page_title: List of fraternities and sororities at the University of Minnesota
section_title: Benefits to student and campus
hierarchical_section_title: List of fraternities and sororities at the University of Minnesota / Criticism / Response to criticism / Benefits to student and campus
caption_attribution_description: English: Fraternity section frontispiece, photo, 1922 Minnesota Gopher Yearbook, 1922, p427. Used to introduce the section for all fraternities.
context_page_description: The number of fraternities and sororities at the University of Minnesota is extensive. Approximately 11% of undergraduates, 3,400 students, participate in one of the 60 chapters of social fraternities or sororities at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus. Participation in affiliated groups associated with the Greek System such as honor, service, and professional fraternities bring total Greek System affiliation figures significantly higher. Counting past and present, more than half of the University's 200 Greek organizations remain active today, the pioneers of which have had a presence on the University of Minnesota campus for over 145 years. The university's "Greek System" includes professional fraternities, honor societies, service fraternities, and religious fraternities along with the highly visible residential undergrad academic and social chapters.
  A comprehensive list of chapters, past and present, segmented by category, follows this brief overview of what these societies are and how they evolved. References for each group show current and former property addresses either owned or leased. Contact information is provided via the references, where available.
context_section_description: Greek society participation was strongly correlated with a more positive student experience in a study conducted by the Student Organization Development Center in 1987. In 2017, the 60 current chapters of the Inter-fraternity Council, Pan-Hellenic Council, Multicultural Greek Council, and National Panhellenic Council provided 30,000 hours of volunteering in the surrounding community. The organizations also provide fundraising for various organizations in 2017 groups raised $200,000 for various causes.
   Community Standards Housing Inc. was incorporated by several chapters to improve Greek Housing. While CSHI's proposed Greek Village development for the 1700 block of University Avenue was not adopted in 2011, in March 2012, University President Kaler followed up on his promise at that time with the formation of a Greek Community Strategic Task Force (GCSTF), with the Charge to the group that "emphasized the need to develop a sustainable and robust relationship between the University and the Greek community." He stated, "[The Greeks] get better grades, graduate sooner, and give more money to the University." Under his direction, the UM Foundation has been collecting data on Greek participation for all students, a data point that had been only sporadically kept prior to 2012.
caption: Minnesota's Fraternity & Sorority system is over 145 years old.
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