Greek Life
Franklin College is home to five fraternities and three sororities that are active. It's estimated that 40% of Franklin College students are involved in Greek Life. The fraternities all provide on-campus housing, whereas the sororities use reserved Panhellenic suites owned by the college for meetings, ceremonies and other activities. The Greek community plays an active role on campus and hold multiple philanthropic events throughout the year.
The fraternities (all active)include Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Indiana Alpha; 1892-present), Phi Delta Theta (Indiana Delta; 1860-present), Kappa Delta Rho (Epsilon; 1919-present), Tau Kappa Epsilon (Rho Upsilon; 1988-present) and Lambda Chi Alpha (Kappa Gamma; 1924-present)
The sororities thar are currently active include Zeta Tau Alpha (Beta Theta; 1927-present), Delta Delta Delta (Delta Zeta; 1912-present) and Pi Beta Phi (Indiana Alpha; 1888-present).
At one point, Franklin College also had two additional sororities that are no longer active- Delta Gamma (Phi Alpha; 1995-2008) and Delta Zeta (Psi; 1920-1990). The seemingly abandoned third of the four Panhellenic Suites on campus was used by Delta Gamma (they used it until they closed in Fall 2008). Today, it's still used by the other three groups for various purposes. In addition, benches on campus have been dedicated to both chapters and there are display cases in the Napolitan Student Center in their honor that show photos, shirts and other insignia belonging to their members.
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