Louisiana / Greek Affairs / Fraternities / Interfraternity Council
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The North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC)
The NIC serves to advocate the needs of its member fraternities through enrichment of the fraternity experience; advancement and growth of the fraternity community; and enhancement of the educational mission
of the host institutions. The NIC is also committed to enhancing the benefits of fraternity membership. Today, the NIC has 68 member organizations with 5500 chapters located on 800 campuses in the United States
and Canada with approximately 350,000 undergraduate members. The NIC is led by a Board of Directors comprised of 15 volunteers from member fraternities. The headquarters and professional staff are located in
Indianapolis, IN.
The NIC wishes to improve the quality as well as sustain the heritage of the fraternity community. This educational mission is conducted in harmony with other organizations and associations
sharing common interests. NIC services include a forum for information exchange. The NIC sponsors an Annual Meeting and brings fraternity leaders together for workshops, discussions, and cooperative actions.
The outlook for the NIC, its member fraternities, and Associate Members is bright, confirmed by the desirability of college fraternities on campuses throughout the United States and Canada.
- There are more men in American college fraternities now than at any other time in their existence, since Phi Beta Kappa was formed at the College of William and Mary in 1776.
- Nearly four and one half million are members including more than 350,000 collegians on campuses throughout Canada and the United States.
- 68 NIC member fraternities have over 5,300 chapters and 405 colonies at over 800 colleges and universities.
- Growth: Since fraternities were recognized following World War II, there have been more chapters each year than existed the year before.
- "The American college fraternity is an American institution and the chapter in the form it ideally exists on the college campus is a miniature of the larger American democracy...The fraternity group is formed by mutual
selection, based on congeniality and common purpose. Here the young member learns, perhaps for the first time, to submit to the will of the majority and to shape his own conduct by the interests and standards of the others
with whom he lives. In assuming his share of work in the group, he develops a sense of responsibility for the well-being of something outside himself. He is merged with the group; must work with and for it; must fight to
emerge as a leader who will direct it. He learns the great lesson of subordinating self and selfish desires for the good of others. He thus learns to lend his strength to those who have less, thus fulfilling an educational
goal than which there is no higher..."
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The Office of Greek Affairs
Martin Hall Room 223
Lafayette, LA 70504-3970
(337) 482-6267
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Office of Greek Affairs