Cultural interest fraternities and sororities
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Cultural interest fraternities and sororities, in the North American student fraternity and sorority system, refer to general or social organizations oriented to students having a special interest in a culture or cultural identity.
Although racial and religious restrictions have long since been abolished in all North-American Interfraternity Conference and National Panhellenic Conference organizations, their memberships nationally remain predominantly Caucasian, and National Pan-Hellenic Council memberships predominantly African American. The new generation of "cultural interest" organizations has arisen to serve the interests of communities whose numbers in the traditional Greek system are historically small and dispersed.
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[edit] List of national cultural interest fraternities and sororities
[edit] African American
See also: National Pan-Hellenic Council
- For a list of African American Greek and fraternal organizations, click here.
[edit] Armenian
| Letters | Organization | Nickname | Founding Date | Founding University | Type |
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| ΑΕΩ | "Alpha Epsilon Omega" | "AEO" | 2000-12-20 | California State University, Northridge | Fraternity |
[edit] Asian American
See also: National APIA Panhellenic Association
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- 1 Member of the National APIA Panhellenic Association.
- 2 Member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference.
[edit] Christian
See also: Christian fraternity
See also: Christian sorority
| Letters | Organization | Nickname | Founding Date | Founding University | Type |
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| ΑΔΧ | Alpha Delta Chi | Sorority | |||
| ΑΔΓ | Alpha Delta Gamma 2 | Fraternity | |||
| ΑΓΩ | Alpha Gamma Omega | Fraternity | |||
| ΑΛΩ | Alpha Lambda Omega | Sorority | |||
| ΑΝΩ | Alpha Nu Omega 1 | 1988-00-00 | Morgan State University | Fraternity and Sorority | |
| BΦΩ | Beta Phi Omega | 1969 | University of Cebu | Fraternity and Sorority | |
| ΒΣΨ | Beta Sigma Psi 2 | Fraternity | |||
| ΒΥΧ | Beta Upsilon Chi | 1986-00-00 | The University of Texas | Fraternity | |
| ΓΦΔ | Gamma Phi Delta | Fraternity | |||
| ΓΨΛ | Gamma Psi Lambda | Fraternity | |||
| ΔΨΕ | Delta Psi Epsilon 1 | Sorority | |||
| ΖΦΖ | Zeta Phi Zeta 1 | Fraternity (ZOE) and Sorority (ZAO) | |||
| ΗΙΣ | Eta Iota Sigma | Sorority | |||
| ΚΥΧ | Kappa Upsilon Chi | Fraternity | |||
| ΜΟΓ | Mu Omicron Gamma | Fraternity | |||
| ΣΑΩ | Sigma Alpha Omega | Sorority | |||
| ΣΦΛ | Sigma Phi Lambda | Sorority | |||
| ΣΘΕ | Sigma Theta Epsilon | Fraternity | |||
| ΦΚΘ | Phi Kappa Theta 2 | Fraternity | |||
| ΦΒΧ | Phi Beta Chi | Sorority | |||
| ΧΑΩ | Chi Alpha Omega | Fraternity | |||
| M.O.G. | Men of God 1 | 1999-00-00 | Texas Tech University | Fraternity |
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- 1 Member of the United Council of Christian Fraternities & Sororities.
- 2 Member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference.
[edit] Italian-American
| Letters | Organization | Nickname | Founding Date | Founding University | Type |
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| ΑΦΔ | Alpha Phi Delta * | "APD" | 1914-11-05 | Syracuse University | Fraternity |
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- * Member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference.
[edit] Jewish
| Letters | Organization | Nickname | Founding Date | Founding University | Type |
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| ΑΕΠ | Alpha Epsilon Pi 1 | "AEPi" | 1913 | New York University | Fraternity |
| ΑΕΦ | Alpha Epsilon Phi 2 | "AEPhi" | Sorority | ||
| ΣΑΕΠ | Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi 3 | Sorority | |||
| ΣΑΜ | Sigma Alpha Mu 1 | "Sammy" | 1909 | City College of New York | Fraternity |
| ΣΔΤ | Sigma Delta Tau 2 | "SDT" or "Sig Delts" | Cornell University | Sorority | |
| ΤΕΦ | Tau Epsilon Phi 1 | Fraternity | |||
| ΖΒΤ | Zeta Beta Tau 1 | "ZBT" | Fraternity |
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- 1 Member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference.
- 2 Member of the National Panhellenic Conference.
- 3 Not a member of any national Greek umbrella organization.
[edit] Latino
There are 43 Latino oriented fraternities and sororities.
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- 1 Member of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations.
- 2 Member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference.
