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About Panhellenic
The Panhellenic Council at Penn State Behrend is the governing body of the four sororities on campus. Our goal as an organization is to unify the four sororities at Behrend and to work for the best ability of our Greek and college community.
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The National Panhellenic Conference one of the largest organizations advocating for women, is the umbrella group for 26 national and international sororities that are autonomous social organizations. NPC sororities are located on more than 670 campuses with 380,565 undergraduate members in 3,234 chapters. Alumnae are represented in 3,889 associations throughout the world.
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Our Purpose
NPC was established in 1902 to assist collegiate and alumnae chapters of the NPC member organizations in cooperating with colleges and universities and to foster interfraternal relationships.
Our Mission
The National Panhellenic Conference is the premier advocacy and support organization for the advancement of the sorority experience.
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Our Vision
National Panhellenic Conference - Advancing the Sorority Experience Together
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Our Values
We are committed to relationships built on trust through transparency, accountability and mutual respect. Innovation and our core values of friendship, leadership, service, knowledge, integrity and community guide us in fulfilling our mission.
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Panhellenic Creed
We, the undergraduate members of women's fraternities, stand for good scholarship, for guarding of good health, for maintenance of fine standards, and for serving, to the best of our ability, our college community. Cooperation for furthering fraternity life, in harmony with its best possibilities, is the ideal that shall guide our fraternity activities.
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We, the fraternity women, stand for service through the development of character inspired by close contact and deep friendship of individual fraternity and Panhellenic life. The opportunity for wide and wise human service, through mutual respect and helpfulness, is the tenet by which we strive to live.
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