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| Fun Greek Facts |
- Villanova's first Greek organization was the fraternity Epsilon Phi
Theta, founded in 1902 in Corr Hall by Fr. Matthew Corcoran.
- The first sororities on campus were founded in 1953 by nursing students.
- Nearly 1,500 members of the Villanova student body are Greek.
- Greeks are statistically more likely to get better grades, stay in
school, and give back to their alma maters.
- At Villanova, Greeks have gotten better GPA's on average, than
non-Greeks for eight straight semesters.
- 48% of all U.S. presidents have been Greek.
- 42% of U.S. senators have been Greek.
- 40% of all U.S. Supreme Court Justices have been Greek.
- 70% of Fortune 500 CEO's are Greek.
- Alpha Kappa Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi are represented at Villanova.
- The Fraternity and Sorority community is governed by the Interfraternity
and Panhellenic Councils.
- Greeks have their own honor society, Order of Omega, that recognizes the
top 3% of the Greek community nation-wide.
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