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Fraternities and sororities

Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...

Timeline of Events

1776

12.5.1776

In the Apollo Room of the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia, students from the College of William and Mary meet for the first time founding Phi Beta Kappa, the first scholastic fraternity in the United States.

1825

11.26.1825

At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.

1827

11.17.1827

The Delta Phi fraternity, America's oldest continuous social fraternity, is founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York.

1844

6.22.1844

North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University.

1901

11.1.1901

Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.

1906

3.17.1906

The Phi Kappa Tau fraternity is founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

12.4.1906

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity in the United States established for men of African descent, is founded at Cornell University.