The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Incorporated (NPHC) is currently composed of nine (9) International Greek letter Sororities and Fraternities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. NPHC promotes interaction through forums, meetings and other mediums for the exchange of information and engages in cooperative programming and initiatives through various activities and functions.
The stated purpose and mission of the organization in 1930 was Unanimity of thought and action as far as possible in the conduct of Greek letter collegiate fraternities and sororities, and to consider problems of mutual interest to its member organizations. Early in 1937, the organization was incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois and became known as The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Incorporated.
Founded in 1906 on the campus of Cornell University, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated is a
fraternity of first. Started as a social studies club to aid African American Students at Cornell, Alpha
Phi Alpha was the first fraternity to be succesfully organized. Manly deeds, Schloarship and Love for all
mankind are the aims of Alpha men. We strive to be First of All, Servants all and to Transcend all. As we
continue to hold the light of Alpha Phi Alpha high, we set precedents in our homes, our schools and in
our communities.
The Mu Rho Chapter was chartered on December 10, 1976 on Towson's Campus.
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. Forming a sorority broke barriers for African American women in areas where little power or authority existed due to a lack of opportunities for minorities and women in the early twentieth century.
The Lambda Beta chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated was chartered on January 21, 1977 by sixteen ambitious young women. The chapter continued to work to improve the community life at Towson University, and will continue to strive to better it through community service, campus involvement, and dedication to campus unity. Lambda Beta prides themselves on innovation and bringing new initiatives to the African American Greek community and beyond. We hope to create a positive image for the Lambda Beta chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated which will continue to provide many opportunities for young woman to enhance their college career.
Lambda Beta recently initiated 47 woman on November 21st,2010.
Kappa Alpha Psi, a college fraternity, now comprised of functioning undergraduate and alumni chapters on major campuses and in cities throughout the country and the world, is the crystallization of a dream. It is the beautiful realization of a vision shared commonly by the late revered Founders.
Black-sponsored Greek letter organizations on the Indiana University campus might well have begun in 1903, but there were too few registrants to assure a continuing organization. In that year, a club was formed called Alpha Kappa Nu with the purpose of strengthening the voice of Blacks at the university. The club disappeared after a short time. There is no record of any similar organization at Indiana until ten astute African-American college students, on the night of January 5, 1911, sowed the seed of a fraternal tree whose fruit is available to, and now enjoyed by, college men everywhere, regardless of their color, religion or national origin:
At Towson University, the Lambda Zeta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, was chartered on February 27, 1982
on, then, Towson State University.
On Friday evening, November 17, 1911, three Howard University undergraduate students, with the assistance of their faculty adviser, gave birth to the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. This event occurred in the office of biology Professor Ernest E. Just, the faculty adviser, in the Science Hall (now known as Thirkield Hall). The three liberal arts students were Edgar A. Love, Oscar J. Cooper and Frank Coleman. From the initials of the Greek phrase meaning "friendship is essential to the soul," the name Omega Psi Phi was derived. The phrase was selected as the motto. Manhood, scholarship, perseverance and uplift were adopted as cardinal principles. A decision was made regarding the design for the pin and emblem, and thus ended the first meeting of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
The Iota Epsilon Chapter of Omega Psi Phi was chartered January 30th, 1976 on Towson's Campus.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated was founded on January 13, 1913 at Howard University. Twenty-two women, our Founders, envisioned an organization of college women pledged to serious endeavor and community service. These youthful students wanted to use their collective strength to promote academic excellence, cultural enrichment, and to provide assistance to persons in need.
Our Founders did not wait for change they initiated it. The first public act performed by the Delta Founders involved their participation in the Women Suffrage March in 1913 held in Washington, D.C. Since 1913, Delta Sigma Theta has been providing service and public support to local communities, leading the dialogue on public issues, supporting quality education, providing scholarships, sponsoring artistic innovation, creating positive opportunities for the development of our youth, and providing new projects to stimulate current and future economic growth.
Mu Mu Citywide Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta was chartered on June 22, 1975, as an invitation
by Towson State Universitys President, becoming Deltas 524th chapter. As the first sorority
at Towson, our intent was to establish a campus society to promote high cultural, intellectual,
and moral standards among its members, for its members, and for that of the larger society in
which Mu Mu Citywide Chapter existed.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students. The Founders, Honorable A. Langston Taylor, Honorable Leonard F. Morse, and Honorable Charles I. Brown, wanted to organize a Greek letter fraternity that would truly exemplify the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service.
The Founders deeply wished to create an organization that viewed itself as "a part of" the general community rather than "apart from" the general community. They believed that each potential member should be judged by his own merits, rather than his family background or affluence...without regard to race, nationality, skin tone or texture of hair. They desired for their fraternity to exist as part of an even greater brotherhood which would be devoted to the "inclusive we" rather than the "exclusive we".
The Theta Omicron Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was chartered on the campus of Towson State University, currently Towson University on Monday, January 31, 1977. Since its chartering the brothers of the Theta Omicron Chapter have been very influential in the lives of Towson students and the surrounding Towson/ Baltimore community for 34 years and counting!
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. (Zeta), one of four college sororities for African American women, was founded on January 16, 1920, on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. by five women, now known as the Five Pearls. Zeta is a historically black sorority founded during a tense political climate of race riots and lynchings at the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance and just as all American women received the right to vote. Zeta formed to be a socially conscious service based organization, aware of the cultural and political changes taking place in society.
Sigma Gamma Rho was founded on the campus of Butler University on November 12, 1922, by seven school teachers in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was incorporated within the state of Indiana in December 1922 and as a national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, at which time a charter was granted and the Alpha chapter was established.
The sorority is a non-profit whose aim is to enhance the quality of life within the community. Public service, leadership development and the education of youth are the hallmark of the organization's programs and activities.
The Eta Xi chapter was chartered on December 17, 1977 on Towson's campus
On September 19, 1963, at Morgan State College (now Morgan State University), 12 students founded what is now the nation's fifth largest, predominately African-American social service fraternity: The Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated ®.
The Honorable founders of Iota Phi Theta® were: Albert Hicks, Lonnie Spruill, Jr., Charles Briscoe, Frank Coakley, John Slade, Barron Willis, Webster Lewis, Charles Brown, Louis Hudnell, Charles Gregory, Elias Dorsey, Jr., and Michael Williams. Based upon their ages, heightened responsibilities, and increased level of maturity, this group had a slightly different perspective than the norm for college students. It was this perspective from which they established the Fraternity's purpose, "The development and perpetuation of Scholarship, Leadership, Citizenship, Fidelity, and Brotherhood among Men." Additionally, they conceived the Fraternity's motto, "Building a Tradition, Not Resting Upon One!"
Today, Iota Phi Theta® consists of over 250 chapters located in 40 States, the District of Columbia and the Republic of Korea. The scope of the organization extends throughout the nation, from California to New York; from Wyoming to Florida; and from Wisconsin to The Bahamas Islands.
February 22, 2011
A Blast From The Past
Union Loch Raven Room 8pm
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