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The staff of Student Involvement's Fraternity and Sorority Life thank you for your support and your student's interest in one of our 31 fraternities and sororities. SJSU is an exciting place to be and we assure you that your son or daughter is a part of a strong tradition of fraternity and sorority life. As you may know, SJSU has nearly 110 years of fraternity and sorority life. We have chapters ranging from those that embrace African American, Asian American, and Latin American heritage, to general interest chapters that have foundations in philanthropic endeavors. Membership in all chapters encompass approximately 3% of the undergraduate population at SJSU (about 33,000 students). rankings is available here in PDF format.

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Student Organization Code of Conduct

Each recognized student organization at SJSU is responsible for adhering to the . This code, specific to student organizations, outlines organizational behavioral and operational expectations, including adherence to the University's policies and procedures, and State of California's laws pertaining to hazing. Please reference pages 4-5 for a detailed explanation of the hazing protocols as proscribed by this Code. In addition, individual students are responsible for adherence to the . Poor behavior by individual members of a student organization may be adjudicated dually through the Student AND Student Organization Codes of Conduct.

The Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development oversees the application of both Codes. Lower level student organization offenses are adjudicated through Student Involvement processes, while all individual student offenses and upper level student organization offenses are adjudicated through Student Conduct and Ethical Development.

Warning
Any organization that represents itself as being a member of the social Greek community at SJSU that is not listed above is operating without approval of San José State University and should be approached with caution. The following chapters have been suspended by San José State University or their national office for hazing, violence, or inappropriate chapter management practices within the past few years: Alpha Kappa Alpha (sorority), Lambda Phi Epsilon (fraternity), Phi Gamma Delta (fraternity), Phi Kappa Tau (fraternity), Pi Alpha Phi (fraternity), Sigma Gamma Rho (Sorority) and Zeta Phi Beta (sorority).

Fraternity and Sorority Life artwork: A spartan helmet, a sword and a shield bearing SJSU Greeks and the 4 council names

Greek Alphabet
Alphabet Letter Alphabet Letter
Alpha (Α) Nu (Ν)
Beta (Β) Xi (Ξ)
Gamma (Γ) Omicron (Ο)
Delta (Δ) Pi (Π)
Epsilon (Ε) Rho (Ρ)
Zeta (Ζ) Sigma (Σ)
Eta (Η) Tau (Τ)
Theta (Θ) Upsilon (Υ)
Iota (Ι) Phi (Φ)
Kappa (Κ) Chi (Χ)
Lambda (Λ) Psi (Ψ)
Mu (Μ) Omega (Ω)

 

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