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 * User:Jax MN/sandbox/PiBeta PhiChapters - Began working on this 6 March 2024. Completed.
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 * User:Jax MN/sandbox/PhiKappaSigmaChapters - began working on this 8 April 2024. Completed.
 * Draft:List of Sigma Xi chapters, created this draft 4 May 2024. In progress.

Pending comment for MIT AfD nonsense
Pending comment for the AfD on the MIT page. Friends, I had no connection to this article nor this school when I waded in, approximately 10 days ago. I like the fact of the list, although I agree it had been poorly written and sourced. So I replaced it. I replaced it with one more cleanly written, with decent formatting and graphics, and with ten times the references. These were what I thought were substantial, quality references. I only had "7 days" to make my case, because for some reason this article was nominated as an AfD. I frankly thought I overdid what was needed, for citations. But behold, I hadn't yet won my case. I'm left to consider two conclusions: 1. These solid references I provided, following the model of hundreds, maybe thousands of other such groups and the colleges they serve, are suspect, and therefore many others should be at risk of deletion, or, 2. Someone has a bias, and is not acting in good faith with pursuit of deletion.

There are many minor, frivolous, and poorly written pages on Wikipedia. I do not have the time to chase most of them down. I suggest that since this page has been improved to a point where a disinterested editor would have to agree it is at least as good as many within its class, that there are other articles with more serious need for cleanup than this one. There are other windmills with which to joust.

MIT Fraternities intro
Following this historical summary is a comprehensive list of MIT's Fraternities, Sororities and Independent Living Groups (ILGs). This title is often abbreviated as FSILG.

The first, or pioneer fraternity on the MIT campus was Chi Phi, established in 1873. However many of the early professors and deans of the Institute held fraternity memberships from their own collegiate days, as by the time MIT and Chi Phi appeared fraternities had already been thriving on America's earliest campuses for almost 100 years.

Almost 150 years later, as of 2020, MIT hosts 30 academic fraternities, 11 academic sororities, 40 national or local honors societies and recognition organizations, 2 professional societies, 5 Independent Living Groups, and 1 service- or religious-focused chapter.

Within this article, the terms "Fraternity" and "Sorority" are used somewhat interchangeably, with men's and co-ed groups normally using Fraternity, and women's groups using either Fraternity or Sorority. For convenience, the term "Greek Letter Society" is a generic substitute. The word, "Greek," in this case refers to the use of Greek Letters for each society's name, and not to Greek ethnicity. For brevity, the sections below make extensive use of Greek letters, one of the first items in a new member's instruction program. Most fraternities use two or three Greek letters to signify their symbolic or secret names; a few use non-Greek words. The main listing for each fraternity or sorority shows their full name at least once, with references and Wikilinks as available.

MIT FSILG history
Many MIT fraternities are located in Boston because the Institute was originally located in the Back Bay neighborhood, and had no dormitories to house its students. The fraternities and various dining clubs met a need for room and board that was not provided by the operations of the campus. Fraternity housing has continued to expand, both in terms of the size and quality of the individual buildings as well as the number of chapters. In 1900 the percentage of fraternity men at "Technology", as was the name of the school at that time, was 16.1%; today the percentage is over 50% of men, and 35% of women. Several of MIT's fraternity buildings are today listed on the National Register of Historic Places or are otherwise notable. These include former governors mansions, college deans mansions, and homes of various early leaders who once resided there. Quality facilities remain a focus for many groups. A cursory search of Institute yearbooks will show that dining, and later, fine dining, has remained of particular interest to participants. Many chapters and ILGs extol the quality of their gourmet or commercial kitchens in their photo tours and rush materials.

MIT moved to its Cambridge campus in 1916, and newer independent living groups have sprouted up or moved in around it. Many early chapters had been situated along Newbury Street, convenient to the old campus, but because of the move, today, MIT doesn't have a specific Greek Row; instead, chapters are scattered on both sides of the Charles River in Boston, Cambridge and the surrounding towns. 1916 also saw the emergence of the campus Inter-fraternity Conference. Its responsibilities included coordination of recruitment (rush), intermural Greek athletics such as baseball and bowling, among other competitions. One early tradition established by the IFC with support of 'Tech faculty was a trophy for the best scholarship record. This handsome grandfather clock would be passed on to the chapter with the best overall grade average at the completion of each term.

The MIT yearbook, The Technique, has provided a window to the growth and popularity of MIT's Greek organizations for almost 150 years. Early editions are available online.

Demographic Changes
From the 1860s through WWII, MIT students were almost entirely male, thus the formation of women's fraternities (~sororities) came about rather late, in comparison. By the 2000s, the Institute's undergraduate gender ratio reached near parity. En route to this more balanced, modern phase, a period of demographic and political change in the 1960s and 1970s, following larger national trends, resulted in the conversion of several all-male, nationally affiliated living groups into local co-ed groups, and led to the expansion of all-female and co-ed housing options. Most of the resultant fraternities, sororities and independent living groups are coordinated through the Office of Fraternities, Sororities and independent Living Groups (FSILGs), though some independent MIT chapters do arise from time to time, along with those that serve students from multiple schools in Boston and the surrounding cities.

Recruitment Traditions
Traditionally, rush at MIT occurred during "Residence/Orientation" (R/O) Week, which was the final week of each summer before the start of the fall semester. All incoming freshmen and transfer students would arrive on campus a week before Registration Day, the official start of the fall semester. During R/O Week, the incoming class would participate in orientation activities, take the so-called "writing test" to attempt to test out of the MIT Writing Requirement, and participate in residence selection. All students were free to participate in fraternity, sorority and independent living group rush. Those students who did not end up in an off-campus living group would also participate in the dorm selection process (see "List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduate dormitories").

FSILG rush was an intense experience for all involved, cramming the entire process of choosing among dozens of housing options into essentially three days. It always began with an event known as the "Killian Kickoff," held in Killian Court in the middle of campus. MIT's president would deliver a welcoming speech to the incoming class, which always ended with, "Let the rush begin!" Immediately, upperclassmen removed their overshirts to display their letters (an upperclassman wearing anything which identified his or her living group prior to the start of rush was a serious violation of rush rules), and fanned out through the crowd in search of freshmen. For the incoming students, rush was a whirlwind of cookouts, parties and field trips all over the Boston area. For the upperclassmen, it was a marathon of 18-hour days, trying to meet as many freshmen as possible while competing with other living groups for the most popular prospects. For both sides, rush could be stressful, exhausting, and highly emotional. In many ways, rush was a high-pressure, compressed microcosm of the broader MIT experience.

