Beginning in 1900, students on Marquette’s campus began joining sororities and fraternities. Today there are five social sororities (Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Pi Beta Phi, and Sigma Kappa) that form the Panhellenic Council in addition to multicultural chapters Delta Xi Phi and Sigma Lambda Gamma and engineering sorority Alpha Omega Epsilon. The cornerstone values of Panhellenic, mirrored in Marquette’s own philosophy, are excellence, service, and friendship. 

In the Spring of 2009, 11.7% of women at Marquette were members of a sorority. This number is up from the Spring of 2008, which was 11.2%. Six sororities had chapter GPA’s at or above the all-University women’s average (3.09): Sigma Lambda Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Sigma Kappa, and Pi Beta Phi. In 2009, 70% of Greek members reported involvement in other campus organizations and 29.7% served in campus leadership roles. .   

Panhellenic unites sorority members in common goal as well as offers support to each individual chapter. Marquette’s sororities continue to shape their members into confident and able leaders ready to tackle challenges in the world.