North-American Interfraternity Conference
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The North-American Interfraternity Conference (or NIC), (formerly known as the National Interfraternity Conference) is an association of collegiate men's fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began on November 27, 1909. The power of the organization rests in a House of Delegates where each member fraternity is represented by a single delegate. However, the group’s executive and administrative powers are vested in an elected board of directors consisting of nine volunteers from various NIC fraternities. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, the NIC also operates a small professional staff.
The NIC seeks to provide services including, “but not be limited to, promotion of cooperative action in dealing with fraternity matters of mutual concern, research in areas of fraternity operations and procedures, fact-finding and data gathering, and the dissemination of such data to the member fraternities.” However, it notes that “[c]onference action shall not in any way abrogate the right of its member fraternities to self-determination.”
As of October 2009, the NIC had seventy-three member organizations with 5,500 chapters located on over 800 campuses in the United States and Canada with approximately 350,000 undergraduate members.
Originally the Interfraternity Conference, in 1931 the name was changed to the National Interfraternity Conference. Finally, to reflect the organization's Canadian membership, the current name was adopted in 1999.
Member Organizations
| Organization | Symbol | Nickname | Founding Year | Traditional Emphasis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acacia | AKAKIA | "A-kack", "AKAK" or "Acacian's" | 1904 | Traditional/Social [Masonic Tradition] |
| Alpha Chi Rho | ΑΧΡ | "Crow" | 1895 | Traditional/Social |
| Alpha Delta Gamma | ΑΔΓ | "ADG", "Delts" or "AlphaDelts" | 1924 | Christian (Catholic) |
| Alpha Delta Phi | ΑΔΦ | "Alpha Delts", "A.D.'s", "A D Phi", or "A.D.P." | 1832 | Traditional/Social [Literary Society] |
| Alpha Epsilon Pi | ΑEΠ | "AEPi" | 1913 | Jewish |
| Alpha Gamma Rho | AΓΡ | "AGR" or "Agger" | 1904 | Professional (Agriculture) |
| Alpha Gamma Sigma | ΑΓΣ | "AG Sig" | 1923 | Professional (Agriculture) |
| Alpha Kappa Lambda | ΑΚΛ | "AKL" | 1914 | Traditional/Social |
| Alpha Phi Alpha | AΦA | "Alphas" or "A-Phi-A" | 1906 | BGLO |
| Alpha Phi Delta | AΦΔ | "APD" | 1914 | Traditional/Social [Italian American] |
| Alpha Sigma Phi | ΑΣΦ | "Alpha Sig" | 1845 | Traditional/Social [Secret Society] |
| Alpha Tau Omega | ΑΤΩ | "ATO" or "Taus" | 1865 | Traditional/Social [Leadership] |
| Beta Chi Theta | ΒΧΘ | "Beta Chi" | 1999 | Asian (South Asian) |
| Beta Sigma Psi | BΣΨ | "Beta Sig" | 1925 | Christian (Luteran) |
| Beta Theta Pi | ΒΘΠ | "Beta" | 1839 | Traditional/Social |
| Chi Phi | ΧΦ | 1854 | Traditional/Social | |
| Chi Psi | ΧΨ | "Lodgers" | 1841 | Traditional/Social |
| Delta Chi | ΔΧ | "D. Chi" | 1890 | Traditional/Social [Professional (Law)] |
| Delta Kappa Epsilon | ΔΚΕ | "DKE" or "Deke" | 1844 | Traditional/Social [Secret Society] |
| Delta Phi | ΔΦ | "D.Phi's" or "St. Elmo's" | 1827 | Traditional/Social [Secret Society] |
| Delta Psi | ΔΨ | 1847 | Traditional/Social [Literary Society] | |
| Delta Sigma Phi | ΔΣΦ | "Delta Sig" or "DSP" or "Digs" or "Diggers" | 1899 | Traditional/Social [Non-sectarian] |
| Delta Tau Delta | ΔΤΔ | "Delts", "DTD" | 1858 | Traditional/Social [Literary Society] |
| Delta Upsilon | ΔΥ | "DU" or "Ducks" | 1834 | Traditional/Social [Non-secretive] |
| FarmHouse | FH | "Farmers" | 1905 | Traditional/Social [Professional (Agriculture)] |
