More About The NPHC Plaza

What Is NPHC?

The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), Incorporated is composed of nine International Greek letter Sororities and Fraternities. The Council was established in 1930 at Howard University with the mission of “unanimity of thought and action as far as possible in the conduct of Greek letter collegiate fraternities and sororities, and to consider problems of mutual interest to its members.” Divine Nine initiatives represent the nine organizations that Initially came together for social action and service to make a collective difference in the communities in which they were located.

Meeting A Need

The National Pan-Hellenic Council Inc. (NPHC), formed on the campus of Howard University on May 10, 1930, is a collective of the nine pioneering black Greek-letter organizations: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.; Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.; Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.; Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.; and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.

For more than 50 years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country have developed a tradition of providing a gathering space for the National Pan-Hellenic Council. NPHC plots or plazas are structures or physical spaces created on a campus and designed to represent the organization with letters, symbols and colors. They are constructed to represent the presence of each of the National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations on campus—symbolically and physically—and to serve as a gathering place for alumni and current students to celebrate, contemplate, meet and reflect.

Rowan University’s National Pan-Hellenic Council Plaza would be the first of its kind in the State of New Jersey and one of only a few among predominately white institutions in the country. A Plaza at Rowan will create a positive environment for National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations to unite in efforts to promote their fraternities and sororities, while educating students about the history of these diverse organizations.