Alpha Gamma, a local recognition fraternity, was founded at Dickinson College in 1928. It promoted cooperation among journalistic organizations. In 1948, the national honorary society Pi Delta Epsilon succeeded both Alpha Gamma and the College's second journalism fraternity, Alpha Sigma Gamma....

The Alpha Gamma Alpha Chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega international service fraternity was established at Dickinson College in April 1989. The group promotes “leadership, friendship, and service” among its members and within the community.

The Delta Chapter of the Chi Omega sorority was established at Dickinson College in 1907. It was organized from Omega Psi, a local sorority that had been founded eight years earlier. The chapter was active until 1971.

The Dickinson Chapter of the Delta Chi fraternity was founded in 1893. Though the original chapter at Cornell University eventually extended membership to other departments (it had earlier reserved membership exclusively for law students), the Dickinson Chapter remained substantially a law...

The local sorority of Delta Nu was established at Dickinson College in the fall of 1972.

Eta Sigma Phi is the national honor society for students of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies. The society was founded in 1914 at the University of Chicago under the name Phi Sigma, and became a national society in 1924 under its current name.

The Dickinson College chapter was founded...

Gamma Zeta, a local sorority, was founded in 1896. The group appears only once in Dickinson College records, with a photograph of its members (as shown) and a list of their names in the 1897 Microcosm.

An organization designed to “promote friendship among a diverse group of women,” the Epsilon Omega Chapter of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority was established at Dickinson College in the fall of 1978.

Phi Alpha Pi was a local sorority founded at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1898. It is said that an earlier chapter of this sorority existed on the campus, but had “died a natural death from want of support.” In any case, the latest chapter of Phi Alpha Pi remained a local...

The Phi Nu Theta fraternity became the first Greek organization in the history of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Also known as the Eclectic Fraternity, this organization was founded on May 12, 1852, and consisted of Professor Herman Merrills Johnson and three students. The chapter...

A chapter of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity was founded at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1919, though the official chapter designation is unknown.

The founders of Sigma Alpha Mu, who were students at the City College of New York, were of the Jewish faith and espoused a...

The Sigma Chapter of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity was established at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1861. It enjoyed a “fairly vigorous life” until 1875, when the active chapter lapsed. Graduate members reinstated Theta Delta Chi in 1880, and the restored chapter prospered...