Alright. Hello everyone, my name is Joel P. Shungu. I am the current vice-president of the Rho Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc, as well as I am the current vice-president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. Over the next few minutes, with my lovely brother and sisters,
We will be sharing with y’all some more information about how to join the NPHC and become a member. With that being said, if you would like to keep up with us and what we do on a daily basis, our events, and everything else we do, you could follow us on Instagram at OSUNPHC.
The National Pan-Hellenic Council, also known as the NPHC, is the governing council for historically African American fraternity and sororities. The nine African American Greek-lettered organizations are sometimes referred to as the “D9” — “Divine Nine.” Here at Oregon State University, we have five out of the nine organizations… Three fraternities, which
Are Alpha Phi AlphaFraternity Inc, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. We also have two sororities, which are Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. If you would like to learn more, or join the other organizations that we do not have on campus,
Feel free to reach out to the CFSL, which will be happy to give you more information. None of the NPHC fraternities or sororities are housed. We usually meet at the Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center where the black folks and black students get to
Learn more about each other and fellowship. Here is the big question that we usually get: which is, can I still join the NPHC even if I am not African American? To clarify, yes you can. You can join one of our organizations. Our fraternity and sororities are inclusive and welcoming to
People of all backgrounds. The only thing that we would ask when you are considering joining is that you do your research and learn about the history of our organizations. I will now pass it on to my brother from Omega Psi Phi Inc., Lewski Watkins.
Hey, how you doing everybody? My name is Lewski Watkins. I’m a proud member of Omega Psi Phi Inc. My experience with NPHC: I have been a member of NPHC since 2015 and I have experienced nothing but a great time in my service, my years of service, and being in NPHC
And my fraternity. I decided to join Omega Psi Phi while going to a predominantly white institution like Oregon State and I found well brothers that were like-minded and carried themselves like me and we all had the same mindset to do community service and
Serve our organization as well as our school. Well, I joined for unity, service, and networking. So with all that being said, I’m going to pass it over to my devastating sister, Ms. Simpson. Thank you, Lewski. My name is Kaila Sampson and I’m a current member and
Vice-president of the Beta Psi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. I’m going to share some information about what makes NPHC organizations so special. Our values and commitment to service: each of our chapters have their own values and history that
Make them very unique. These values are linked to academics, community service, and leadership, and supporting our brothers and sisters. Academics are a strong part of our community because it is the primary reason why we are Oregon State. Chapters will host study tables and help you
Find resources and tutors to ensure that you are successful in the classroom. Giving back to the community is another important value our organizations were founded upon. You can find us doing street cleaning, mentoring, organizing clothing drives, and much more. We hope by the
Time that you graduate you are a better leader and develop lifelong friendships through brotherhood and sisterhood. Now, I’m going to pass it over to my sister from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Thank you, Kayla. Hello, I’m Alexis Kerekes. I am the president of the Sigma Delta Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Now, let’s move on to what the process looks like to join an NPHC organization. During this process, known as “intake,” some organizations hold interest meetings so you can ask questions and learn more about the organization. Some organizations will
Hold an official rush with no interest meeting. In those cases, you will want to learn more about the organization by attending their chapter programs. While each organization requires different GPAs, generally you want to have a college GPA above 2.5. Once you’ve attended an interest meeting,
You will receive detailed information about the criteria to join and the next steps. Be sure to ask questions and get to know the members before attending the formal interest meeting. The membership process culminates with initiation and a new member presentation, or “coming-out”
Show in which the organization’s new members are revealed to the community. This is one part of the intake process that all organizations have in common which is the best part once you complete the intake process. Along with many other things, new member presentations
Are what make our organizations different from other fraternities and sororities. Now, I’m going to pass it on to my Kappa brother, Gabe. Thank you, Alexis. Hello, everyone. My name is Gabe Fraizer-Jenkins. I’m one of the newest members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
And also the newly appointed vice-president of the Iota Iota Chapter here at Oregon State University. Something I’ll be talking about today is Stepping & Strolling– which is really a visual representation of the bond that ties together members of our organization. While the two are
A bit different, stepping may be seen as a more traditional form of rhythmic dancing that has a very prominent African influence. I don’t know if anybody’s seen Stomp the Yard, but within that, there’s, you know, a bit of a loose representation of what traditional stepping is like. While
Strolling is more modernized in this style. It’s meant to go along more with the modern musicality of today. But it’s all designed to show off black culture and African roots and strolling is really a long-standing tradition of multicultural Greeks. So, not only NPHC’s, even though strolling and stepping did originate. But, within NPHC,
There are other multicultural Greeks that step and struggle as well. The roots of strolling and stepping are unity, community, culture, and love. These are all things that we know and all things that are represented by the letters that we wear. And, lastly, you know not only– besides our colors, besides our letters,
Besides our mission statements, and our organization’s different objectives– strolling is really what characterizes each of our organizations in a sense. It’s what attracts a lot of people to our organizations. And, most importantly, it gives us a way to share some special moments with our brothers and sisters within our
Respective organizations as well. So with that, I’ll go ahead and pass it back to brother Turner. Thank you, Gabe. Hello, everybody. My name is Devin Turner. I am the hallmark of the Iota Iota Chapter of Kappa Apha Psi Inc. as well as the president of the
National Pan-hellenic Council here at Oregon State University. This summer we will be posting a lot of things on our Instagram, which is located right above the picture of Alexis right there: OSUNPHC. So please give us a follow as well as we’ll be participating in the summer START
Program presentations. So be on the lookout for that. Also, we will be having our Annual Fall Information Informational on Thursday, October 7th at 6 pm. So if you’re interested, please attend that. And to sign up for all of our fall events, please check out the google
Form on the CSFL START website or the NPHC website. I’m looking forward to seeing you guys on campus since we will be back on campus this fall. And as always: go Beavs, go Greek>
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