| Iota Nu Delta | INΔ | "IND" | 1994 | Asian (South Asian) |
| Iota Phi Theta | IΦΘ | "Iotas" or "I-Phi-Theta" | 1963 | BGLO |
| Kappa Alpha Order | ΚΑ | "KA" or "The Order" | 1865 | Traditional/Social [Fraternal Order] |
| Kappa Alpha Psi | KAΨ | "Kappas" or "Nupes" | 1911 | BGLO |
| Kappa Alpha Society | ΚΑ | "KA" | 1825 | Traditional/Social [Literary Society] |
| Kappa Delta Phi | ΚΔΦ | 1900 | Traditional/Social | |
| Kappa Delta Rho | KΔP | 1905 | Traditional/Social | |
| Lambda Chi Alpha | ΛΧΑ | "Lambda Chi", "Chops", "Lambo" or "L Chi A" | 1909 | Traditional/Social |
| Lambda Phi Epsilon | ΛΦΕ | "Lambdas", "LFE", "LiFE", or "LPhiE" | 1981 | Asian (Asian Pacific Americans) |
| Lambda Sigma Upsilon | ΛΣΥ | "LSU" | 1979 | LGLO |
| Lambda Theta Phi | ΛΘΦ | "Lambdas" | 1975 | LGLO |
| Nu Alpha Kappa | NAK | "NAK's", "Nakos" | 1988 | LGLO |
| Omega Delta Phi | ΩΔΦ | "ODPhi" | 1987 | LGLO |
| Phi Beta Sigma | ΦBΣ | "Sigmas" | 1914 | BGLO |
| Phi Gamma Delta | ΦΓΔ | "Phi Gam" or "FIJI" | 1848 | Traditional/Social |
| Phi Iota Alpha | ΦΙΑ | "Phiotas" | 1931 | LGLO |
| Phi Kappa Psi | ΦΚΨ | "Phi Psi" "Psis" | 1852 | Traditional/Social [Service] |
| Phi Kappa Sigma | ΦΚΣ | "Skulls" and "Phi Kaps" | 1850 | Traditional/Social [Secret Order] |
| Phi Kappa Tau | ΦΚΤ | "Phi Tau", "PKT" | 1906 | Traditional/Social [Non-Fraternity] |
| Phi Kappa Theta | ΦΚΘ | "Phi Kap" | 1959 | Traditional/Social [Christian (Catholic)] |
| Phi Lambda Chi | ΦΛΧ | "Phi Lambs" | 1920 | Traditional/Social |
| Phi Mu Delta | ΦΜΔ | "Phi Mud" or "Mudhouse" | 1918 | Traditional/Social [Commons Club] |
| Phi Sigma Kappa | ΦΣΚ | "Phi Sig" | 1873 | Traditional/Social |
| Phi Sigma Phi | ΦΣΦ | "Phi Sigma Phags" | 1988 | Traditional/Social |
| Pi Kappa Alpha | ΠΚΑ | "Pi-K-A", "Pika", or "Pike" (traditional) | 1868 | Traditional/Social |
| Pi Kappa Phi | ΠΚΦ | "Pi Kapp", "PKP" | 1904 | Traditional/Social [Non-Fraternity] |
| Pi Lambda Phi | ΠΛΦ | "Pi Lam" | 1895 | Traditional/Social [Non-sectarian] |
| Psi Upsilon | ΨΥ | "Psi U" | 1833 | Traditional/Social |
| Sigma Alpha Epsilon | ΣΑΕ | "SAE", "Sig Alps", "E's" | 1856 | Traditional/Social |
| Sigma Alpha Mu | ΣΑΜ | "Sammy" or "SAM" | 1909 | Traditional/Social [Jewish] |
| Sigma Beta Rho | ΣBP | "SigRho" | 1996 | Asian (South Asian) |
| Sigma Chi | ΣΧ | "Sigs" | 1855 | Traditional/Social [Literary Society] |
| Sigma Lambda Beta (Chapters) | ΣΛΒ | "Lambda Betas" or "Betas" | 1986 | LGLO |
| Sigma Nu | ΣN | "Knights", "SigNu", "SNu", "Snakes", "Snukes" | 1869 | Traditional/Social [Anti-hazing] |
| Sigma Phi Delta | ΣΦΔ | "SigPhi" | 1924 | Professional (Engineering) |
| Sigma Phi Epsilon | ΣΦΕ | "SigEp" or "SPE" | 1901 | Traditional/Social |
| Sigma Phi Society | ΣΦ | 1827 | Traditional/Social [Secret Society] | |
| Sigma Pi | ΣΠ | 1897 | Traditional/Social [Literary Society] | |
| Sigma Tau Gamma | ΣΤΓ | "SigTau" | 1920 | Traditional/Social [Literary Society] |
| Tau Delta Phi | TΔΦ | "TauDelt" | 1910 | Traditional/Social [Jewish] |
| Tau Epsilon Phi | ΤΕΦ | "Tep" | 1910 | Traditional/Social [Jewish] |
| Tau Kappa Epsilon | ΤΚΕ | "TKE" or "Teke" | 1899 | Traditional/Social |
| Theta Chi | ΘΧ | "T-Chi" or "Ox" | 1856 | Traditional/Social |
| Theta Delta Chi | ΘΔΧ | "Theta Delt", "TDX" or "TDC" | 1847 | Traditional/Social [Secret Society] |
| Theta Xi | ΘΞ | "The Taxi", "T X", "Zoo", "Zukes" | 1864 | Traditional/Social [Secret Society] |
| Triangle Fraternity | "Delta T" | 1907 | Restricted Social Engineers, Architects and Scientists | |
| Zeta Beta Tau | ΖΒΤ | "ZBT" or "Zebe" | 1898 | Traditional/Social [Jewish] |
| Zeta Psi | ΖΨ | "Zetes" (pronounced Zates) | 1847 | Traditional/Social |
