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NATIONAL Panhellenic CONFERENCE
WHAT IS NPC?
Na*onal Panhellenic Conference is an umbrella organiza*on of 26 na*onal and
interna*onal sorori*es or women’s fraterni*es.
PANHELLENIC CREED
We, as Undergraduate Members of women’s fraterni*es, stand for good
scholarship, for guarding of good health, for maintenance of fine standards, for
serving, to the best of our ability, our college community. Coopera*on for
furthering fraternity life, in harmony with its best possibili*es, is the ideal that
shall guide our fraternity ac*vi*es. We, as Fraternity Women, stand for service
through the development of character inspired by the 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.
CREST
The shield is a protec*ve influence for our en*re membership.
A lamp denotes leadership, scholarship and enlightenment. The
laurel wreath signifies victory, or achievement of ideals.
While the sword piercing the wreath indicates willingness
to fight for ideals, it symbolizes, too, penalty of obliga*on,
also bravery, achievement and discipline. The mantling
surrounding the shield is the protec*ng cloak that
educa*on gives us and is the protec*ve influence of
organiza*on. Thus there in the mantle is inscribed the name
of the Na*onal Panhellenic Conference.
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