List of fraternities and sororities in Puerto Rico
This is a list of social fraternities and sororities in Puerto Rico. There are several service, professional, and honorary fraternities and sororities from the United States which have chapters in Puerto Rico. The following list is composed of Greek Letter social organizations founded in Puerto Rico, by Puerto Ricans. The large majority don't have chapters outside the island. An exception to this is those organizations that are members of the Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida, the five fraternities that are members of the CIPFI are also members of the Concilio Interfraternitario de Puerto Rico (CIPR) or Inter-Fraternity Council of Puerto Rico, along with the two oldest Puerto Rican sororities, those five fraternities and two sororities are considered as being the strongest.[1]
Traditionally Puertorican fraternity members would wear a ribbon or sash while in formal wear much like the band in German Fraternities.
Fraternities
editName | Nickname | Founded | Founding location | Type | Scope | Affiliation | Status | References |
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Alpha Beta Chi | Alpha Betas | 1941 | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus | Collegiate | International | CIPR | Active | [2] |
Alpha Omicron Sigma | Omicrones | 1957 | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico | Collegiate | National | Independent | Active | |
Alpha Sigma Upsilon | Upsilones | 1990 | Collegiate | national | [3] | |||
Delta Phi Theta | Los Deltas | 1961 | Collegiate | National | [4] | |||
Nu Sigma Beta | Nu Sigma | 1937 | University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. | Collegiate | Regional | CIPR | Active | |
Phi Beta Gamma | Phi Betas | 1954 | Collegiate | National | [5] | |||
Phi Delta Gamma | Phi Deltas | 1942 | College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts | Collegiate | National | CIPR | Active | |
Phi Epsilon Chi | Phi Epsilon | 1943 | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez | Collegiate | National | Independent | Active | |
Phi Eta Mu | Phi Etas | 1923 | University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. | Collegiate | International | CIPR | ||
Phi Eta Sigma | Phi Eta Sigma | 1959 | Colegio Ponceño | High School | Local | Independent | ||
Phi Sigma Alpha | Sigmas | 1928 | University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. | Collegiate | International | CIPR | Active | |
Phi Zeta Chi | Phi Zetas | 1958 | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez | Collegiate | National | [6] | ||
Zeta Mu Gamma | Zetas | 1943 | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | High School | Local | [7] | ||
Zeta Phi Beta | Los Zetas Maricones | 1957 | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez | Collegiate | National | Independent | Active |
Sororities
editName | Nickname | Founded | Founding location | Type | Scope | Affiliation | Status | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Delta Phi Eta | Deltas | 1982 | Collegiate | National | [8] | |||
Eta Gamma Delta | Etas | 1928 | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus | Collegiate | International | CIPR | Active | |
Eta Phi Zeta | Las Phi Zetas | 1969 | University of Puerto Rico at Utuado | Collegiate | National | [9] | ||
Mu Alpha Phi | Mu | 1927 | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus | Collegiate | International | CIPR | Active | |
Sigma Epsilon Chi | Epsilonas | 2003 | Collegiate | National | [10] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Shokooh Valle, Firuzeh (March 9, 2005). "Cada vez menos los grupos reconocidos". Primera Hora (in Spanish). GFR Media. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ^ "Historia: Fraternidad Alpha Beta Chi". www.abxpr.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Fraternidad Alpha Sigma Upsilon, Inc". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Fraternidad Delta Phi Theta Inc". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Fraternidad Phi Beta Gamma, Inc". Open Corporates. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Fraternidad Phi Zeta Chi, Inc". Open Corporates.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Fraternidad Zeta Mu Gamma, Inc". Open Corporates. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Honorable Sororidad Delta Phi Eta Inc". www.bizapedia.com. November 20, 2020. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Eta Phi Zeta Inc. : Puerto Rico". Open Corporates. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Sigma Epsilon Chi, Corp". Open Corporates. Retrieved 2023-10-13.