![]() Recruitment – An organized activity to meet potential members.Ritual – A value-based esoteric ceremony that is traditional of a chapter.Recommendation – A letter signed by an alumna/alumnus recommending a potential new member for membership.Quota – A specified number of potential new members that each sorority may invite for membership.Potential New Member – A woman who is going through the recruitment process.Philanthropy – Endeavors raising money for charitable organizations.Panhellenic Council – The local coordinating and governing organization for women’s sororities.New Member Period – The time during which new members learn about their organization, its members, and their activities.New Member – a member of a sorority or fraternity who has not been initiated (also called associate member or pledge).National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) – The international organization composed of 26 women’s fraternities.National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) – The national organization for all historically African-American fraternities and sororities.National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) – The national organization for Latino/a fraternities and sororities.North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) – The international organization composed of more than 70 men’s fraternities.Legacy – A potential new member whose grandparents, parents, or siblings are a members of a particular organization.Interfraternity Council (IFC) – The representative body of all men’s fraternities.Initiation – A formal ceremony during which a man or woman begins full membership in an organization.House/Floor/Stairwell/Suite – The structure in which organizations reside or socialize together.Fraternal Information and Programming Group (F.I.P.G.) – A group of national/international organizations which have grouped together to form a uniform risk management policy in order to obtain adequate liability insurance.De-pledge – The termination of a new member’s relationship with a sorority.Community Service – Hands-on activities directly benefiting others.Colony – A newly organized group working to become a chartered chapter.Chapter Total – The maximum number of members which a sorority chapter can recruit.Chapter Advisor – An alumnus who establishes and maintains a close advisory relationship with a chapter and serves as a teacher, counselor, and friend.Chapter – The local group of an international organization.Bid – A formal invitation to join an organization.Badge – The pin of an initiated member.Alumna – A sorority member who has graduated or left college (plural: alumnae).Active – An initiated woman who is a college student.The following is a listing of terms that are often used within the sorority community at Valparaiso University. ![]() Sorority Terminology Sorority Terminology
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