Old Rush Gives Way to New Rush
The old rush system was supported behind the scenes by the 24-hour week-long "R/O Clearinghouse", a system for keeping track of freshman students as they threaded their way through a maze of fraternity rush events interleaved with other MIT orientation activities. Whenever a freshman "checked into" or "checked out of" a fraternity activity, that frat's R/O liaison person was supposed to call the R/O Clearinghouse to update what was essentially a real-time database to track the whereabouts of the new students. R/O Clearinghouse physically consisted of a bank of telephones staffed by volunteers in a large room equipped with computer terminals, located in the MIT EECS Department. The volunteers were drawn from MIT service fraternities and dorm residents who were supposed to be "impartial" with respect to the different competing fraternities. The dorm volunteers were motivated at least in part by the knowledge that an unsuccessful fraternity rush would result in even greater overcrowding of the MIT dormitory system. which simply lacked the physical space to accommodate every new student.

Freshman housing rush was eliminated in an initiative led by MIT president Charles Vest in the wake of the September 1997 death of Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) freshman Scott Krueger. Beginning with the 2002 - 2003 academic year, all freshmen were required to live on campus. This was made possible by the completion of a new undergraduate dorm which opened that year, Simmons Hall. Since then, MIT has continued to build or renovate more dormitories, including an expansion of choices for graduate students as well (see "Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology#Graduate_dorms").

A much-toned-down echo of the old rush still occurs with the so-called "dormitory rush" process, in which new students decide their dormitory preferences, based in part upon special events staged by various dorms to introduce newcomers to their distinctive living arrangements. However, dormitories do not "choose" which new students to admit, but can only influence prospective new members to express greater or lesser preference for specific dorms on their respective entries in the dorm lottery process. Pressure to quickly find housing has been lifted by MIT's guarantees that every freshman student will find space in an on-campus dorm, and that undergraduate students can remain in the dorm system for up to 4 years. The old fraternity rush has been depressurized, with recruiting spread out throughout the first academic year, and less-frantic rush events for prospective new members.

MIT's Greek System
Following this historical summary is a comprehensive list of MIT's Fraternities, Sororities and Independent Living Groups (ILGs). This title is often abbreviated as FSILG.

The first, or pioneer fraternity on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus was Chi Phi, established in 1873. However many of the early professors and deans of the Institute held fraternity memberships from their own collegiate days, as by the time Chi Phi at MIT had appeared fraternities had already been thriving at America's earliest campuses for almost 100 years. MIT's third president, Francis Amasa Walker was a member of ΔΚΕ as an undergrad at Yale.

Almost 150 years later, as of 2020, MIT hosts 29 academic fraternities, 10 academic sororities, 12 national or local honors societies and recognition organizations, 2 professional societies, 5 Independent Living Groups, and 1 service- or religious-focused chapter.

Within this article, the terms "Fraternity" and "Sorority" are used somewhat interchangeably, with men's and co-ed groups normally using Fraternity, and women's groups using either Fraternity or Sorority. For convenience, the term "Greek Letter Society" is a generic substitute. The word, "Greek," in this case refers to the use of Greek Letters for each society's name, and not to Greek ethnicity. For brevity, the sections below make extensive use of Greek letters, one of the first items in a new member's instruction program. Most fraternities use two or three Greek letters to signify their symbolic or secret names; a few use non-Greek words. The main listing for each fraternity or sorority shows their full name at least once, with references and Wikilinks as available.

MIT FSILG history
Many MIT fraternities are located in Boston because the Institute was originally located in the Back Bay neighborhood, and had no dormitories to house its students. The fraternities and various dining clubs met a need for room and board that was not provided by the operations of the campus. Fraternity housing has continued to expand, both in terms of the size and quality of the individual buildings as well as the number of chapters. In 1900 the percentage of fraternity men at "Technology", as was the name of the school at that time, was 16.1%; today the percentage is almost 50% of men, and 30% of women. Several of MIT's fraternity buildings are today listed on the National Register of Historic Places or are otherwise notable. These include former governors mansions, college deans mansions, and homes of various early leaders who once resided there. Quality facilities remain a focus for many groups. A cursory search of Institute yearbooks will show that dining, and later, fine dining, has remained of particular interest to participants. Many chapters and ILGs extol the quality of their gourmet or commercial kitchens in their photo tours and rush materials.

MIT moved to its Cambridge campus in 1916, and newer independent living groups have sprouted up or moved in around it. Many early chapters had been situated along Newbury Street, convenient to the old campus, but because of the move, today, MIT doesn't have a specific Greek Row; instead, chapters are scattered on both sides of the Charles River in Boston, Cambridge and the surrounding towns. 1916 also saw the emergence of the campus Inter-fraternity Conference. Its responsibilities included coordination of recruitment (rush), intermural Greek athletics such as baseball and bowling, among other competitions. One early tradition established by the IFC with support of 'Tech faculty was a trophy for the best scholarship record. This handsome grandfather clock would be passed on to the chapter with the best overall grade average at the completion of each term.

The MIT yearbook, The Technique, has provided a window to the growth and popularity of MIT's Greek organizations for almost 150 years. Early editions are available online.

Demographic Changes
From the 1860s through WWII, MIT students were almost entirely male, thus the formation of women's fraternities (~sororities) came about rather late, in comparison. By the 2000s, the Institute's undergraduate gender ratio reached near parity. En route to this more balanced, modern phase, a period of demographic and political change in the 1960s and 1970s, following larger national trends, resulted in the conversion of several all-male, nationally affiliated living groups into local co-ed groups, and led to the expansion of all-female and co-ed housing options. Most of the resultant fraternities, sororities and independent living groups are coordinated through the Office of Fraternities, Sororities and independent Living Groups (FSILGs), though some independent MIT chapters do arise from time to time, along with those that serve students from multiple schools in Boston and the surrounding cities.

Recruitment Traditions
Traditionally, rush at MIT occurred during "Residence/Orientation" (R/O) Week, which was the final week of each summer before the start of the fall semester. All incoming freshmen and transfer students would arrive on campus a week before Registration Day, the official start of the fall semester. During R/O Week, the incoming class would participate in orientation activities, take the so-called "writing test" to attempt to test out of the MIT Writing Requirement, and participate in residence selection. All students were free to participate in fraternity, sorority and independent living group rush. Those students who did not end up in an off-campus living group would also participate in the dorm selection process (see "List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduate dormitories").

