Alpha Lambda Chapter meets monthly
Frequently Asked Questions about Iota
We are aware that many site visitors who may be unfamiliar with Iota Phi Lambda may have questions about our Sisterhood. We have attempted to answer some of them here.
What are Iota Phi Lambda’s Colors?
• Our official colors are Emerald Green and White.
What are the membership requirements for joining Iota Phi Lambda?
Iota Phi Lambda believes membership in a sorority is voluntary and a matter of mutual selection. Membership in Iota is by invitation of the local chapters.
Membership in Iota Phi Lambda is divided into two areas, Graduate and Undergraduate. The basic qualifications are as follows:
Graduate:
• Yes. We have dozens of members who are also AKAs, Deltas, Zetas and Sigmas.
Iota Facts:
Iota Phi Lambda was one of three sororities present at the first meeting of the National Council of Negro Women, held on December 5, 1935. This historic meeting, conducted in Harlem, was chaired by civil rights activist and leader Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.
Iota Phi Lambda has been accredited as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) at the United Nations since 1935.
(excerpts taken from www.iota1929.org)
Frequently Asked Questions about Iota
We are aware that many site visitors who may be unfamiliar with Iota Phi Lambda may have questions about our Sisterhood. We have attempted to answer some of them here.
What are Iota Phi Lambda’s Colors?
• Our official colors are Emerald Green and White.
What are the membership requirements for joining Iota Phi Lambda?
Iota Phi Lambda believes membership in a sorority is voluntary and a matter of mutual selection. Membership in Iota is by invitation of the local chapters.
Membership in Iota Phi Lambda is divided into two areas, Graduate and Undergraduate. The basic qualifications are as follows:
Graduate:
- Must be a Graduate of accredited business college or university, or;
- Graduate of a 4 year college who successfully owns/operates a business, or;
- Graduated of accredited two-year business college meeting the requirements of 48 credit hours.
- Any student who is pursuing a 4-year course and who has completed at least fifteen credit hours (1 semester) of college work with the average grade of that school, may apply for membership. However, she may not be initiated until she has a total of thirty semester hours (1 year) to her credit.
• Yes. We have dozens of members who are also AKAs, Deltas, Zetas and Sigmas.
Iota Facts:
Iota Phi Lambda was one of three sororities present at the first meeting of the National Council of Negro Women, held on December 5, 1935. This historic meeting, conducted in Harlem, was chaired by civil rights activist and leader Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.
Iota Phi Lambda has been accredited as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) at the United Nations since 1935.
(excerpts taken from www.iota1929.org)
