Phi Gamma Nu () is a
business fraternity in the United States. Currently, Phi Gamma Nu has 18 active collegiate chapters nationwide.
History
Phi Gamma Nu was founded on at the
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
, image_map =
, map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago
, coordinates =
, coordinates_footnotes =
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name ...
campus of
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
. The original founders were:
Phi Gamma Nu was established as a sorority for women pursuing studies in business. The sorority spent the next fifty years operating in much the same way, but the dynamics of the organization changed to a co-ed format in 1974 due to the
Title IX
Title IX is the most commonly used name for the federal civil rights law in the United States that was enacted as part (Title IX) of the Education Amendments of 1972. It prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or any other educat ...
act. While Phi Gamma Nu began accepting male members in 1974, it was not until 1981 that the National Chapter Congress changed the name of Phi Gamma Nu Sorority to Phi Gamma Nu Fraternity to comply with Title IX.
See also
* Alpha Kappa Psi
Alpha Kappa Psi (, often stylized as AKPsi) is the oldest and largest business fraternity to current date. Also known as "AKPsi", the fraternity was founded on October 5, 1904, at New York University and was incorporated on May 20, 1905. It is cu ...
, professional
* Delta Sigma Pi
Delta Sigma Pi () (officially the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi, Inc.) is a coeducational professional business fraternity and one of the largest in the United States. Delta Sigma Pi was founded on November 7, 1907, at the School ...
, professional
* Phi Chi Theta
Phi Chi Theta ( or PCT) is one of the largest co-ed Professional fraternity, professional business Fraternities and sororities, fraternities in the United States. Phi Chi Theta was founded as a women's business fraternity on , in Chicago, Illinois ...
, professional, originally women's
* Epsilon Eta Phi
Epsilon Eta Phi () was a Professional Sorority in the field of business administration and commerce. It was founded in 1927 and merged with Phi Chi Theta in 1973.
History
Epsilon Eta Phi was founded on May 3, 1927 at Northwestern University. It ...
, merged into ()
* Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma () is the International Business Honor Society. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois and the University of California, it has over 980,000 members, selected from more than 600 collegiate chapters ...
, honor, ( AACSB schools)
* Delta Mu Delta
Delta Mu Delta () is an international honor society that recognizes academic excellence in Baccalaureate, Master's, and Doctorate degree business administration programs at Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)-accredited ...
, honor, (ACBSP
The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), formerly the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, is a U.S. organization offering accreditation services to business programs focused on teaching and learni ...
)
* Pi Omega Pi
Pi Omega Pi () is a scholastic honor society recognizing academic achievement among students in the field of business education.
The society was founded at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in Kirksville on June 13, 1923, and admitted ...
, honor, business education teachers
* Sigma Beta Delta
Sigma Beta Delta () is a scholastic honor society that recognizes academic achievement among students in the fields of business, management, and administration
.
History
Sigma Beta Delta was founded by Beta Gamma Sigma on January 16, 1994, in La ...
, honor, (non-AACSB schools)
* Alpha Beta Gamma
Alpha Beta Gamma () is an international business honor society established in 1970 in Manchester, Connecticut, to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students in business curricula.
Purpose
To confer distinction for high ...
, honor, (2-yr schools)
* Kappa Beta Delta , honor, (2-yr schools, (ACBSP)
* PFA
References
{{Authority control
Student organizations established in 1924
Professional fraternities and sororities in the United States
Business organizations based in the United States
Professional Fraternity Association
1924 establishments in Illinois