NIU Greek Life History

• 1930s

  First sorority established (later absorbed by Sigma Sigma Sigma)
• 1947

  First fraternity founded (later absorbed by Phi Sigma Kappa)
• 1964

  First National Pan-Hellenic Council chapter founded (Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.)

• Late 1960s-early 1970s

  Majority of chapter houses built

• 1990s

  United Greek Council (now known as the Multicultural Greek Council) chapters begin to join NIU Greek life.
• 2018

  Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life established
• 2021

  Greek Life Revitalization Task Force formed
• April 2022

  United Greek Council renamed Multicultural Greek Council
• Oct. 2022

  National Pan-Hellenic Council Yard rededicated
• Nov. 2022

  NIU celebrates 100 years of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
• Nov. 2022

  Greek Life Task Force releases report and recommendations
• 2023

  Construction of new Center for Greek Life approved