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Active: A member who has been initiated into    lifelong sorority membership and is active at the collegiate level.

Alumnae: Initiated sorority members who have graduated from college.

Badge: The pin of an initiated member.

Invitation to Join/Bid: A formal invitation to join        a particular fraternity or sorority.

Big Sister: An active member of a sorority who   serves as a sponsor, advisor, and special friend to        a new member, guiding them through their new    member program and initiation.

Chapter: A local group of the larger national organization, designated by a special Greek name.

Depledge: Terminating one’s sorority membership before initiation; those who depledge a sorority       may not pledge another sorority until the next      formal recruitment period.

Greek: Any member of a Greek-letter social or community service organization (sorority or   fraternity).

Initiation: The formal ceremony that marks the beginning of the active membership. Each chapter      has a different set of requirements in order to           be initiated.

Initiated Member: Any member who has completed   the new member process, has gone through the initiation ceremony, and is currently enrolled in college.

Legacy: The brother or sister, son or daughter, or grandson or granddaughter of a fraternity or sorority member. Each local chapter has its own policy regarding legacies. Being a legacy does NOT mean automatic membership into that chapter. Nonetheless, being a legacy does not hurt your chances at membership in any way.

Membership Recruitment: The process of mutual selection between a perspective member and active chapter

New Member: A member of a fraternity or sorority who has not been initiated.

New Member Program:
A period of learning about sorority life prior to initiation. This period varies for all groups.

Panhellenic: Means “All Greek”. It is an association for all Greek affiliated women. The Panhellenic Association operates under the direction of the National Panhellenic Council (NPC).

Philanthropy: A charitable fund raiser or service project sponsored by a fraternity or sorority.

Pledge: Is not a PERSON, but Your promise to become an initiated member.

Recruitment Counselor (Pi Rho Chi):
A sorority member who has disaffiliated herself from her chapter during Formal Recruitment. She is specially trained to help potential new members and/or answer any questions they may have about sorority membership.

Sister: A term used by sorority members to refer to one another.

Social: A get-together with another group for a party, dinner, or another fun occasion.

ALPHA ..................................Α NU .....................................N

BETA .....................................B XI ......................................Ξ

   DELTA ..................................Δ    PI .......................................Π

EPSILON ..............................E    RHO ..................................P

    ZETA ....................................Z     SIGMA .............................Σ

    ETA ......................................H      TAU ..................................T

    THETA ................................Θ     UPSILON .........................Y

    IOTA ....................................I     PHI .....................................Φ

    KAPPA ...................................K     CHI ....................................X

    LAMBDA ...............................Λ     PSI ....................................Ψ

     MU .......................................M     OMEGA ............................Ω

A Tri Sigma, Jennifer Blackburn Dunn is a member of the US House o Representatives.

Sigma Sigma Sigma is the first sorority with two international chapters in Germany.

* 85% of the Fortune 500 Executives,

* 80% of U.S. Presidents since 1900, and

* 100% of Apollo 11 Astronauts are Greek..

* more than 7 million men and women in the U.S. and Canada are Greek.

* 80% of the chief executives of the 500 largest corporations are Greek members.

* Greeks comprise more than three-fourths of Congress.

* 85% of Supreme Court Justices since 1910 have been Greek.

* Since 1900, two-thirds of members of Presidential Cabinets have been Greek.

* Of the fifteen presidents who had a chance to join a fraternity, twelve took advantage of the opportunity.

* The majority of men listed in "Who's Who in America" are fraternity men.

Wilt Chamberlain, John Elway, Lou Gehrig, Orel Hershiser, Jack Nicklaus, Gayle Sayers, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Matt Suhey

Kristie Alley, Candice Bergen, Dixie Carter, Bill Cosby, Kevin Costner, Harrison Ford, Amy Grant, David Letterman, Paul Newman, Brad Pitt, Elvis Presley, Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds, Carrie Underwood

George Bush, Jesse Jackson, Nancy Kassebaum, Martin Luther King Jr., Maurine Neuberger, Ronald Reagan, Harry S. Truman

Barbara Bush, Robert Frost, Lee Lococca, Linda Byrd Johnson, Joan Lunden, Debora Norville, Georgia O'Keefe, George Patton, Jane Pauley, Marilyn Quayle

*Fraternities:*	*Sororities:*
*Delta Chi*	*Sigma Sigma Sigma*
*Phi Kappa Psi*	*Alpha Sigma Alpha*
*Lambda Chi Alpha*	*Alpha Chi Omega*
*Tau Kappa Epsilon*	*Gamma Phi Beta*
*Phi Delta Theta*
*Sigma Nu*
Sigma Chi