Are there frats at URI?

The 16 fraternities at the University of Rhode Island make up the Interfraternity Council. Each fraternity is a chapter of a national or international organization. The North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) is the governing body of those organizations.

Is Uri a stoner school?

URI wins TOP THREE school in the nation for smoking weed!!! Well done, kids. Well done! A recent report from The Princeton Review says that the University of Rhode Island ranks as the NUMBER THREE college in America for smoking weed!!!

Does URI have Greek life?

URI Greek Life is a northeast award winning community and leader in the nation exemplifying what’s best about fraternity & sorority life. Our 26 organizations, encompassing over 20% of the undergraduate population, are founded upon the values of Fellowship, Leadership, Scholarship, and Community Service.

What does Phi Chi stand for?

Phi Chi (ΦΧ) is one of the oldest and largest international medical fraternities of its kind in the world. Phi Chi evolved from the merging of two professional medical fraternities bearing the same name. Phi Chi Society (Phi Chi East) was founded on March 31, 1889, at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.

Does URI have sorority houses?

Currently, the University of Rhode Island Greek community includes ten sorority houses and five fraternity houses with members living in residence.

Is URI a party college?

Party on, URI–you made FiestaFrog’s list of Top 100 Party Colleges in America! The University of Rhode Island snags yet another honor when it comes to… partying.

Is there hazing at URI?

University of Rhode Island Student Handbook: Hazing is prohibited.

What is Chi Phi known for?

Chi Phi (ΧΦ) is considered by some as the oldest American men’s college social fraternity that was established as the result of the merger of three separate organizations that were each known as Chi Phi. The earliest of these organizations was formed at Princeton University in 1824.

Who founded Chi Phi?

The second of these older organizations, called the Chi Phi Fraternity and now known in our history as the Southern Order of Chi Phi, was founded at the University of North Carolina on August 21, 1858, by Thomas Capehart, Augustus Flythe, John C. Tucker, William H. Green, Fletcher T. Seymour, and James J.