ALL ABOUT THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL

The SCSU Pan-Hellenic Council consists of two members, serving as representatives for their individual chapters on campus, from each Black greek letter organization on the campus of SCSU (including ZPhiB): Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Beta Sigma Chapter; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Beta Delta Chapter; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Alpha Xi Chapter; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Lambda Chapter; Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Eta Alpha Chapter; Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Zeta Kappa Chapter; and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Xi Psi Chapter.

 In order to promote Greek Unity, the SCSU-PHC, along with the individual chapters' members, do community service on/off campus together throughout the Orangeburg community. The SCSU-PHC also hosts a variety of activities, including the Annual Greek Week. Some of the activities during Greek Week are the Switch Day, Sorority/Fraternity Basketball Tournament, Mr. & Miss Pan-Hellenic Council Pageant, and Fellowship Day at a local church. Also during Greek Week, there is a Banquet to recognize the accomplishments and community service activities of each organization.

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council(NPHC). The NPHC consists of nine Black Greek Letter organizations: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (founded 1908), Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (f. 1906); Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (f. 1913); Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. (f. 1920); Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.(f.1963); Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (f. 1911); Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. (f. 1922); Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. (f. 1914); and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. (f. 1911).

The NPHC was founded in May of 1930 at Howard University in Washington, DC in order to promote unity and expose members to the "service for life" philosophy and foster leadership development and scholarship. It should also be noted that member organizations have never restricted membership solely to African Americans. They have, however, developed a distinctive African American style in their activities both social and philanthropic. Each school having organizations belonging to the the NPHC has a PHC Chapter.