Alpha Phi Facts

Alpha Phi Firsts

• Alpha Phi called the world's first inter-sorority meeting: A group that later became the National Panhellenic Conference.
• Alpha Phi built the world's first sorority house
• Alpha Phi was the first sorority to use traveling delegates.
• Alpha Phi was the first women's society to use Greek letters.
• Alpha Phi was the first sorority to establish a foundation.
• Alpha Phi was the first NPC sorority to establish a website.
• Alpha Phi was the first sorority to publish a book-length history.

Alpha Phi Facts

• Alpha Phi is the third largest women's sorority with 150 chapters/colonies in the US and Canada.
• Alpha Phi is the fourth oldest national women's sorority.
• Alpha Phi is one of only three international sororities. We have maintained the longest continuous presence in Canada of any sorority. The Xi chapter was established at the University of Toronto in 1906.
• Alpha Phi is pronounced Alpha "fee" (long "e") not "fie," because "Alpha" is a vowel and "Phi" is pronounced "fee" when it follows a vowel. 
• Alpha Phi chapters are named in Greek alpha order as they are incorporated.
• Alpha Phi has over 175 active alumnae chapters.