Quick Greek Facts

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UA GREEK LIFE FACTS A Student Life tradition since 1873 with the establishment first campus fraternity, The University of Akron boasts some of the oldest Greek chapters in the nation. With 4% of the undergraduate student population, UA Greeks boast that:
• 60% of UA Greek members are active leaders in organizations outside their chapters.
• The all-sorority and all-fraternity academic averages are above the all-women’s and all-men’s averages.
• Three governing Councils organize and represent our 22 chapters. They are: Interfraternity Council (IFC – 11 fraternities) National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC – 6 historically African-American fraternities and sororities) Panhellenic Council (PHC – 5 sororities)
• NPHC “recruitment” is called Intake and is coordinated individually by each chapter at various times during the year.
• Greek Life has 3 academic/leadership honoraries: Gamma Sigma Alpha Order of Omega Rho Lambda
• Greek Programming Committee (GPC) organizes traditional all-Greek events, such as Songfest, Greek Week, Mocktails, Greek Nights at the JAR and Rubberbowl, The Alphabet Greek Newsletter, and the award-winning Adopt-A-School program.
• In one academic year UA Greeks served approximately 13,000 hours in community service endeavors.
• Nationally, Greeks tend to graduate and remain in college at a higher rate than non-Greek members. After graduation, Greek alumni tend to be more involved in civic organizations and activities than non-Greek alumni.

Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, National-Panhellenic Council, and Greek Programming Committee are registered student organizations of The University of Akron. Registration shall not be construed as approval, endorsement or sponsorship by The University of Akron of the student organizations' publications, activities, purposes, actions or positions.