A Guide to FrAternity And Sorority LiFe - Virginia Tech
A Guide to FrAternity And Sorority LiFe - Virginia Tech
A Guide to FrAternity And Sorority LiFe - Virginia Tech
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Active: A fully initiated member of a fraternity or sorority<br />
Alumni: <strong>Sorority</strong> or fraternity members who are no longer active members of a collegiate chapter<br />
Associate/New Member: An uninitiated member of a fraternity or sorority<br />
Badge: The fraternity or sorority membership insignia<br />
Bid: An invitation <strong>to</strong> join a sorority or fraternity<br />
Big Brother/Big Sister: Active member assigned <strong>to</strong> be the personal men<strong>to</strong>r for a new member<br />
Chapter: A membership unit of a national or international sorority or fraternity<br />
Charter: documentation that an individual chapter is recognized and operates according <strong>to</strong> the national organization<br />
GREEK LIFE<br />
Colony: A newly formed affiliate of a national organization that has not yet received its charter. The organizing members of a colony are<br />
often referred <strong>to</strong> as founders<br />
Continuous Open Bidding (COB): Process of extending bids on an individual basis that begins immediately following the formal<br />
recruitment program<br />
Formal <strong>Sorority</strong> Recruitment: A membership recruitment period during which a series of organized events are held by each National<br />
Panhellenic Conference sorority; organized and implemented by the Panhellenic Leadership<br />
Fraternity: A group of men or women who are bound <strong>to</strong>gether by ritual ties, beliefs, and common goals and values<br />
Fraternity and <strong>Sorority</strong> Life: A department of Student Programs at <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Tech</strong>. It comprises four <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> umbrella organizations:<br />
Interfraternity Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, the United Council of Fraternities and Sororities, and the Panhellenic Council<br />
Interfraternity Council (IFC): The representative governing body of all men’s NIC fraternities<br />
Initiation: A traditional ritual that brings an associate/new member in<strong>to</strong> full membership of the fraternity or sorority<br />
Intake: The membership recruitment and induction process for the National Pan-Hellenic Council and some United Council of Fraternities<br />
and Sororities chapters<br />
Legacy: Someone whose mother, father, sister, or brother is a member of a particular Greek-letter organization<br />
Line: Term sometimes used by various culturally based Greek organizations <strong>to</strong> refer <strong>to</strong> the members who join during the same semester<br />
National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO): The representative body for the traditionally Latin fraternities<br />
and sororities<br />
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC): The representative governing body for the nine traditionally African-American fraternities<br />
and sororities<br />
National Panhellenic Conference (NPC): The conference composed of 26 national women’s fraternities, each of which is au<strong>to</strong>nomous as a<br />
general, Greek-letter society of college women, undergraduates, and alumnae<br />
New Member: A woman who has accepted a sorority bid, but is not yet an initiated member<br />
New Member Educa<strong>to</strong>r: A liaison between the new members and the chapter who is responsible for implementing and moni<strong>to</strong>ring the<br />
new member program and preparing the new members for initiation<br />
North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC): The conference for the 72 collegiate general fraternities<br />
Portico 2009-2010<br />
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