Alpha Phi is more than just a Greek organization. It’s a community of empowered women supporting one another throughout their lifetimes. Our sisterhood spans across the United States and Canada with 175 collegiate chapters and a global network of high-achieving alumnae. When you join Alpha Phi, you’re welcomed by a community of more than 290,000 members committed to lifelong friendships, leadership, academic excellence, personal growth and community involvement. Alpha Phis constantly work toward improvement and growth, both as individuals and as an organization.

We’re thrilled to be the newest sorority at the University of Arkansas and to welcome our first members this fall! Being a member of Alpha Phi is empowering, and we believe the impact of these unique experiences transforms us into women who will change the world.

Joining Alpha Phi at the University of Arkansas as a founding member offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of a vibrant sisterhood from the ground up. As a founding member, you’ll play a pivotal role in establishing traditions, building a strong chapter culture and creating a supportive network of lifelong friends.

In Alpha Phi, you’ll find sisters who want the best for one another and expect the best of each other—every step of the way and through every season of life.

The very heart of Alpha Phi membership is connected by a common set of ideals. Alpha Phi offers a unique bond of sisterhood, a spirit of generosity, high expectations for character and a drive for innovation. These are our High Ideals of Membership, which define what it truly means to be an Alpha Phi.

Sisterhood that Lasts a Lifetime

Striving for Innovation

A Spirit of Generosity

High Expectations for Character

290,000+ Members
175 Collegiate Chapters
21,000+ Collegiate Members
131 Alumnae Communities

From the beginning, Alpha Phi’s Founders dreamt of growth. As Founder Martha Foote Crow stated, “Now that we have founded the Alpha Chapter of the Alpha Phi Sorority, is this all there is to do?…No indeed…We have all the Alphabet to go through, and to go through again and again…Can we not be a World Society as well as a National One?” Their dream of growth was first realized with the establishment of Alpha Phi’s Beta chapter at Northwestern in 1881.

Since then, our legacy of developing confident collegiate leaders who prioritize innovation and empathy has only continued to build momentum.

We have established chapters at nine universities in the SEC. The SEC sorority experience is like no other, and each campus is unique in its traditions and expectations. Alpha Phi successfully established these chapters by taking time to learn about each campus and its student body.

University of Missouri
Established 1910

University of Oklahoma
Established 1917

University of Texas
Established 1920

University of Alabama
Established 1932

Louisiana State University
Established 1965

University of Kentucky
Established 2010

University of Mississippi
Established 2016

University of Georgia
Established 2018

University of Florida
Established 2018

Mission

Alpha Phi is a loyal sisterhood of women courageously pursuing limitless excellence.

Purpose

The objectives of our Fraternity are the promotion of growth in character, unity of feeling, sisterly affection and social communion among our members.

In all that we do, we try to obey God’s principles of justice and right. We have banded ourselves together to improve our minds and hearts, and we seek to aid each other through a constant watch care always given in love.

We believe ourselves to be sincere searchers for truth.

We seek the highest ideal of womanhood, and we try to gain this ideal by cultivating not only the power and passion for seeking intellectual development but, also, the spirit of love and charity. And we who are thus united are under a solemn pledge to lend a helping hand to one another.

– Constitution of Alpha Phi International Fraternity, Incorporated, Article II

Public Motto

Union Hand in Hand

Creed

I believe in my Fraternity.

I believe in the friendships formed in the springtime of my youth.

I believe in its high ideals which lift me up beyond myself.

I believe in its earnest drive for good scholarship, moral character and genuine culture.

I believe in it as a shrine of international sisterhood wherein I may find love and loyalty, sympathy and understanding, inspiration and opportunity.

I believe in it as a creator of good citizenship, helping me to do my work well, to live in harmony with others and to serve my country and to trust in God.

I believe in my Fraternity.

I believe in Alpha Phi.

– Annette Holt Hitchcock, (Pi-North Dakota) 1912

Symbols

Ivy Leaf
Lily of the Valley
Forget-Me-Not
Phi Bear

Colors

Silver
Bordeaux