Student Engagement Westchester | Fraternity and Sorority Life

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Fraternity and Sorority Life

Get connected. Stay connected. Go Greek!

Welcome to fraternity and sorority life on the Pleasantville Campus! 91��Ƶ fraternities and sororities are a well-respected part of campus life. The community is currently comprised of eleven inter/national organizations, three governing councils, and one honor societies, making up 10 percent of undergraduates on the Pleasantville Campus. They are guided by four pillars: leadership, scholarship, service, and unity.

Going Greek is a great way to get involved both on campus and within the local community. Membership in a fraternity or sorority compliments the co-curricular experience by providing numerous opportunities for personal growth, networking, relationship building, leadership development, academic success, and more.

Greek-Letter Organizations on Campus

Sororities

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

National Founding Date: January 15, 1908, Howard University
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Founding Date: June 27, 1987,
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Chapter: Omicron Eta
Colors: Salmon Pink and Apple Green
Philanthropy: Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Fund (AEF)
Motto: “By Culture and By Merit”
Nickname: “AKA”

Phi Sigma Sigma

National Founding Date: November 26, 1913, Hunter College
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Founding Date: December 12, 1987
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Chapter: Delta Omega
Colors: King blue and gold
Philanthropy: The Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation–School and College Readiness
Motto: Diokete hupsala (“aim high”)
Nickname: “Phi Sig”

Delta Phi Epsilon

National Founding Date: March 17, 1917, New York University Law School
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Founding Date: April 21, 1990
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Chapter: Alpha Rho
Colors: Royal Purple and Pure Gold
Philanthropy: The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)
Motto: Esse quam videri (“To be rather than to seem to be”)
Nickname: “D Phi E”

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

National Founding Date: January 16, 1920, Howard University
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Founding Date: April 3, 2012
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Chapter: Gamma Upsilon
Colors: Royal blue and white
Philanthropy: Juvenile Diabetes
Motto: “A community-conscious, action-oriented organization”
Nickname: “Zetas”

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

National Founding Date: November 12, 1922
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Founding Date: April 28, 2011
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Chapter: Sigma Iota
Colors: Royal blue and gold
Philanthropy: ACTS Against AIDS, National Marrow Donor Program, Hattie McDaniel Cancer Awareness and Health Program
Motto: “Greater service, greater programs”
Nickname: “S G Rho”

Fraternities

Delta Kappa Epsilon

National Founding Date: June 22, 1844, Yale University
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Founding Date: April 24, 1983
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Chapter: Nu Zeta
Colors: Crimson, old gold, and navy
Philanthropy: Susan G. Komen Foundation
Motto: “Friend's from the heart forever”
Nickname: “Deke”

Pi Lambda Phi

National Founding Date: March 21, 1895, Yale University
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Founding Date: April 18, 2015
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Chapter: Alpha Rho
Colors: Purple and gold
Philanthropy: Elimination of Prejudice
Motto: “Not four years, but a lifetime”
Nickname: “Pi Lamb”

Alpha Chi Rho

National Founding Date: June 4, 1895, Trinity College
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Founding Date: October 20, 2012
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Chapter: Alpha Phi Gamma
Colors: Garnet and white
Philanthropy: Habitat for Humanity
Motto: ΑΝΔΡΙΖΕΣΘΕ (“Be men”)
Nickname: “Crow”

Alpha Phi Delta

National Founding Date: November 5, 1914, Syracuse University
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Founding Date: February 28, 1987
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Chapter: Gamma Iota
Colors: Purple and white
Philanthropy: Operation Homefront
Motto: Faciamus (“We do!”)
Nickname: “APD”

Alpha Chi Epsilon*

National Founding Date: N/A (local organization)
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Founding Date: December 17, 1982
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Chapter: N/A
Colors: Maroon and gold
Philanthropy: Multiple Sclerosis
Motto: “Excuses are for the weak, therefore AXE is not weak”
Nickname: “Axe”

Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc.

