Are there coed fraternities

Chi Omega Rho and the chapter of Delta Upsilon at the University of Chicago are the only two fraternities in the Chicago area where men and women live together. The coed chapters at UIC and Northeastern Illinois do not provide room and board for their members, since most students at those schools live off campus.

Much like the members of the Chi Omega Rho chapter, Delta Upsilon brothers and sisters say they sometimes feel estranged from the single-sex fraternities and sororities. But members fear they will have a hard time keeping active when they are scattered over the campus.

Officials at the National Interfraternal Conference confirmed their fears, saying most fraternities dissolve when there is not a house where members can live or congregate. I'm guessing it might be because it started out as male-only and then they began admitting women sometime in the 70's and just never changed the way we refer to each other.

As per Wikipedia- Coeducational fraternities Coeducational fraternities permit both male and female members. We are a social fraternity, we do in fact call our female members sisters. I'm also a member of a coed GLO, but we do not call ourselves a fraternity, out of respect for all our members. We are a multicultural social organization.

Our women members are called Sisters, just as our men members are called Brothers. Collectively, we refer to ourselves as Siblings. Find all posts by elusive While Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity is co-ed, we refer to all of our initiated members as brothers. While the Fraternity officially went fully co-ed in , a significant number of our chapters tech schools and west coast mostly began initiating women underground and sending in forms with just the first initial 6 or 8 years earlier.

At this time some of the other mostly more conservative chapters had little sister programs. Refering to the women who had pledged as brothers in some ways was a reaction to that as well as showing full equality.

While there are a few chapters that locally refer to their female members as sisters, it isn't very common Georgetown U. Random Task. We arn't co-ed but I don't think it say anything about gender in our original constitution, but i'm sure it has been amended since Last edited by MysticCat; at AM.

I'm a bit late to this post, but are you asking only about national fraternities? Senusret I. Originally Posted by naraht.

Alpha Psi Lambda-National, Inc. We have 20 chapters. We have brothers and sisters but call ourselves Familia family in Spanish. Last edited by apsil; at PM.

I am a part of a coed social fraternity. Zeta Delta Xi. All members are called Brothers. We were once part of an all male fraternity, but we withdrew from the national in the 80's. All times are GMT Or how about Delta Theta Phi , an international co-ed law fraternity? This organization is fairly unique in the sense that it offers chapter membership outside of the United States to students at non-American Bar Association-approved law schools.

They also publish a highly regarded law review, The Adelphia Law Journal. Delta Theta Phi provides a forum for students, lawyers, and other members to network, exchange ideas and knowledge, and create lifelong professional affiliations and personal friendships.

Taking these two examples, you can see how professional fraternities offer things like degree-specific achievement scholarships, as well as access to professionals and alumni to help grow your acumen as a young professional. Social chapters offer networking, but have much less of a focus on any specific field of study and are generally not co-ed. They offer scholarships, but not usually in tandem with career-specific growth programs.

Many here at OmegaFi have cherished just such an experience. And if you still want that professional edge while in a social chapter, you can always join a student association based on your degree program. On the flip side, professional fraternities are groups where you still must pledge, be initiated, pay dues, wear letters, and pitch in for events and initiatives.

They also offer events like socials, formals, and some have campus chapter houses. So it really just depends on what you want out of Greek life. Neither is the wrong choice. Pledging a chapter--any chapter--is taking on a huge commitment, both financially and in regards to your personal time and attention.