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The Office of Greek Affairs at Muhlenberg College is dedicated to the intellectual and social development of students through membership in Greek-letter organizations. All Muhlenberg College students are encouraged to avail themselves of the scholarship, leadership, brotherhood/sisterhood, and philanthropic opportunities of membership.

Through a commitment to integrity, diversity, achievement, civility, and life-long learning, Greek Affairs strives to produce men and women of competence and maturity who will contribute positively to the world in which they live.

THE GREEK COMMUNITY

Greek life at Muhlenberg College consists of seven (7) nationally or internationally affiliated Greek-letter organizations. Each chapter traditionally holds membership recruitment and education programs in the fall of each year. Students interested in becoming members must meet or exceed certain standards, both behaviorally and academically.

Being a member of a Greek organization provides a host of benefits including the opportunity to develop and refine leadership skills, participate in local community service and national philanthropic projects, and form lifelong friendships within an inter/national brotherhood or sisterhood. Members of the Greek system can boast of involvement in practically every facet of campus life and support many campus initiatives. The Greek system strives to provide for its members growth-oriented opportunities and experiences that are consistent with the mission of the College.

HISTORY

CHARTERING TIMELINE – MEN’S FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS

1867 - 1904	Phi Gamma Delta (Epsilon Deuteron)
1868 - 1885	Chi Phi (Beta)
1881 - 2000	Alpha Tau Omega, (Penn Alpha Iota)
1898 - 1940	Delta Theta (merged with Lambda Chi Alpha in 1939)
1902 - 1904	Theta Nu Epsilon (Alpha Nu)
1914 - 1918	Alpha Sigma colony (became PKT, March 22, 1918)
1918 -1994 and 1998 - present	Phi Kappa Tau, (Eta)
1919 - 1932	Phi Epsilon (merged with Theta Kappa Nu in 1932)
1920 - 1938	Theta Upsilon Omega (Delta Beta) (merged w/Sig Ep in 1938)
1920 - 1928 (approx)	Haas & Pfeffer Society (merged with Theta Upsilon Omega in 1928)
1923 - 1929	Druid Club (merged with Theta Upsilon Omega in 1928)
1926 - 1935	Philos Club (remnants merged with LCA in 1939)
1926 - 1932	Sigma Lambda Pi (Gamma) (merged w/PEP in 1932)
1931 - 1939	Theta Kappa Nu (Epsilon) (merged w/LCA in 1939)
1932 - 1970	Phi Epsilon Pi (Alpha Nu) (became ZBT in 1970)
1938 - present	Sigma Phi Epsilon, (Penn Iota)
1939 - 1978	Lambda Chi Alpha (Nu Epsilon)
1939-1940	Sigma Kappa Omicron (College Commons workers)
1949 - 1955	Phi Sigma Kappa (Upsilon Triton)
1958 - 2003	Tau Kappa Epsilon, (Zeta Eta)
1970 - 1995	Zeta Beta Tau
1988 - 2007	Alpha Epsilon Pi, (Alpha Beta)
1998 - 2002 and 2003 - present	Delta Tau Delta, (Theta Chi)

CHARTERING TIMELINE – WOMEN’S FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS

1958 - 1973	Delta Phi Nu (service/social sorority)
1984 – present	Alpha Chi Omega, (Zeta Chi)
1984 – present	Delta Zeta Sorority, (Xi Iota)
1984 - 2005 and 2005 - present	Phi Sigma Sigma, (Delta Lambda)
1992 – present	Phi Mu, (Phi Kappa)