fraternity & sorority life
Fraternity and sorority involvement provides a unique opportunity for students to have a balanced college life with a focus on academic excellence, brotherhood/sisterhood, community service, and responsible social interaction. Fraternity and sorority life allow students to make lasting friendships with individuals that share similar ideals and purposes.
Student Involvement & Leadership (SIL) staff work closely with all recognized fraternities and sororities to improve their organizations and to help their members become successful student leaders of the University of Michigan-Flint community.
In 1969, the Theta Chi fraternity was founded on campus and for many years was the only Greek letter chapter at the university. In 1986, a small group of students started the process to build a larger Greek community. Since that time, fraternity and sorority life has grown to include 200 plus students that makeup 11 nationally recognized Greek organizations.
Fraternities
National Pan-Hellenic Council
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) UC-Flint recognizes members from UM-Flint, Kettering University, and Mott Community College:
Interfraternity Council
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) is the governing council for its three fraternities on campus. The specific purposes of the IFC are to: establish and administer rules governing recruitment and general oversight of fraternities; encourage scholastic achievement, cooperation, and harmony of its members; promote the best interest of UM-Flint; promote and maintain university spirit and loyalty which will transcend an individual fraternity’s ambitions; and provide services and additional support to its member chapters.
The three fraternities recognized by IFC are:
Sororities
National Pan-Hellenic Council
The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is the coordinating body of nine historically African American, international Greek-lettered fraternities and sororities. The nine NPHC organizations are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Divine Nine” The purpose of the NPHC shall be to foster cooperative actions of its members in dealing with matters of mutual concern. To this end, the NPHC promotes the well-being of its affiliate fraternities and sororities, facilitates the establishment and development of local councils of the NPHC, and provides leadership training for its constituents.
NPHC UC-Flint recognizes members from UM-Flint, Kettering University, Baker College, and Mott Community College:
College Panhellenic Association
The College Panhellenic Association (CPA) is the governing council for three of the sororities on campus. The CPA is the campus-based council under the umbrella organization, National Panhellenic Conference. CPA’s purpose is to develop and maintain women’s fraternity life and interfraternity relations at a high level of accomplishment and, in doing so, to consider the goals and ideals of member groups, promote superior scholarship, maintain high social and moral standards, act in accordance with the National Panhellenic Conference Unanimous Agreements, and act in accordance with the rules established by the CPA.
The two sororities recognized by the CPA are:
