In 1941, the Dorian Society became a sorority with the Greek Letters Kappa (love and community) Beta (loyalty and reliability) Phi (friendship). The sorority adopted the wearing of lavender and yellow ...

PBK was the first frat in what became to be known as the Greek system. It used Greek letters for its name, Phi Beta Kappa [image: symbols of the Greek alphabet]. An acronym also in Greek, not so ...

The Divine Nine is the nickname for the National Pan-Hellenic Council. A group of nine historically black greek-letter organizations.

Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and largest academic honor society, was founded on Dec. 5, 1776, by five students at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va. It was the first society to ...

The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the oldest and most prestigious academic honor society in the United States, was founded in 1776. It is named for the Greek initials of its motto, Philosophia Biou ...