FSILG rush was an intense experience for all involved, cramming the entire process of choosing among dozens of housing options into essentially three days. It always began with an event known as the "Killian Kickoff," held in Killian Court in the middle of campus. MIT's president would deliver a welcoming speech to the incoming class, which always ended with, "Let the rush begin!" Immediately, upperclassmen removed their overshirts to display their letters (an upperclassman wearing anything which identified his or her living group prior to the start of rush was a serious violation of rush rules), and fanned out through the crowd in search of freshmen. For the incoming students, rush was a whirlwind of cookouts, parties and field trips all over the Boston area. For the upperclassmen, it was a marathon of 18-hour days, trying to meet as many freshmen as possible while competing with other living groups for the most popular prospects. For both sides, rush could be stressful, exhausting, and highly emotional. In many ways, rush was a high-pressure, compressed microcosm of the broader MIT experience.

Old Rush Gives Way to New Rush
The old rush system was supported behind the scenes by the 24-hour week-long "R/O Clearinghouse", a system for keeping track of freshman students as they threaded their way through a maze of fraternity rush events interleaved with other MIT orientation activities. Whenever a freshman "checked into" or "checked out of" a fraternity activity, that frat's R/O liaison person was supposed to call the R/O Clearinghouse to update what was essentially a real-time database to track the whereabouts of the new students. R/O Clearinghouse physically consisted of a bank of telephones staffed by volunteers in a large room equipped with computer terminals, located in the MIT EECS Department. The volunteers were drawn from MIT service fraternities and dorm residents who were supposed to be "impartial" with respect to the different competing fraternities. The dorm volunteers were motivated at least in part by the knowledge that an unsuccessful fraternity rush would result in even greater overcrowding of the MIT dormitory system. which simply lacked the physical space to accommodate every new student.

Freshman housing rush was eliminated in an initiative led by MIT president Charles Vest in the wake of the September 1997 death of Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) freshman Scott Krueger. Beginning with the 2002 - 2003 academic year, all freshmen were required to live on campus. This was made possible by the completion of a new undergraduate dorm which opened that year, Simmons Hall. Since then, MIT has continued to build or renovate more dormitories, including an expansion of choices for graduate students as well (see "Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology#Graduate_dorms").

A much-toned-down echo of the old rush still occurs with the so-called "dormitory rush" process, in which new students decide their dormitory preferences, based in part upon special events staged by various dorms to introduce newcomers to their distinctive living arrangements. However, dormitories do not "choose" which new students to admit, but can only influence prospective new members to express greater or lesser preference for specific dorms on their respective entries in the dorm lottery process. Pressure to quickly find housing has been lifted by MIT's guarantees that every freshman student will find space in an on-campus dorm, and that undergraduate students can remain in the dorm system for up to 4 years. The old fraternity rush has been depressurized, with recruiting spread out throughout the first academic year, and less-frantic rush events for prospective new members.

MIT's Fraternities
Fraternities constituting the Interfraternity Council (IFC) are listed by dates of local founding and noted with national conference membership. These are (with several exceptions) men's organizations, voluntarily coordinating their efforts within the IFC as a self-governing body. Almost 50% of campus men participate in one of these chapters.

As part of IFC or national organization self-governance or University disciplinary action, chapters may be suspended ("de-recognized") or closed for a time. For consistency, if a chapter is closed and/or forfeits its housing, it will be listed here as a dormant chapter, italicized, while active chapters or those suspended for a brief time are in bold. See the Office for Fraternities, Sororities and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) for current IFC members and for expansion support.


 * (NIC) indicates current members of the North American Interfraternity Conference;
 * (PFA) indicates current and former members of the Professional Fraternity Association;
 * (NPHC) indicates members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

Images of MIT fraternities
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Active Fraternity Chapters


 * ΧΦ - Chi Phi, 1873–1878, 1890 (NIC)
 * ΣΧ - Sigma Chi, 1882 (NIC)
 * ΘΞ - Theta Xi, 1885–1897, 1901 (NIC)
 * ΔΨ - Delta Psi / Number Six Club, 1889 (NIC), co-ed
 * ΔΤΔ - Delta Tau Delta, 1889 (NIC)
 * ΘΔΧ - Theta Delta Chi, 1890–1892, 1906 (NIC)
 * ΦΒΕ - Phi Beta Epsilon (local), 1890
 * ΔΚΕ - Delta Kappa Epsilon, 1890 (NIC)
 * ΣΑΕ - Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1892–1999, 2009 (NIC)
 * ΠΛΦ - Pi Lambda Phi, 1897–1901, 1920 (NIC)


 * ΦΣΚ - Phi Sigma Kappa, 1902 (NIC)
 * ΘΧ - Theta Chi, 1902 (NIC)
 * ΦΚΣ - Phi Kappa Sigma, 1903 (NIC)
 * ΖΒΤ - Zeta Beta Tau, 1911–22, 1961 (NIC)
 * ΘΤ - Theta Tau, 1912–1930, 2016 (PFA)
 * ΒΘΠ - Beta Theta Pi, 1913–2011, 2013 (NIC)
 * ΚΣ - Kappa Sigma, 1914
 * ΦΚΘ - Phi Kappa Theta, 1918 (NIC)
 * ΤΕΦ - Tau Epsilon Phi, 1919 (NIC), co-ed
 * ΣΝ - Sigma Nu, 1922–1974, 1995 (NIC)


 * ΦΔΘ - Phi Delta Theta, 1932
 * ΑΕΠ - Alpha Epsilon Pi, 1951–1990, 1990 (NIC)
 * ΣΦΕ - Sigma Phi Epsilon, 1952
 * ΚΑΨ - Kappa Alpha Psi, 1975 (NPHC) and (NIC)
 * ΑΔΦ - Alpha Delta Phi, 1976 (NIC)
 * ΝΔ - Nu Delta (local), 1977
 * ΖΨ - Zeta Psi, 1979 (NIC)
 * ΑΦΑ - Alpha Phi Alpha, 1989 (NPHC) and (NIC)
 * ΦΣΡ - Phi Sigma Rho Colony, 2016 women's

