Collegiate


 

 


About Collegiates

  • Collegiate Chapters:  chartered in institutions of higher learning and derive their names from the Greek alphabet in the regular sequence according to the date of installation. Each collegiate chapter has:

    • faculty sponsor (who may or may not be a member of the fraternity) and appointed by the school administration of the chapter

    • chapter advisor (selected from the alumni membership)

    • a combined alumni faculty sponsor/advisor of the above

    • chapter mother - and may have...

    • chapter patron or patroness (a person interested in music, Delta Omicron and its members)

  • International Chapters:  collegiate or alumni, are chapters established outside the boundaries of the United States. Collegiate chapters derive their names from the Greek alphabet, prefixed by the letter Kappa. Alumni chapters derive their names by using the name of the nearest collegiate chapter prefixed by the letter Zeta.

  • Collegiate Membership:  members affiliated with a collegiate chapter (the undergraduate or graduate student is a music major, music minor, or the equivalent of a music minor. Upon initiation, a collegiate member becomes affiliated with the Delta Omicron chapter located in the school where the member is enrolled)