Fraternities and Sororities

Delta Gamma Sorority, 1953

Phi Sigma Sigma Anchor Clanker, 1992

Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity, 1975

Chi Omega Sorority

Alpha Epsilon Phi Pyramid

Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, 1986

Alpha Sigma Phi 1984

Songfest winners, the Phi Mu Girls, entertain at Alumni Day Luncheon, May 1964

Delta Sigma Theta Sisters perfoming in front of Mary Graydon Center, October 2, 1993

Fraternities and sororities have been an important component of student life at American University for over 80 years.  Throughout AU’s history fraternities and sororities have contributed to life on campus, bringing students together and emphasizing the core values of service, friendship, academic excellence, and leadership.

The first fraternal organizations at American University were established in the 1920s - The Jesters Club (1927), Alpha Chi (1928), The Swagger Club (1928), and Phi Beta Zeta (1929).  More followed including Phi Mu (1933), Delta Gamma (1935), Phi Sigma Kappa (1936), and Alpha Chi Omega (1937).  Throughout the next several decades Greek Life on campus continued to grow steadily, witnessing rapid expansion in the 1990s and 2000s.  American University is currently home to 37 different fraternities and sororities.