Chapters whose names changed


 * Navajo Club (local), 1878-1890, interim group that became ΧΦ
 * Number 6 Club (local), 1887-1889, became ΔΨ
 * ΑΕ - Alpha Epsilon (local), 1902–1906, became ΘΔΧ
 * ΛΦ - Lambda Phi (local), 1906-1925, inspired ΑΔΦ
 * ΚΘ - Kappa Theta (local), 1908-1913, became ΒΘΠ
 * ΔΚΦ - Delta Kappa Phi (local), 1912-1914, became ΚΣ
 * ΣΑΜ - Sigma Alpha Mu, 1917-1973 (NIC), became Fenway House
 * ΦΚ - Phi Kappa, 1918-1959, became ΦΚΘ
 * ΦΒΔ - Phi Beta Delta, 1920–1941, Jewish, (see ΠΛΦ)
 * ΦΣΔ - Phi Sigma Delta, 1921-1927, Jewish, (see ΖΒΤ)
 * ΦΜΔ - Phi Mu Delta (NIC), 1922-1977, became ΝΔ
 * ΨΔ - Psi Delta (local), 1922-1932, became ΦΔΘ
 * ΣΩΨ - Sigma Omega Psi, 1922–1935?, Jewish, became ΑΕΠ
 * Alpha Club (local), 1929-1929, became ΑΚΠ (see ΑΣΦ)
 * ΑΚΠ - Alpha Kappa Pi, 1929-1940, became ΑΣΦ
 * Pegis Club (local), 1948-1952, became ΣΦΕ


 * Dover Club (local), 1956-1961, became ΖΒΤ
 * ΠΚΑ - Pi Kappa Alpha, 1970-1981, 2010-11 (NIC), became pika
 * ΔΠ - Delta Pi (local), 1990-1995, became ΣΝ

Dormant Chapters


 * ΑΤΩ - Alpha Tau Omega, 1885-1887, 1905-2009 (NIC), dormant
 * ΦΓΔ - Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI), 1889-1894, 1899-1998 (NIC), dormant
 * ΔΥ - ''Delta Upsilon, 1891-2014 (NIC), dormant
 * ΔΣ - Delta Sigma (local), 1894-1898, dormant
 * ΔΣΦ - Delta Sigma Phi, 1904-1908 (NIC), dormant
 * ΘΝΕ - Theta Nu Epsilon, 1904-1916 (NIC), dormant
 * ΛΧΑ - Lambda Chi Alpha, 1912-2014, dormant
 * ΤΔΦ - Tau Delta Phi, 1919-1929, 194x-1991+/- (NIC), Jewish, dormant
 * ΑΜΣ - Alpha Mu Sigma, 1921-1926, Jewish, dormant
 * ΑΦΔ - Alpha Phi Delta, 1928-37, 1939-43, 1948-53 (NIC), Italian-American, dormant
 * ΑΣΦ - Alpha Sigma Phi, 1929-1940, 2012-2014 (NIC), dormant

MIT's Sororities
Sororities, listed with dates of local founding and national conference membership, are women's organizations, voluntarily coordinating their efforts within MIT's Panhellenic Association (PHA). For convenience, the term "sorority" is used throughout, though some of these organizations are "women's Fraternities," and were so named prior to the popularization of the term, sorority. The terms are synonymous. Over 30% of campus women participate in one of these chapters.

Sorority properties are generally owned or leased by a chapter's alumni club, though some chapters do not have housing. As part of PHA or national organization self-governance, or University disciplinary action, chapters may be suspended ("de-recognized") or closed for a time. If a chapter is closed and/or forfeits its housing, it will be listed as a dormant chapter. See the office for Fraternities, Sororities and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) for current PHA members and for expansion support.
 * (NPC) indicates members of the National Panhellenic Conference
 * (NPHC) indicates members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council

Images of MIT sororities
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Active Chapters

MIT Panhellenic Association


 * ΑΦ - Alpha Phi, 1984 (NPC)
 * ΑΧΩ - Alpha Chi Omega, 1986 (NPC)
 * ΣΚ - Sigma Kappa, 1989 (NPC)
 * ΚΑΘ - Kappa Alpha Theta, 1991 (NPC)
 * ΑΕΦ - Alpha Epsilon Phi, 1995 (NPC)
 * ΠΒΦ - Pi Beta Phi, 2008 (NPC)
 * ΔΦΕ - Delta Phi Epsilon, 2015 (NPC)

MIT Sororities, Multicultural Greek Council These organizations serve MIT students as members of the MGC.
 * ΑΚΑ - Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1977 (NPHC)
 * ΔΣΘ - Delta Sigma Theta, 1980 (NPHC)

MIT-Area Sororities, outside of the FSILG
 * ΧΛΜ - Chi Lambda Mu / Clam, 2014 co-ed

Sororities whose names changed


 * ΗΣΜ - Eta Sigma Mu (local), 1890-1895, became The Cleofan.
 * Bon 3 Club (local), 1968-2014, became ΧΛΜ
 * Club Amherst (local), 1981-1984, became ΑΦ
 * The Thalians (local), 1985-1986, became ΑΧΩ
 * ΣΙΦ - Sigma Iota Phi (local), 1992-1995, became ΑΕΦ

Dormant sorority chapters
 * -None-

MIT's Independent Living Groups (ILGs)
MIT's Independent Living Groups or ILGs participate in some of the broader Greek events, but maintain many of their own traditions as cooperative homes. Some developed as former fraternities that left their national associations during the early 1970s as part of a move toward co-education which was not compatible with their national organizations. MIT's five ILGs coordinate themselves through a separate Living Group Council (LGC).

ILG properties are generally owned by the organization through a corporation. See the groups themselves or the office for Fraternities, Sororities and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) for more information.

Images of MIT ILGs
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Active ILG Houses
 * Student House, 1930 co-ed
 * Fenway House, 1973 co-ed
 * ΕΘ - Epsilon Theta, 1974 co-ed
 * Women's Independent Living Group (WILG), 1976
 * pika, 1981 co-ed

ILGs whose names changed
 * -None-

Dormant ILGs
 * 5:15 Club, 1933-1986

MIT's Multicultural Greek Council (MGC)
Originally ethnic or language-affiliated, these organizations are now fully integrated – as are MIT's general Greek letter organizations and ILGs. They make up the fourth Greek Council within FSILG. Their historical affiliation may be reviewed by reading their local or national histories. Some of the men's groups also participate in IFC events, and the women's groups in PHA events.

MGC chapters are non-residential and often serve several schools in the Boston area. Additional schools are listed in the references for each group. They may or may not be under the authority of the Office of FSILG. Further, the historically Black Greek associations (NPHC and NPC) have adopted a heightened focus on alumni and adult programming, usually with distinct alumni chapters that also exist locally. On the MIT campus, the inter-Greek councils will, as needed, cooperate on programs and policies, as do individual chapters from among the several Greek councils.

Listed by date of local founding and national conference membership, these are either men's or women's organizations, voluntarily coordinating their efforts within the larger Multicultural Greek Council (MGC). See the FLILG office for current MGC chapters.
 * (NALFO) indicates members of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations;
 * (NAPA) indicates members of the National APIDA Panhellenic Association;
 * (NPHC) indicates members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council;
 * (NPC) indicates members of the National Panhellenic Conference.

