Greek Life

Dickinson College’s fraternities and sororities provide many opportunities to get involved, develop leadership skills, succeed academically, grow as an individual, make lasting friendships and serve the College and Carlisle communities. Fraternities and sororities have been a part of Dickinson College for over 150 years.

Women are eligible to join a sorority in the fall of their sophomore year (information about sorority recruitment can be obtained by sending an e-mail message to panhel@dickinson.edu); men are eligible to join a fraternity in the spring of their first year (information about fraternity recruitment can be obtained by sending an e-mail message to ifc@dickinson.edu). All students must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.25 in order to participate in either the fraternity or sorority recruitment process. Over twenty-five percent of the Dickinson student body chooses to affiliate with the College’s fraternities and sororities.

The Dickinson College fraternity and sorority community is advised by Student Activities and governed by the Interfraternity Council (originally established in 1859) for the fraternities and the Panhellenic Association and its Council (originally established in 1907) for the sororities. These groups are the local organizations charged with fulfilling many of the objectives of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and National Panhellenic Conference. These two groups serve as the representative governing body that guides, supports, develops and regulates their respective communities and enforcing College and individual organization policies on-campus. The Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association promote academic excellence and opportunities for engaged learning among all fraternity and sorority members in addition to sponsoring a variety of social and service activities throughout the academic year.

Information concering the recognition of new Greek organizations at Dickinson College can be found here.

Dickinson’s five recognized fraternities are Delta Sigma Phi, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Sigma, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Theta Chi. The College’s five recognized sororities are Delta Nu, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi.

Information regarding Dickinson College’s New Member Recruitment and Education Guidelines can be found here.

Along with the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC), the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), the Fraternity Executives Association (FEA), the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA), and several men’s and women’s fraternities, Dickinson College endorses the Risk Management Policy of the Fraternal Information & Programming Group, Inc. (FIPG) and chooses to use this policy as the minimum standard by which all Dickinson College fraternities and sororities will have their risk management policies, practices and procedures evaluated. A complete copy of the FIPG Risk Management Manual can be found here.

Please visit the Dickinson College Panhellenic Association Website, www.dickinson.edu/storg/panhel/.

Notice: Please be aware that should a Dickinson student choose to join a fraternity or sorority that has been expelled, suspended or is otherwise not in good standing with or recognized by the College, there may be adverse consequences for the student individually. The typical consequences for such membership or affiliation are suspension or expulsion from Dickinson College.

The Panhellenic Statement on this issue can be found here and the IFC Statement can be found here.