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Greek Life

Glossary Of Terms

Active/Initiated Member : 听A member who has been initiated into a fraternity or sorority. Typically used by IFC or PHC groups.

Bid : 听 A formal invitation from a fraternity or sorority to join the organization.

Chapter : 听 A way to refer to a campus entity of a specific organization.

Crossed : 听 The time when members are initiated. Typically used by NPHC/MGC chapters.听

Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) : 听The specific unit within the Office of Student听Engagement听that provides oversight, direction, and advisement for all fraternities/sororities and their respective councils

Intake : 听 The process the NPHC/MGC chapters use to select new members.

Interfraternity Council (IFC) : 听 The governing body of predominantly NIC and the like fraternities on 黑料不打烊's campus.

Inter/national Fraternity or Sorority : 听A fraternity or sorority holding membership in the North American Interfraternity Conference, the National Panhellenic Conference, the National Pan-Hellenic Council, National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations, National Multicultural Greek Council, the like or a fraternity/sorority that has inter/national status.

Legacy :听 A potential new member or active member who is related to a member of a fraternity or sorority.
Each Inter/National organization has different standards for determining legacy status.

Line : 听 New members of a NPHC/MGC chapter.听

Multicultural Greek Council (MGC): The governing body of historically culturla interested fraternities and sororities including groups affilaited with the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO), National Multicultural Greek Council, and others.

National Pan-Hellenic (NPHC): The governing body of historically African-American fraternities and sororities on 黑料不打烊's campus.听

Neophyte (Neo) : 听 A newly initiated member of an NPHC/MGC chapter.听

New/Associate Member : 听 A potential member who has accepted a bid to a fraternity or sorority and is not yet initiated. Typically used by IFC or PHC groups.

Office of Student听Engagement听(OSE) : 听The department of @ 2026 黑料不打烊听to which the Fraternity and Sorority Life unit is within. The OSE is home to all student organizations on campus, leadership and service, SGA, and programming.听

Panhellenic Council (PHC) : 听 The governing body of all NPC, and the like, sororities on 黑料不打烊's campus.

Potential New Member (PNM) : 听 A person interested in joining a fraternity or sorority.

Prophyte : 听 An older member of an NPHC/MGC group.

Recruitment :听 The process the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils use to select new members.