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The 35
fraternities and sororities on Duke's campus are diverse and distinct in
their memberships and missions. Some focus on community service, some on
cultural awareness, and some on scholarship, but they all have one thing
in common: they all foster community spirit, leadership, personal growth
and bonds that can last a lifetime.
At Duke, the Greek system is comprised of four umbrella organizations:
Visit these sites for information on recruitment, membership, and more.
Duke's Greek Life system is served by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority
Life, part of the Dean of Students' Office.
In case the whole Greek Life concept is still a little mysterious to you,
here's a glossary of key terms:
- Alumnus: An initiated fraternity member who is no
longer in college.
- Alumna: An initiated sorority member who is no longer
in college.
- Badge: The pin of an initiated member.
- Bid: A formal invitation to join a fraternity or sorority.
- Bid Day: The last day of recruitment when new members
accept their bids and officially join their new organization.
- Brother: A term used by fraternity members to refer
to one another.
- Chapter: A local group of the larger national organization.
- Formal Recruitment (also known as Rush): The period
of time set aside by the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association
for meeting potential members.
- Fraternity: The name applied to all Greek-letter organizations.
Informally, this name applies to men's groups while women's organizations
may be referred to as sororities or female fraternities.
- Greeks: A member of a Greek-letter fraternity or sorority.
- Greek Week: An annual celebration in which chapters
participate in educational, social, and service events.
- Initiation: The formal ceremony that brings a new
member into full Greek membership. Each chapter has a different set of
initiation requirements.
- Legacy: Someone whose mother, father, sister, brother,
grandmother, or grandfather is an initiated member of a Greek organization.
- New Member (also known as a Pledge): A potential member
who has accepted the bid of a fraternity or sorority, but who has not
been initiated.
- New Member Program: The period of learning about fraternity
and sorority life prior to initiation. In addition to learning the history
of the organization, new members may attend presentations on topics such
as study skills, acquaintance rape, substance abuse, and other important
issues.
- Open Recruitment: The period after Formal Recruitment
in which fraternities may recruit and offer bids without scheduled events
through IFC.
- Philanthropy: A service project sponsored by a chapter
from which donations of goods, money, and/or time are given to charitable
organizations.
- Sister: A term used by sorority members to refer to
one another.
- Sorority: A group of women joined together in friendship
for leadership and academic purposes.
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