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky offers a variety of campus living and recreational options for students.

Greek-letter organizations

There are more than fifty active fraternities and sororities at the University of Kentucky. ^{[1] [2]} The social fraternities and sororities have chapter houses. ^[1]

Sororities

In the fall of 2023, 27 percent of the University of Kentucky's undergraduate women belong to a social sorority. ^[3] Following are the social sororities at the University of Kentucky. ^{[1] [2]}

Name	Chapter name	Chapter charter date and range	Status	References
Alpha Chi Omega	Delta Omega	1966–1976, 2015	Active	[4]
Alpha Delta Pi	Beta Psi	1941	Active	[5]
Alpha Delta Theta	Beta	1922–1937	Inactive	[6]
Alpha Gamma Delta	Epsilon	1908	Active	[7]
Alpha Kappa Alpha	Iota Sigma	1975	Active	[8]
Alpha Omicron Pi	Kappa Omega	1982–2019	Inactive	[9]
Alpha Phi	Iota Nu	2009	Active	[10]
Alpha Xi Delta	Xi	1908–2004	Inactive	[11]
Beta Sigma Omicron	Alpha Gamma	1926–1932	Inactive	[12]
Ceres	Nu	1997–20xx ?	Inactive
Chi Omega	Lambda Alpha	1914	Active	[13]
Delta Delta Delta	Delta Rho	1923	Active	[14]
Delta Gamma	Delta Beta	1962	Active	[15]
Delta Phi Lamba			Active	[16]
Delta Phi Mu (local)		2008–201x ?	Inactive
Delta Sigma Theta	Mu Epsilon	1975	Active	[17]
Delta Zeta	Alpha Zeta	1923–1942, 1945	Active	[18]
Gamma Phi Beta	Gamma Omicron	1966–1982, 2019	Active	[19]
Kappa Alpha Theta	Gamma Iota	1945	Active	[20]
Kappa Beta Gamma	Alpha Nu	2017	Active	[21] [22]
Kappa Delta	Epsilon Omega	1910	Active	[23]
Kappa Kappa Gamma	Beta Chi	1910	Active	[24]
Phi Sigma Rho	Epsilon	1999	Active	[25] [26]
Phi Sigma Sigma	Beta Mu	1952–1957	Inactive	[27]
Pi Beta Phi	Kentucky Beta	1962	Active	[28]
Phi Mu	Rho Iota	2011	Active
Sigma Gamma Rho	Mu Omicron	1992	Active	[29]
Sigma Kappa	Theta Rho	1989–2010	Inactive	[30]
Sigma Lambda Gamma	Omicron Zeta	2018	Active	[31]
Sigma Phi Lambda	Alpha Tau	2018–2022	Inactive
Tau Beta Sigma	Eta Zeta	1984	Active	[32]
Theta Nu Xi	Alpha Omicron	2016	Active	[33]
Zeta Phi Beta	Iota Mu	1983	Active	[34]
Zeta Tau Alpha	Alpha Chi	1924–1992	Inactive	[34]

Fraternities

In the fall of 2023, eighteen percent of the University of Kentucky's undergraduate male students belong to a social fraternity. ^[3] Following are the social fraternities at the University of Kentucky. ^{[1] [2]}

Name	Chapter name	Chapter charter date and range	Status	References
Alpha Epsilon Pi	Lambda Kappa	1972–1978	Inactive	[35]
Alpha Gamma Rho	Omicron	1920	Active	[36]
Alpha Lambda Tau	Sigma	1932–1935	Inactive	[37]
Alpha Phi Alpha		1965	Active
Alpha Phi Omega	Alpha Zeta	1933	Active	[38]
Alpha Sigma Phi		1917–1960, 2017	Active
Alpha Tau Omega		1909–2018	Inactive
Beta Sigma Rho		1949–1952	Inactive
Beta Theta Pi		1990–199x ?, 2013	Active
Beta Upsilon Chi		2014	Active
Chi Psi		2016	Actuve
Delta Chi		1914–1954, 1978–1981	Inactive
Delta Sigma Phi		1994	Active	[39]
Delta Tau Delta		1924	Active
FarmHouse		1951–2021	Inactive
Iota Phi Theta		2007	Active
Kappa Alpha Order		1893	Active
Kappa Alpha Psi		1981	Active
Kappa Sigma		1901	Active
Lambda Chi Alpha		1930–2010	Inactive
Omega Psi Phi		1980	Active
Omicron Alpha Tau		1916–1918	Inactive
Phi Beta Sigma		1990	Active
Phi Delta Theta		1901–1972, 1979–1994, 2004–2011, 2018	Active
Phi Gamma Delta		1958–1983, 1994	Active
Phi Kappa Psi		1988–2016, 2025	Active
Phi Kappa Tau		1920–1990, 1996	Active
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia		1922	Active	[40]
Phi Sigma Kappa		1926	Active
Pi Kappa Alpha		1901–2014, 2018	Active
Pi Kappa Phi		1996–200x ?; 2010–2014, 2024	Active
Pi Lambda Phi		1949	Inactive
Sigma Alpha Epsilon		1900–2020, 202x ?	Active	[41]
Sigma Alpha Mu		1915–1924	Inactive
Sigma Chi		1893	Active
Sigma Lambda Beta	Chi Epsilon	2016	Active	[42] [43]
Sigma Nu		1902–1965, 1967–2012, 2016	Active
Sigma Phi Epsilon		1933–1989, 1994–2009, 2015	Active
Sigma Pi		1973–2011, 2917	Active
Tau Kappa Epsilon		1951–199x ?	Inactive
Theta Chi		1968–1990, 2011	Active
Triangle		1920–1983, 2005	Active
Zeta Beta Tau		1942–1973	Inactive

