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Blount College was founded in 1794 as an all-male institution. In 1807, the college became a state institution and was renamed East Tennessee College. Two years after, in the wake of financial issues, the college closed for several years. …

Epsilon Theta

The University of Tampa was founded in 1931 as a private, liberal arts college with 1,750 students. The first Greek organizations established on campus in the early 1950s, and Greek life thrived until the 1970s. Toward the end of the dec…

Delta Chi

University of California Davis was founded in 1909 and called the University Farm because it was the College of Agriculture for the California system. It grew to a diversified institution and women were first enrolled in 1914. By 1974 ther…

Epsilon Mu

In 1693, King William III and Queen Mary II granted a charter to establish “the College of William and Mary in Virginia.” Many of America’s early leaders were educated at William and Mary, and therefore has been called “the Alma Mater of a…

Gamma Theta

The University of Florida traces its origins to 1853, when the East Florida Seminary, the oldest of the University of Florida's four predecessor institutions, was founded in Ocala, Florida. On January 6, 1853, Governor Thomas Brown signed …

Gamma Zeta

Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College had its origin in several land grants made by the United States government in 1806, 1811, and 1827 for use as a seminary of learning. It was founded as a military academy and is …

Delta Phi

“Delta Phi… First Chapter in the Second Century” (ANCHORA, Summer 1974, p16-17) The University of California, Irvine was one of three new University of California campuses established in the 1960s under the California Master Plan for High…

Epsilon Iota

The University of California San Diego began as the Marine Biological Association of San Diego, chartered in 1903. In 1910, the first permanent marine science facility in the western hemisphere known as the George H. Scripps Memorial Marin…

Gamma Eta

What is now San José State University was originally established in 1857 as the Minns Evening Normal School in San Francisco, founded by George W. Minns. In 1862, by act of the California legislature, Minns Evening Normal School became the…

Gamma Epsilon

Kent State University was established in 1910 as an institution for training public school teachers. It was part of the Lowry Bill which also created a sister school in Bowling Green, Ohio – now known as Bowling Green State University. It …