{"id":25,"date":"2018-03-13T14:20:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T14:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/greek-life\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-08-13T11:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:58:50","slug":"the-greek-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/greek-life\/the-greek-community\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greek Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Eligibility<\/h2>\n<p>To be eligible to join a Greek organization, you must have completed 12 Montclair State University credit hours and have a cumulative grade point average of \u00a02.7. Therefore, first semester freshmen and transfer students are eligible after the completion of their first semester at Montclair State University.<\/p>\n<h2>Recognized Organizations<\/h2>\n<p>The following organizations are recognized by the Greek Council and the Center for Student Involvement at Montclair State University. Find them all on <a href=\"https:\/\/montclair.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organizations?branches=312523\">Engage<\/a>!<br \/>\n<div class=\"prpl-drawer\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">The Interfraternity Council &lpar;IFC&rpar;<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\"><br \/>\n<em>Composed of seven inter\/nationally recognized fraternities\u00a0<\/em>\n<p>The IFC is a governing body representing the North-American Inter-fraternity Conference (NIC) fraternities at Montclair State University. The NIC represents the oldest and largest fraternities in the country and their memberships include men who have been presidents, politicians, CEOs, sportsmen and artists. The IFC strives to promote excellence in all aspects of fraternity life and academic pursuits. The Council works to achieve these goals through its committee structure focusing on an array of areas including chapter development, scholarship, community service, member education, and alumni and public relations.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/nicindy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The North-American Interfraternity Conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Membership:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alpha Chi Rho<\/li>\n<li>Delta Chi<\/li>\n<li>Kappa Sigma<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Phi Delta Theta<\/li>\n<li>Pi Kappa Alpha<\/li>\n<li>Sigma Pi<\/li>\n<li>Theta Xi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">Panhellenic Conference &lpar;NPC&rpar;<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\"><br \/>\n<em>Composed of five national sororities<\/em>\n<p>The National Panhellenic Conference is an umbrella body reserved for inter\/national women&#8217;s sororities who belong to the national governing body. The NPC exists to promote the values of and to serve as an advocate for its member groups in collaboration with those members, campuses, and communities. Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek-letter society of college women and alumnae. Members are represented on over 620 college and university campuses in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npcwomen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Panhellenic Conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Membership:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delta Phi Epsilon<\/li>\n<li>Phi Sigma Sigma<\/li>\n<li>Sigma Delta Tau<\/li>\n<li>Sigma Sigma Sigma<\/li>\n<li>Theta Phi Alpha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">The National Pan-Hellenic Council &lpar;NPHC&rpar;<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\"><br \/>\n<em>Composed of seven historically African American organizations<\/em>\n<p>Montclair State University is home to eight of the &#8220;Divine Nine&#8221;, historically African-American Greek Lettered Organizations. This sub-council&#8217;s goal is to unite as a single body under the ideals of sisterhood, brotherhood, scholarship and giving back to the community by providing service and educational and social programs to the Montclair campus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nphchq.com\/\">The National Pan-Hellenic Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Membership:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-drawer\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">The Local Council &lpar;TLC&rpar;<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\"><br \/>\n<em>Composed of six local organizations<\/em>\n<p>The Local Council is composed of six local organizations founded at Montclair State University. The sub-council strives to uphold the values of integrity, loyalty, compassion and humility, upon which the organizations were founded. Organization involvement enhances the co-curricular experience by providing resources and opportunities for scholarship, leadership, service and social development in an atmosphere conducive to friendship and sister\/brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>Membership:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alpha Iota Chi (Sorority)<\/li>\n<li>Delta Xi Delta (Sorority)<\/li>\n<li>Sigma Delta Phi (Sorority)<\/li>\n<li>Tau Phi Beta (Fraternity)<\/li>\n<li>Theta Kappa Chi (Sorority)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-drawer\"><div class=\"prpl-drawer-header\">The United Greek Coalition &lpar;UGC&rpar;<\/div><div class=\"prpl-drawer-content\"><br \/>\n<em>Composed of twelve historically Latino\/a and multicultural organizations<\/em>\n<p>The United Greek Coalition is the most diverse council and is made up of Latino, Multicultural, Asian Pacific Islander Greek letter organizations. The UGC strives hard to provide educational and community service based programs to the Montclair State Community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalmgc.org\/\">National Multicultural Greek Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nalfo.org\/\">National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.napahq.org\/\">National APIDA Panhellenic Association\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Membership:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alpha Sigma Rho Sorority Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Lambda Tau Omega Sorority Inc.<\/li>\n<li>La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Omega Phi Chi Multicultural Sorority Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Psi Sigma Phi Multicultural Fraternity Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Sigma Lambda Upsilon\/Senoritas Latina Unidas Sorority Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Inc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>* Indicates provisional chapters with recognition pending that have not obtained a charter from the Office of Greek Life and therefore are not officially chartered and gained full recognition.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a name=\"Unrecognized\"><\/a>Important Information<\/h2>\n<p>We would like to inform all students and families that there are groups of students that are\u00a0<strong>not recognized by the Greek Council and Montclair State University.<\/strong>\u00a0For your own safety and well-being, we discourage you from attending their events (on or off campus) and from affiliating with these unrecognized organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Inactive groups are not permitted to host\/co-host any type of programs, nor are they permitted to hold intake and related activities.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These groups include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alpha Kappa Psi<\/li>\n<li>Alpha Sigma Phi<\/li>\n<li>Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Groove Phi Groove<\/li>\n<li>Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Sigma Phi Rho Fraternity Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Swing Phi Swing<\/li>\n<li>Tau Delta Phi<\/li>\n<li>Tau Kappa Epsilon<\/li>\n<li>Theta Delta Sigma Society Inc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note that we are not currently considering any expansion to our community. Information will be posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/greek-life\/documents\/\">here<\/a> when expansion reopens. Please do not contact the office regarding expansion at this time.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eligibility To be eligible to join a Greek organization, you must have completed 12 Montclair State University credit hours and have a cumulative grade point average of \u00a02.7. Therefore, first semester freshmen and transfer students are eligible after the completion of their first semester at Montclair State University. 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