Panhellenic History

The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) is the premier advocacy & support organization for its members, member groups, college & alumnae panhellenic, and a proponent of sorority membership.

The NPC, founded in 1902, is an umbrella organization for 26 international sororities. Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek-letter society of university women and alumnae. Members are represented on 650+ college/university campuses in the United States & Canada and in over 4,500 alumnae associations, making up over 4.1 million sorority women in the world. More information about NPC can be found at npcwomen.org.

Sororities came to UBC early in our university’s existence. Many started as local groups in the mid-1920s, but all became part of pre-established international organizations.

NPC Sorority History at UBC

• Gamma Phi Beta (Alpha Lambda) April 28, 1928
• Delta Gamma (Alpha Phi) September 7, 1928
• Kappa Kappa Gamma (Gamma Upsilon) May 11, 1929
• Alpha Phi (Beta Theta) June 20, 1929
• Alpha Gamma Delta (Delta Zeta) May 10, 1930
• Alpha Delta Pi (Beta Kappa) February 7, 1931
• Kappa Alpha Theta (Beta Upsilon) 1930-1980; November 23, 2003
• Alpha Omicron Pi (Beta Kappa) 1931-1985; March 12, 2011
• Delta Phi Epsilon (Delta Gamma) 1946-1969, 1981-2004