Active Men's NPHC or NALFO chapters
 * ΚΑΨ - Kappa Alpha Psi, 1975 (NPHC) and (NIC)
 * ΑΦΑ - Alpha Phi Alpha, 1989 (NPHC) and (NIC)

Active Men's NPHC or NALFO chapters outside of FSILG
 * ΛΥΛ - Lambda Upsilon Lambda, 1994 (NALFO), Latino

Dormant Historically Ethnic Men's chapters
 * ΨΑΚ - ''Psi Alpha Kappa, 1901-1904, Latin American, dormant
 * ΠΔΦ - Pi Delta Phi (local), 1916-1921, Latin-American, became ΦΛΑ (see ΦΙΑ)
 * ΦΛΑ - Phi Lambda Alpha, 1921-1931?, Latin-American, became ΦΙΑ

Active Women's NPHC or NAPA chapters Dormant Historically Ethnic Women's chapters
 * ΑΚΑ - Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1977 (NPC)
 * ΔΣΘ - Delta Sigma Theta, 1980 (NPC)
 * -None-

MIT's Professional Fraternities
Professional societies work to build friendship bonds among members, cultivate their strengths that they may promote their profession, and provide mutual assistance in their shared areas of professional study.

Listed by date of local founding with national conference membership, these are primarily co-ed organizations, of a specific professional interests. Membership in a professional fraternity may be the result of a pledge process, much like a social fraternity, and members are expected to remain loyal and active in the organization for life. Within the group of societies dedicated to professional fields of study, for example, law societies, membership is exclusive; however, these societies may initiate members who belong to other types of fraternities. Professional Societies are known for networking and post-collegiate involvement. Governance varies from faculty-managed to purely student run. (PFA) indicates members of the Professional Fraternity Association. Dorment Professional Fraternities
 * ΘΤ - Theta Tau, 1912 (PFA), engineering
 * ΑΧΣ - Alpha Chi Sigma, 1919-1954, 19xx-2009 (PFA), chemistry, dormant
 * Scarab, 1921, architecture, national disbanded.
 * ΚΗΚ - Kappa Eta Kappa, 1924-1944 (PFA), electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer science, dormant
 * Others? Numerous professional societies could be listed here, some have/had a long history on campus.



MIT's Honor and Recognition Fraternities
Honor societies recognize students who excel academically or as leaders among their peers, usually within a specific academic discipline. Members commonly include the society on their résumé/CV, which may serve to bolster grad school acceptance, publishing merit, and professional opportunities.

Listed by date of local founding with national conference membership, these are co-ed, non-residential, achievement-based organizations which self-select members based on published criteria.

At graduation, or at times of formal academic processionals, graduates, administrators, Ph.D. holders, and post-doctoral fellows wear academic robes in the colors of their degree, school, and other distinction, according to a voluntary Intercollegiate Code that governs customs such as formal academic regalia. In addition, various colored devices such as stoles, scarfs, cords, tassels, and medallions are used to indicate membership in a student's honor society; cords and mortarboard tassels are most common. Phi Beta Kappa, the first honor society, locally founded at MIT in 1971, has used Pink and  Sky blue since its national founding in 1776. Hence, students tapped for ΦΒΚ may wear tassels or other society-approved items, in these colors. Like most schools, MIT allows such regalia for honor society members. Stoles are less common, but they are used by a few honor societies. In academic circles, colors are well-known, and follow long-standing protocols. The ACHS website lists the colors for their 68 member organizations, and the Honor society WP page lists others.

Many honor societies invite students to become members based on scholastic rank (the top x% of a class) and/or grade point, either overall, or for classes taken within the discipline for which the honor society provides recognition. In cases where academic achievement would not be an appropriate criterion for membership, other standards are required for membership (such as completion of a particular ceremony or training program). These societies recognize past achievement. Pledging is not required, and new candidates may be immediately inducted into membership after meeting predetermined academic criteria and paying a one-time membership fee. Some require graduate enrollment. Because of their purpose of recognition, most honor societies will have much higher academic achievement requirements for membership than professional societies. It is also common for a scholastic honor society to add a criterion relating to the character of the student. Some honor societies are invitation only while others allow unsolicited applications. Finally, membership in an honor society might be considered exclusive, i.e., a member of such an organization cannot join other honor societies representing the same field. Governance requires a faculty sponsor and each society remains faculty-guided, usually with alumni input. (ACHS) indicates members of the Association of College Honor Societies.

Active Honor Societies
 * ΤΒΠ - Tau Beta Pi, 1922 (ACHS), engineering honors
 * Scabbard and Blade, 1924 (ACHS), military honors
 * ΧΕ - Chi Epsilon, 1928 (ACHS), civil engineering honors
 * ΣΠ - Sigma Xi, 1934, graduate science and engineering honors
 * ΗΚΝ - Eta Kappa Nu 1939, IEEE affiliation, electrical engineering, computer engineering honors
 * ΠΤΣ - Pi Tau Sigma, 1947 (ACHS), mechanical engineering honors
 * ΦΛΥ - Phi Lambda Upsilon, 1956 (ACHS), chemistry honors
 * ΔΣΡ-ΤΚΑ - Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, 1956, forensics honors
 * ΣΔΨ - Sigma Delta Psi, 1966, Disbanded national athletics honorary
 * ΦΒΚ - Phi Beta Kappa, 1971, academic honors

Dormant Honor Societies
 * ΣΠΣ - Sigma Pi Sigma, 1983 (ACHS), physics honors
 * Arnold Air Society (A-1), 19xx, Air Force cadet honors
 * National fraternity key societies - There are dozens of these, scholarship honors


 * ΠΔΕ - Pi Delta Epsilon, 1910-1927+, Journalism honors (see the Society for Collegiate Journalists)''
 * Triglyph, 1921-1927+, Architectural honors
 * ΣΑΒ - Sigma Alpha Beta (local), pre-1922-19xx, Military honors
 * ΑΣΔ - Alpha Sigma Delta, 1924-1927+, radio communication honors
 * Mortar and Ball, 1925-1933+, Coast Artillery honors, dormant
 * Angel Flight, 19xx, auxiliary to Arnold Air Society, became Silver Wings
 * Order of Omega, 1992-201x, Greek Life leadership honors, dormant?
 * Others? Numerous local honor societies were formed, some enjoying a long tenure.