Honor and recognition societies

Name	Chapter name	Chapter charter date and range	Status	References
Alpha Alpha Alpha			Active	[44]
Alpha Psi Omega	Alpha Zeta Epsilon		Inactive	[45]
Kappa Kappa Psi	Eta Zeta	April 16, 1977	Active	[46] [47]
Omicron Delta Kappa	University of Kentucky	1925	Active	[48] [49]

Professional fraternities and sororities

Name	Chapter name	Chapter charter date and range	Status	References
Block and Bridle		1923	Active	[50] [51]
Delta Sigma Delta	Alpha Xi	2008	Active	[52]
Kappa Psi	Upsilon	1909	Active	[53] [54]
Lambda Kappa Sigma	Alpha Nu	1958	Active	[55] [56]
Phi Alpha Delta			Active	[57]
Phi Delta Epsilon	Kappa Psi	1978	Active	[58] [59]
Sigma Alpha	Beta Omicron	2013	Active	[60] [61]
Sigma Alpha Iota	Delta Omega	1967	Active	[62] [63]

Religion and life-philosophy

Following are some of the religious organizations at the University of Kentucky.

Christian Student Fellowship building

Christianity

• Baptist Campus Ministries ^[64]
• Catholic Newman Center ^{[64] [65]}
• Christian Student Fellowship ^{[64] [66]}
• Cru ^[64]
• Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) ^{[67] [68]}
• Orthodox Christian Fellowship ^{[64] [69]}
• Reformed University Fellowship ^{[64] [70]}
• Wesley Foundation ^[64]
• Young Life ^{[64] [71]}

Islam

• Muslim Student Association ^[72]

Judaism

• Chabad on Campus ^{[73] [74]}
• Hillel Foundation ^[73]

Secular humanism and nontheism

• Secular Student Alliance ^[75]

Campus recreation

The university has several campus recreational facilities. The Johnson Center features basketball courts, group fitness studios, racquetball courts, rock climbing walls, a running track, and weight lifting facilities. ^[76] The Lancaster Aquatic Center, located next to the Johnson Center, opened in 1989. ^[77] The Alumni Gym Fitness Center opened in 2018 and is a renovation of the historic Alumni Gymnasium, which was home to UK men's basketball from 1924 to 1950. ^[78]

North Campus residence halls, with downtown Lexington in the background.

Residence halls

In the fall of 2023, 34 percent of the students at the University of Kentucky lived in college-owned or affiliated housing, while 66 percent of student lived off campus. ^[3] Following are residence halls at the University of Kentucky. ^[79]

Name	Location	Opened date	Notes	References
Baldwin Hall	Central Campus	2005		[80]
Ball Hall	Central Campus	2014	Known as Woodland Glen II before 2020–21	[81]
Blazer Hall	North Campus	2014		[82]
Boyd Hall	North Campus	2016		[83]
Chellgren Hall	Central Campus	2015		[84]
Donovan Hall	Central Campus	2013		[85]
Haggin Hall	Central Campus	2014		[86]
Holmes Hall	North Campus	2016		[87]
Ingels Hall	Central Campus	2005		[88]
Jewell Hall	North Campus	2014		[89]
Lyman T. Johnson Hall	Central Campus	2013		[90]
Lewis Hall	Central Campus	2017		[91]
Pigman Hall	Central Campus	2015		[92]
Roselle Hall	North Campus	2005		[93]
Smith Hall	Central Campus	2005		[94]
University Flats	Central Campus	2017		[95]
Wildcat Coal Lodge	North Campus	2012	Houses the men's basketball team	[96]
Woodland Glen IV	Central Campus	2015		[97]
Woodland Glen V	Central Campus	2015	Interprofessional Healthcare Residential College Community	[98]

Campus safety

The university has had issues with safety on campus. In a survey of 1,000 female university students, conducted in the spring of 2004, 36.5% reported having been victims of rape, stalking, or physical assault while on campus. ^{[99] [100]} While campus law enforcement statistics do not match the survey results, campus officials have taken steps to increase safety. ^[101]

In response to the survey, university president Lee T. Todd, Jr. launched an initiative in September 2005 titled the Campus Safety Imperative, which included a quadrupling of annual expenditures on safety. ^[102] Todd specifically linked campus safety to the goal of becoming a top-20 public research institution, stating that "We will never make gains toward becoming a top-twenty public research institution if our students are unsafe or if they lack a sense of physical security. It is part of our fundamental mission, then, to create a campus that provides a safe place to live, to work, and to learn." ^[100]

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