- 3 Not a member of any national Greek umbrella organization.
[edit] LGBT
| Letters | Organization | Nickname | Founding Date | Founding University | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔΛΦ | Delta Lambda Phi | "DLP", "Deltas'", or "Lambda Men" | 1986-10-15 | Washington, D.C. | Fraternity |
| ΚΨΚ | Kappa Psi Kappa | "Canes", "K-PSIs", "Diamonds", or "Angels" | 2001-08-17 | Tallahassee, Florida | Fraternity |
| ΟΕΠ | Omicron Epsilon Pi | "The Epps" | 2000-12-07 | Tallahassee, Florida | Sorority |
| ΓΡΛ | Gamma Rho Lambda1 | "GRL" | 2003-08-25 | Tempe, Arizona | Sorority |
| ΑΛΖ | Alpha Lambda Zeta | "The Regal Alphas" | 2006-01-09 | Houston, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia | Fraternity |
| ΚΑΛ | Kappa Alpha Lambda | "The Kappas" | 2003-10-19 | Clark Atlanta University | Sorority |
| ΦΑΝ | Phi Alpha Nu | "PHI-nomenal Gentlewomen" | 2006-07-30 | Charlotte, NC | Fraternity |
1 Member of the Multicultural Greek Council
[edit] Multicultural
See also: National Multicultural Greek Council
| Letters | Organization | Nickname | Founding Date | Founding University | Type |
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| ΒΣΦ | Beta Sigma Phi | St. Mary's University[disambiguation needed  ] |
Sorority | ||
| ΒΞΧ | Beta Xi Chi | "Wolfpack" | 1998-11-11 | Texas A&M University | Fraternity |
| ΓΒΛ | Gamma Beta Lambda | "Gammahouse" | 1963-10-02 | Northern Ontario | Fraternity |
| ΓΣΤ | Delphic of Gamma Sigma Tau 1 | "Delphics" or "GST" | 1871-10-13 | State University of New York at Geneseo | Fraternity |
| ΓΦΕ | Gamma Phi Epsilon | "GPhiE" | 1994-03-00 | San Diego State University | Fraternity |
| ΓΩΔ | Gamma Omega Delta | "GQD" | 1992-11-21 | SUNY New Paltz/Binghamton | Fraternity |
| ΔΑΩ | Delta Alpha Omega | "Dayo" or "Omega" | 2001-08-22 | University of Texas at Arlington | Fraternity |
| ΔΞΝ | Delta Xi Nu | "Xi Honeys" | 1997-10-07 | Texas A&M University | Sorority |
| ΔΞΦ | Delta Xi Phi 1 | "D-Xi", "Xi-Phi", "DXP" | 1994-04-20 | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | Sorority |
| ΔΓΠ | Delta Gamma Pi | "D G Pies" or "Roses" | 1998-11-11 | Towson University | Sorority |
| ΔΣΧ | Delta Sigma Chi 1 | "DSC" or "Divine Sisters of Chi" | 1996-11-27 | New York City College of Technology | Sorority |
| ΔΨA | Delta Psi Alpha | "DPA" or "Delta Psi" | 1998-01-24 | Northern Illinois Univeristy DeKalb, Illinois | Coed |
| ΔΨΣ | Delta Psi Sigma | "DYS" or "Deltas | 2001-01-14 | 4 different colleges in New York | Sorority |
| ΕΣΡ | Epsilon Sigma Rho | "Sigma Rho's", "Rho Dawgz" or "Rho's" | 1986-03-02 | California State University, Sacramento | Fraternity |
| ΖΦΡ | Zeta Phi Rho | "ZOP", "ZFR", or "Zetas" | 1995-08-10 | California State University, Long Beach | Fraternity |
| ΖΣΧ | Zeta Sigma Chi | "Z-Chi" | 1991-03-03 | Northern Illinois University | Sorority |
| ΘΔΣ | Theta Delta Sigma | "Thetas", "TDS", "Transcendent Siblings" | 2001-04-15 | SUNY Buffalo | Coed |
| ΘΝΞ | Theta Nu Xi | "TNX", "Butterflies", or "Theta Women" | 1997-04-11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Sorority |
| ΛΨΔ | Lambda Psi Delta 1 | "Diamonds" or "Diamond girls" | 1997-03-09 | Yale University | Sorority |
| ΛΣΓ | Lambda Sigma Gamma | "LSG" | 1986-10-24 | Sacramento State University | Sorority |
| ΛΤΩ | Lambda Tau Omega 1 | "Enchanting Mermaids" | 1988-10-09 | Montclair State College | Sorority |
| ΜΣΥ | Mu Sigma Upsilon 1 | "Mu's" | 1981-11-21 | Rutgers University | Sorority |
| ΣΒΡ | Sigma Beta Rho 2 3 | "SigRho" | 1996-08-16 | University of Pennsylvania | Fraternity |
| ΣΘΨ | Sigma Theta Psi | "Sigmas" | 1991-11-13 | San Jose State University | Sorority |