MIT's Service Fraternities
Service fraternities formed with the intent of providing campus and community service. Listed with dates of local founding and national conference membership, if any, these are non-residential organizations. These organizations are self-governed.
 * ΑΦΩ - Alpha Phi Omega, 1936 co-ed

Loss of original or long-term Greek properties
Some chapter buildings have been lost to development, or have been sold to non-Greek buyers. Late 1950s construction of highway 35W resulted in condemnation of multiple fraternity homes bordering what was 9th Avenue SE, many of which were sororities or professional fraternities. In Stadium Village, several stately houses along Washington Avenue SE were lost to commercial development. More recently, restrictive zoning has both helped and harmed chapters, where economics of scale no longer allow viability without remodeling or expansion. Some chapters celebrate their buildings' local historic zone status, while others see this as a burden. a few examples should be noted:

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 * Delta Delta Delta (ΔΔΔ) sorority built the structure at 316 10th Avenue SE in 1917, owning it until at least 2004. The building is now occupied by Luther House, a Christian service group affiliated with the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod.
 * Theta Chi (ΘΧ) fraternity built the structure at 315 16th Avenue SE in 1930, owning it until at least 2000, and which was later purchased by a private party. It was renovated as a coffee house and boarding house and is leased by Kappa Pi Alpha (ΚΠΑ) Christian fraternity.
 * Psi Upsilon (ΨΥ) fraternity built the structure at 1721 University Avenue SE, owning it from 1908 to 1941. The Student Co-op was established during WWII and has been resident in that property ever since.
 * Tau Kappa Epsilon (ΤΚΕ) fraternity built the structure at 1901 University Avenue SE, owning it from 1925 to 1938. It was later purchased by the YMCA.
 * Chi Omega (ΧΩ) sorority was a long-term owner of the structure at 315 Tenth Avenue SE, owning it from 1928 until at least 1989. Originally built by Zeta Psi (ΖΨ) fraternity, the structure is now owned by the Maranatha Church.
 * Acacia fraternity owned 1206 Fifth Street SE from 1915 until at least 1955. It was occupied and then owned by the Heart of the Earth survival school, associated with the American Indian Movement, since 1980. In 2013 the building was purchased by a private developer for residential housing.
 * Kappa Delta (ΚΔ) sorority owned 1025 6th Street SE for almost 50 years, a property now rented out for general student housing.
 * Alpha Delta Pi (ΑΔΠ) sorority built 1000 5th Street SE in 1952, occupying it until their closure in 1987. The building was sold to the Unification Church (the "Moonies").
 * Kappa Sigma (ΚΣ) fraternity lived at 1125 5th Street SE for over 75 years, moving in 2002. Their former building is now a day care.
 * Alpha Xi Delta (ΑΞΔ) sorority owned 1115 5th Street SE for almost 40 years. It later was occupied by Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, and was sold to a private owner to become a bed & breakfast.

These are examples. Many significant properties along University Avenue, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Streets SE, and the adjacent avenues, were once home to Greek chapters. Some have been razed for apartment units. A search of this page lists addresses where chapters once existed.

List of Fraternities and Sororities at the University of Minnesota
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Active Academic and Social Fraternity Chapters at Minnesota


 * ΧΨ Chi Psi, 1874 (NIC) (Add this in the published page: ) [pic1]
 * ΦΔΘ Phi Delta Theta, 1881–1994, 2010
 * ΔΤΔ Delta Tau Delta, 1883 (NIC)
 * ΦΚΨ Phi Kappa Psi, 1888 (NIC) [pic1]
 * ΣΧ Sigma Chi, 1888 (NIC)
 * ΒΘΠ Beta Theta Pi, 1889 (NIC)
 * ΔΚΕ Delta Kappa Epsilon, 1889 (NIC)
 * ΔΥ Delta Upsilon, 1890–1986, 1991 (NIC)
 * ΦΓΔ Phi Gamma Delta, 1890 (NIC)
 * ΑΔΦ Alpha Delta Phi, 1892–1996, 2000 (NIC)


 * ΔΧ Delta Chi, 1892–1943, 1945 (NIC)
 * ΚΣ Kappa Sigma, 1901
 * ΑΤΩ Alpha Tau Omega, 1902 (NIC)
 * ΣΑΕ Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1902 (NIC)
 * ΣΝ Sigma Nu, 1904 (NIC)
 * ΦΣΚ Phi Sigma Kappa, 1910 (NIC) [pic1] [pic2]
 * ΑΦΑ Alpha Phi Alpha, 1912 (NPHC, NIC)
 * ΦΚΣ Phi Kappa Sigma, 1915–1943, 2013 (NIC)
 * ΣΑΜ Sigma Alpha Mu, 1915 (NIC)
 * ΑΣΦ Alpha Sigma Phi Colony, 1916–1935, 2013 (NIC)


 * ΣΦΕ Sigma Phi Epsilon, 1916–1941, 1949–1958, 1978 (NIC) [pic1]
 * ΑΓΡ Alpha Gamma Rho, 1917 (NIC & PFA)
 * ΤΚΕ Tau Kappa Epsilon, 1917–1939, 1949–1963, 1979–1987, 2014 (NIC)
 * ΠΚΑ Pi Kappa Alpha, 1922–1936, 1986-19xx, 2006 (NIC)
 * Triangle, 1922 (NIC)
 * ΘΧ Theta Chi, 1924–1999, 2013 (NIC)
 * FarmHouse, 1931 (NIC)
 * ΑΕΠ Alpha Epsilon Pi, 1949–1973, 2004 (NIC)
 * ΣΠ Sigma Pi, 2008 (NIC)

Added chapterhouse photos to a few houses, as a test. Comments? Start a discussion on the Talk page.

Cornell reorder
Active Academic and Social Fraternity Chapters

Chapters whose names changed

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Photos
Examples of how to show photos on left or right, as thumbnail shots. For use in the main article about Phi Sigma Kappa. I should move the copy of Nu Chapter (Lehigh) to the main page, since it was such a beautiful building. Maybe delete the old Omicron chapter (MIT) photo, which is a large building, but not as nice of a photo.

Alternate layout
Showing the Packed Hover mode of buildings, and which was eventually adopted as the gallery style for use on the List of Phi Sigma Kappa Chapters page.

Later &Phi;&Sigma;&Phi; Activity, and Naming Confusion
[Testing out new language for a fourth section of Phi Sigma Epsilon chapters, on the PSE page.] There is no legal connection between Phi Sigma Phi and Phi Sigma Kappa, nor their respective chapters, even if there is occasional similarity between chapter names.

