What is Panhellenic?
UCF Panhellenic
The UCF Panhellenic Council is the governing body over the twelve National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sororities located on our campus. The Council is comprised of seven executive officers, nine directors, twelve chapter presidents, twelve chapter delegates, and junior delegates. It is the responsibility of the Council to unite all twelve chapters in the spirit of Greek unity, to enforce the NPC guidelines, and to oversee and regulate the recruitment process. The Council works year round to promote positive ideals of sorority life at UCF, and contribute to the UCF community through involvement, leadership, academic, philanthropy, school spirit, and overall support.
Our Creed
We, as undergraduate Members of women’s fraternities, stand for good scholarship, for guarding of good heath, for maintenance of fine standards and for serving, to the best of our ability, our college community. Cooperation for furthering fraternity life, in harmony with its best possibilities, is the ideal that shall guide our fraternity activities.
We, as Fraternity Women, stand for service through the development of character inspired by the close contact and deep friendship of the individual fraternity and Panhellenic life. The opportunity for wide and wise human service, through mutual respect and helpfulness, is the tenet by which we strive to live.
Panhellenic's Story
The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) developed gradually as women’s fraternities began working together. Early meetings in the 1890s focused on cooperation, but no formal organization or consistent rules existed. In 1902, several fraternities met in Chicago, creating the first interfraternity association and setting basic standards, especially around pledging.
Over time, the organization was renamed several times before becoming the NPC. Rather than making strict laws, it serves as a cooperative conference that offers guidance, sets shared agreements, and helps resolve disputes. It continues to support college and alumnae Panhellenics through advising and regular meetings.
Welcome to Panhellenic at the University of Central Florida
OUR MISSION
To promote values and ethics in women's fraternities and to encourage their members to be active and responsible leaders in their respective communities.
OUR VISION
For every woman to become a better citizen because of her life-long sorority experience.
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Friendship
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Leadership
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Service
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Knowledge
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Integrity
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Community
OUR VALUES
Circle of Sisterhood
The Circle of Sisterhood Foundation is a mechanism by which all sorority women can stand together across affiliation, age, color, and creed to make a difference in the lives of millions of girls and women around the world. Collectively, we are one of the largest communities of college-educated women in the world, while not even seven percent of the world – men and women combined – have college degrees, and two-thirds of all illiterate adults are women. Standing together as one community, we will give girls and women an equal chance for rewarding lives and livelihoods through schooling, the learning of a trade, or even a college degree.
Whether founded in the 1800s or in the 2000s, sororities place a high priority on volunteering and community engagement. Together, sororities donate millions of domestic dollars every year to help eliminate life-shattering diseases, raise awareness for important health issues, as well as tackling local issues such as domestic-violence against women, illiteracy among youth, environmental stewardship, and aid to the disabled and aging.
And the world is changing. Boundaries are disintegrating and technology allows us to live in a global neighborhood. Today’s sorority women understand and appreciate others on a global scale, realizing that they have the wherewithal to make a difference for the less fortunate both domestically and globally. As college educated women, we know the value of achieving an education, and we believe that every girl in the world deserves the opportunity to go to school. We hope to reach our goal of building a school in a different country to expand community across the globe.
For more information, please visit www.circleofsisterhood.org. If you are interested in Circle of Sisterhood and would like to learn more about UCF Panhellenic's contribution, please contact Paola, Vice President of Community Involvement and Wellness at ucfpaninvolvement@gmail.com.