| ΣΩΦ | Sigma Omega Phi | "SOPhi's" | 1990-26-4 | California State University, Chico | Sorority |
| ΤΘΠ | Tau Theta Pi | "Taus" | 1998-11-24 | University of Southern California | Sorority |
| ΤΦΣ | Tau Phi Sigma 2 | 1992-11-11 | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | Fraternity | |
| ΎΚΔ | Upsilon Kappa Delta | "UKD" | 1993-12-10 | California State University, Chico | Sorority |
| ΦΧΕ | Phi Chi Epsilon | "PCE" or "Royal Ladies" | 1990-11-12 | New Jersey City University | Sorority |
| ΨΣΦ | Psi Sigma Phi 1 | "PSP" or "Phimen" | 1990-12-12 | Montclair State University and New Jersey City University | Fraternity |
| ΩΔ | Omega Delta | "Oh Deez" | 1997-01-19 | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | Fraternity |
| ΩΦΧ | Omega Phi Chi 1 | "O P C" | 1988-11-09 | Rutgers University | Sorority |
| ΩΦΚ | Omega Phi Kappa | "O-Phi" | 1995-02-01 | Sacred Heart University | Fraternity |
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- 1 Member of the National Multicultural Greek Council.
- 2 Member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference.
- 3 Member of the National APIA Panhellenic Association.
[edit] Muslim
| Letters | Organization | Nickname | Founding Date | Founding University | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΑΥΝ | Alpha Upsilon Nu | "AUN" | 2007-00-00 | Toronto, Canada | Fraternity |
| ΓΓΧ | Gamma Gamma Chi | 2005-04-03 | Greensboro, North Carolina | Sorority | |
| ΞΔΠ | Xi Delta Pi | "XDP" | 2009-10-20 | George Washington University | Sorority |
[edit] Native American
| Letters | Organization | Nickname | Founding Date | Founding University | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΑΠΩ | Alpha Pi Omega | "APiO" or "Queen Bees" | 1994-09-01 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Sorority |
| ΦΣΝ | Phi Sigma Nu | "Nu Tribe", "Nu warriors", "Phi Nu's", or "Nu's" | 1996-02-13 | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | Fraternity |
[edit] Persian
| Letters | Organization | Nickname | Founding Date | Founding University | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΣΠΣ | Sigma Pi Sigma | 2009-05-18 | University of California, Los Angeles | Sorority |
[edit] South Asian
See also: National APIA Panhellenic Association
| Letters | Organization | Nickname | Founding Date | Founding University | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΑΙΟ | Alpha Iota Omicron | "AIO" | 1998-10-16 | University of Michigan | Fraternity |
| ΒΧΘ | Beta Chi Theta 2 | "Beta Chi/BXO" | 1999-06-02 | University of California, Los Angeles | Fraternity |
| ΒΚΓ | Beta Kappa Gamma | "BKG" | 1999-05-06 | University of Texas at Austin | Fraternity |
| ΔΕΨ | Delta Epsilon Psi 2 | "DEPsi/D.E.Psi" | 1998-10-01 | University of Texas at Austin | Fraternity |
| ΔΘΨ | Delta Theta Psi | "Dtpsi" | 2002-01-14 | University of Michigan | Sorority |
| ΔΚΔ | Delta Kappa Delta 1 | "DKD" | 1999-10-01 | Texas A&M University | Sorority |
| ΔΣΙ | Delta Sigma Iota | "DSI" | 2000-08-15 | Pennsylvania State University | Fraternity |
| ΔΦΒ | Delta Phi Beta | 1992-06-15 | University of California, Berkeley | Co-ed | |
| ΔΦΩ | Delta Phi Omega | "DPO" | 1998-12-06 | University of Houston | Sorority |
| ΙΝΔ | Iota Nu Delta 2 | "IND" | 1994-02-07 | Binghamton University | Fraternity |
| ΚΦΓ | Kappa Phi Gamma | "KPhiG" | 1998-11-08 | University of Texas at Austin | Sorority |
| ΣΣΡ | Sigma Sigma Rho | "SigSigRho" | 1998-12-10 | St. Johns University | Sorority |
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- 1 Member of the National APIA Panhellenic Association.
- 2 Member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference.