Following its formation in 1988, Phi Sigma Phi colonized several new chapters on campuses new to any Phi Sig-named group (PSK, PSE or PSP), and has added several chapters where PSE formerly had a presence. Chapter names for new PSP groups do not necessarily follow an historical precedent regarding reuse of old PSE names previously used on its campuses. There is no formal agreement on 'naming rights' between PSK and PSP, thus each is free to name its chapters as it sees fit. Current PSP chapters and any potential ambiguity in their naming are as follows:


 * Kappa (K) Colony, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; carries a similar name to the dormant PSK chapter, Epsilon Kappa, on that campus.
 * Lambda (Λ) Chapter, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan; carries a similar name to the active PSK chapter, Epsilon Lambda, on that campus.
 * Xi (Ξ) Chapter, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan; carries a similar name to the dormant PSK chapter, Epsilon Xi, on that campus.
 * Omega (Ω) Chapter, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin; carries a similar name to the dormant PSK chapter, Omega Epsilon, on that campus.
 * Now dormant Epsilon Alpha (ΕΑ) Chapter, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; no connection to PSK's active Alpha Epsilon colony at Emporia State University, nor PSK's dormant Xi Tetarton chapter at Michigan State.


 * Epsilon Beta (ΕΒ) Chapter, at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio; no connection to PSK's Beta Epsilon chapter at Pittsburg State University.
 * Now dormant Epsilon Delta (ΕΔ) Chapter, at Bluefield State College in Bluefield, West Virginia; no connection to PSK's dormant Epsilon Delta chapter at Eastern Illinois University.


 * Epsilon Zeta (EZ) Chapter, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, West Virginia; no connection to PSK's dormant Epsilon Zeta chapter at Fort Hays State University.
 * Now dormant Epsilon Eta (EH) Chapter, at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma; carries a similar name to the dormant PSK chapter, Epsilon Eta, on that campus.


 * Epsilon Kappa (EK) Chapter, Johnson and Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island; no connection to PSK's dormant Epsilon Kappa chapter at University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.
 * Epsilon Lambda (EΛ) Chapter, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan; no connection to PSK's active Epsilon Lambda chapter at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti.
 * Epsilon Nu (ΕN) Chapter, York College, York, Pennsylvania; no connection to PSK's active Epsilon Nu chapter at Northwest Missouri State University.
 * Epsilon Omicron (EO) Chapter, Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, Pennsylvania; no connection to PSK's dormant Epsilon Omicron chapter at Wayne State University
 * Now dormant Epsilon Xi (EΞ) Chapter, Long Island University, New York, New York; no connection to PSK's dormant Epsilon Xi chapter at Central Michigan University.


 * Phi Beta (ΦΒ) Chapter, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; carries a similar name to the dormant PSK chapter, Phi Beta, on that campus.
 * Now dormant Phi Iota (ΦΙ) Chapter, Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin; carries a similar name to the dormant PSK chapter, Phi Iota, on that campus.
 * Now dormant Phi Kappa (ΦΚ) Chapter, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, West Virginia; carries a similar name to the dormant PSK chapter, Phi Kappa, on that campus.


 * Phi Mu (ΦΜ) Chapter, Concord University, Athens, West Virginia; carries a similar name to the dormant PSK chapter, Phi Mu, on that campus.
 * Now dormant Phi Pi (ΦΠ) Colony, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, Wisconsin; carries a similar name to the dormant PSK chapter, Phi Pi, on that campus.
 * Now dormant Sigma Zeta (ΣΖ) Chapter, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, Wisconsin; carries a similar name to the dormant PSK chapter, Sigma Zeta, on that campus.
 * Now dormant Sigma Psi (ΣΨ), University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota; carries a similar name to the dormant PSK colony, Sigma Psi, on that campus.

Chapter start and (where dormant) closure dates for Phi Sigma Phi chapters are not published on their national website. Hence, this list is in the order shown on their Wikipedia page.

Example small section for Fraternities and sororities
[Rewrote Greek section on the Knox College Wikipedia page, to fit more standard format.] Knox College is home to nine Greek-letter organizations, the oldest of which has been on campus since 1855. Providing a network of alumni to enhance job and life connections, fraternity (men's) and sorority (women's) chapters provide Knox students with living, organizational and learning opportunities. Through their respective inter-Greek governance organizations, chapters conduct a formal recruitment process during each winter term to ensure first-year students have a chance to adjust to college life and classes before joining. Most offer residential housing for members. Some chapters formerly present have closed; of these, alumni members are often still active with the college's alumni association, and recolonization of dormant chapters remains an opportunity for potential new founders.

Women's Sororities
These organizations belong to Knox's Panhellenic Council
 * Alpha Sigma Alpha, 2010, NPC sorority
 * Delta Delta Delta, 1889, NPC sorority
 * Kappa Kappa Gamma, 2007, NPC sorority
 * Pi Beta Phi, 1930, NPC sorority

Men's Fraternities
These organizations belong to Knox's Interfraternity Council
 * Beta Theta Pi, 1855, NIC fraternity
 * Phi Gamma Delta, 1867, NIC fraternity
 * Gentlemen of Quality, 2007, local organization
 * Phi Sigma Kappa, 1928–1955, chapter now dormant, NIC fraternity
 * Sigma Chi, 2007, NIC fraternity
 * Sigma Nu, 1891, NIC fraternity
 * Tau Kappa Epsilon, 1912, NIC fraternity

List of chapterhouses for pic insertion in reference line of Chapter List page
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Other useful code, categories or templates

 * Fraternities and sororities
 * University of Minnesota
 * --For a page you are working on sporadically but not right then.
 * --For a page you are immediately working on.
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Outdent
 * Help:Dummy edit

Our project
Good afternoon User. I noted a recent edit you made to a page, reverting vandalism. Thanks for that.

Should you have further interest in Greek societies, we'd welcome your participation on our shared project, the Fraternities and Sororities Project.

For many of us, these institutions represent a very impactful period in our lives. I know of several chapter advisors among the regular 300 participants, along with general alumni and undergrads that are Wiki-savvy. We presently keep an eye on 1,500 or so Greek pages, while a fairly substantial number of recent or dormant local chapters don't make the cut. There are perhaps 6,000 locals that do not have a Wikipedia article, and maybe 50 that do - mostly at Ivy League schools. Long ago, the Baird's Manual editors decided to include as national groups those societies that had three or more chapters, or locals that met a certain bar of longevity: ten years or more. We follow that same logic.