National Founding Date: February 19, 1982, Cornell University
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Founding Date: April 9, 2009
91��Ƶ Pleasantville Chapter: Beta Gamma
Colors: Brown, gold, white, and red
Philanthropy: P.A.T.H.E. (Providing Access to Higher Education)
Motto: La unidad para siempre
Nickname: “LUL”

* Indicates a local chapter.

Governing Bodies

Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC)

The 91��Ƶ Pleasantville Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) serves as the primary governing body for the men’s five social fraternities on campus. The executive board is comprised of eight officers who are elected to serve for a period of one calendar year. In addition, each fraternity elects one active member of their organization to serve as a chapter delegate for IFC. Together, these thirteen student leaders work to advance fraternity life on campus and promote a values-based, positive undergraduate experience for members of the community.

IFC exists to promote harmonious relations amongst the fraternities on the Pleasantville Campus; provide and act as the representative central government of the men’s social fraternities; promote support and develop programs for the fraternity community; standardize, control, and regulate the formal recruitment and new member education activities and programs of the men’s social fraternities; act as the judicial body for the men’s social fraternities on campus; and maintain and promote the standards and expectations set forth by the North-American Inter-Fraternity Conference (NIC) for member organizations.

Pleasantville’s IFC is a subsidiary of NIC. The NIC is the trade association representing 58 inter/national fraternities. The NIC serves to advocate the needs of its member fraternities through enrichment of the fraternity experience; advancement and growth of the fraternity community; and enhancement of the educational mission of the host institutions. The NIC’s member organizations have approximately 5,500 chapters located on more than 800 campuses in the US and Canada with approximately 350,000 undergraduate members.

United Cultural Council (UCC)

The Pleasantville United Cultural Council (UCC) serves as a hybrid governing council for our National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) chapters. The executive board is comprised of seven officers who are elected to serve for a period of one academic year.

UCC exists to promote and foster positive inter-fraternal relations, communication, and development of all cultural organizations on campus. UCC unifies and enhances student development through celebrating diversity, participating in civic engagement, and upholding high scholastic standards.

University Panhellenic Council (UPC)

The University Panhellenic Council (UPC) serves as the primary governing body for the social sororities on the Pleasantville Campus. The executive board is comprised of eight officers who are elected by members of the sorority community to serve for a period of one calendar year. In addition, each sorority elects one active member of their organization to serve as a chapter delegate on the council. Together, these ten student leaders work to advance sorority life on campus and promote a robust co-curricular experience.

UPC exists to develop and maintain inter-fraternal relations at a high level of accomplishment by considering the goals and ideals of each member organization as applicable to campus and personal life; promote superior scholarship as basic to intellectual achievement; cooperates with member organizations and University administration to maintain high social and moral standards; act in accordance with all unanimous agreements, standards, and best practices set forth by the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC); and act in accordance with the standards and expectations set for the sorority community at Keene State so as not to violate the sovereignty, rights, and privileges of our member organizations.

UPC is a subsidiary of the NPC. The NPC is the premier advocacy and support organization for the advancement of the sorority experience, and provides support and guidance for its 26 member inter/national sororities and women’s fraternities and serves as the national voice on contemporary issues of sorority life. The NPC is one of the oldest and largest women’s membership organizations representing more than 4 million women at 655 college and university campuses and 4,500 local alumnae chapters in the US and Canada.

Honor Society

Order of Omega

The Pleasantville Campus is home to the Psi Gamma chapter of the Order of Omega which chartered on April 29, 2013. With academic success as one of the guiding pillars of the fraternity and sorority community, the Order of Omega exists to recognize and promote scholarship on campus.

All juniors and seniors with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher who are in good standing with their chapter and who are actively involved in their chapter as well as the community at large are eligible to submit an application for membership. Applications are made available twice a year (once per academic semester), and up to fifteen total new members are inducted each academic year.

Contact Us

Should you have any questions or concerns, or if you would like additional information about fraternity and sorority life on the Pleasantville Campus, please email Shandreka McCullough, Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, or call the office at (914) 773-3965.

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