Service fraternities and sororities
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Service fraternity may refer to any fraternal public service organization, such as the Kiwanis or Rotary International. In Canada and the United States, the term fraternal organization is more common as "fraternity" in everyday usage refers to fraternal student societies.
In the context of the North American student fraternity and sorority system, service fraternities and service sororities comprise a type of organization whose primary purpose is community service. Members of these organizations are not restricted from joining other types of fraternities. This may be contrasted with professional fraternities, whose primary purpose is to bring together those with an interest in a field, and general or social fraternities, whose primary purposes are generally aimed towards some other aspect, such as the development of character, friendship, leadership, or literary ability.
Some general fraternities and their chapters, especially members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, emphasize the service aspects of their activities; however classification as a strictly service organization has legal meaning in regards to Title IX. Service fraternities, like professional fraternities and honor societies must be open to members of both genders since they do not have an exemption from Title IX similar to the one given in section (A)(6)(a) for Social Fraternities and Sororities[1].
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[edit] List of national college service fraternities and sororities
This list only includes groups within the United States; see below for groups of the Philippines.
- ΑΦΩ - Alpha Phi Omega - coed national (with independent organizations in United States and the Philippines)
- ΓΣΣ - Gamma Sigma Sigma - coed national, primarily female
- ΩΦΑ - Omega Phi Alpha - coed national, primarily female
- Intercollegiate Knights
- SPURS National Honor Society - defunct [1] coed national, primarily female (United States)
[edit] List of local/regional college service groups
(Note: These groups are presently all single-gender. See above for Issues with Title IX)
- ΑΔ - Alpha Delta - all-male, founded at University of Maine (formerly the Sigma Xi chapter of Alpha Phi Omega) [2]
- ΓΣΑ - Gamma Sigma Alpha - local strictly female, (Western New York, United States)
- ΩΖΧ - Omega Zeta Chi - "OZChi" - strictly female local, University of California, Riverside (United States)
- ΚΔΤ - local female service sorority, founded in 1963, Eastern Kentucky University (United States)
- ΤΦ - Tau Phi - strictly female local, Immaculata University (United States)
- ΣΚΣ- Sigma Kappa Sigma - Commonly known as EKE on campus, local male catholic brotherhood service fraternity at King's College (United States).
[edit] List of primarily non-collegiate fraternities
- ΔΘΤ - Delta Theta Tau - non-collegiate national service organization for women.
- ΒΣΦ - Beta Sigma Phi - non-collegiate International service sorority.
- ΕΣΑ - Epsilon Sigma Alpha - non-student international service sorority.
- ΦΖΦ - Phi Zeta Phi Foundation - non-collegiate national service organization for career professionals.
[edit] List of national college service fraternities and sororities of the Philippines
- ΑΝΩ - Adamas Nu Omega - Inter-Collegiate Fraternity and Sorority
- ΑΚΡ - Alpha Kappa Rho - Inter-Collegiate Humanitarian Service Fraternity and Sorority
- ΑΦΩ - Alpha Phi Omega - co-ed national (with independent organizations in United States and the Philippines)
- ΑΘΩ - Alpha Theta Omega
- ΓΦΟ - Gamma Phi Omicron [2] Fraternity and Sorority
- ΚΕ - Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
[edit] References
- ^ Title IX, United States Department of Justice
- ^ Southwick, Emily. "He's not your average bear: Service fraternity responsible for bringing out UM mascot shares behind-the-scene look at being Bananas." The Maine Campus. April 14, 2008. Retrieved on April 15, 2008.