The Project page lists several items on our To Do list, but among them are:


 * 1) Review any of our watched pages for vandalism.
 * 2) Update chapter information for the many lists of chapters.
 * 3) Write an article to list the Greeks on a particular campus. 50 of these have been done, so far.
 * 4) Research a new article for a page that is missing. On our watchlist, these show up as red links.
 * 5) Vote on whether to keep a contested page or not.

There is a debate among editors on Wikipedia about whether to aggressively delete articles or allow their inclusion, based on a notoriously fickle determination of NOTIBILITY. Once an article is factually and cleanly written, I personally favor Inclusion, in order to make life easier for future researchers. Especially for fraternity, sorority and collegiate society articles.

If this last issue is of interest, you may wish to weigh in on a recent discussion of an "Article for Deletion" or AfD: Two or three of these crop up each month. One we are currently discussing is Articles for deletion/Eta Sigma Gamma. Voting is simple, and the instructions are at the top. Just add a line, with your vote, to Keep or Delete (or some other option) bolded at the start of the line.

Whatever you choose to do, we would welcome your participation in this Greek-friendly project. Join by adding your name here. Jax MN (talk) 23:03, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Template argument for keeping a page up for deletion

 * Keep - This is a quality article about a legitimate society with ~85 chapters. It had been languishing in draft space for several months after being started by a new editor. I cleaned it up for posting, with a To Do list showing new editors how to complete the chapter list. Within hours it gets hit with an AfD PROD...  WP says to "assume good faith".  OK, why else would  choose to AfD PROD this article? He/she said they had done a search, which turned up a "dearth" of in-depth coverage. Really?  Wow. Dearth means lack.  But the strangest thing happened. Again, assuming good faith, I clicked the standard find sources template which Onel5969 helpfully inserted along with the AfD. The very first item, a Google search, turned up links for dozens of official university website pages, each dedicated to their local, active, and thriving chapters of the society on that campus. This was just on the first two pages of my Google search.  I haven't gotten to JSTOR or other sources. University websites are independent, and because the topic of each page was that local chapter, the coverage may reasonably be described as "in-depth" versus "cursory."  Maybe the nominator's internet connection was down when he/she attempted their own searches. They said they searched. Hmm.
 * So, using the first ten new links, I added those ten chapters to the growing chapter list for the society's article. I included references, and links for those who wish to check my work.
 * I looked again, and even in the cursory Google search, another scholarly article popped up, in a Health Sciences journal, which I added to the growing list of references.
 * I suppose it is possible that each of these universities has posted a fraudulent society chapter, with officers, membership applications and local advisors, but it is unlikely that ALL of them conspired to do so.
 * Therefore, it is clear, Eta Sigma Gamma is a Notable organization and should be retained on this basis: First, it certainly meets the standard used by the Fraternities and Sororities Project that requires at least three chapters to claim national status. (It has 85 chapters). It has existed for 53 years, showing permanence. Even if it was a local, single-chapter fraternity it would be required to have existed ten years for notability among other requirements; again, this organization is over 53 years old. Eta Sigma Gamma (and its local Ball State chapter) are registered corporations in Indiana, as cited among the references. It has a physical address and comprehensive website. It is noted in a scholarly journal, as cited in the references. Finally, Eta Sigma Gamma's Talk page "to do" list asks for additional citations and other cleanup, reasonably so, as Wikipedia is a work in progress. I prefer to improve articles on valid, non-controversial subjects, instead of salting good work with random and harmful AfD PRODs like this.
 * This rush to delete is arbitrary, without adherence to the consistent, methodical approach used by the active Fraternities and Sororities Project and an unnecessary example of "Deletionism" versus the more helpful and comprehensive approach of "Inclusionism". There are some 1,500 national and local groups we track that are Notable, while we ourselves deem some 6,000 (maybe as many as 50,000) past or present fraternal organizations as Non-Notable. To pick at one, and waste time in a capricious AfD debate is pointless and harmful. Deletionism simply pushes away helpful new editors and opens the door to a broader, more inclusive competitor to Wikipedia. Neither are good outcomes.
 * The rules regarding Deletion require competence, and elaborate on this, saying that "This means articles, categories or templates should not be nominated in a routine fashion, nor because one feels too lazy to check for sources, or if the content is still being built or improved." --Thus I hope that the nominator isn't simply picking on fraternity articles to take cheap shots. Probably not. Jax MN (talk) 21:34, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Here's a link to the discussion over Sigma Mu Delta, which was unfortunately closed. Appeared to me at the time to be a case of bullying, by Deletionists. Good language in support of the group. 

UP Halcyon
Letter to the admin who abruptly closed the AfD, asking to revise this: (Aug 12, 2022)

Hello SuperAstig. You recently closed an AfD for UP Halcyon. I think the AfD should have been continued, reposted, for another week on this basis: The original article, while well-written and non-promotional was lacking any citations. When it was suddenly PRODed I objected, desirous of fixing it. The proposer then placed it in an AfD vote. In that single week I cleaned up the page and added two references. Another editor added six more references, all of them correctly cited.

During the brief vote period, several editors voiced a short opinion, "Delete, no sources" or something like that. Since we have fixed the page, addressed the original (valid) concern about a lack of sources, and have established notability and validity (~the group exists) and are an important part of their community, I'd like to give time for cooler heads to reassess. See, a REDIRECT doesn't do much good for those researching what this group is. It should be Kept, but I hoped the voters would come to that conclusion after seeing our improvements. The last six references were added only a couple of days ago - maybe 30 hours ago (I cannot see the page history to check). Voters didn't have much of a chance to see the improvements. Would you re-list, and give this time?

I see you are active regarding Philippine articles. I was falsely accused of being closely aligned to this group, and further, told I was bludgeoning by commenting and noting rebuttals. I was cordial. For the record I have no connection with the Philippines, speak only English and French, with a few words of Spanish and Greek. I am not connected with Halcyon in any way. I actively participate in the Fraternities and Sororities Project, and in many cases have edited and trimmed back obvious cruft and bloat for other Philippine-related fraternity articles. Similar to Lenticel, the OP, I push for better citations, too. I've left some of these go to be deleted where I agree with that decision. After volunteering to work on several thousand similar articles I simply get the sense that this group is legitimate, notable and worthy of an article, and have expressed that opinion as an expert for this type of page.

Our AfDs, for fraternity and sorority groups, typically are extended to a second week, as they don't get a huge amount of voting either way.

Since we fixed the page and addressed the OP's concerns, would you revise your closure to either allow the page, or at least allow the AfD to continue a week? Jax MN (talk) 16:16, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Chi Omega
See User:Jax MN/sandbox/Chi Omega