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Our Purpose

Delta Phi Epsilon was formed "...for the purpose of promoting good fellowship among sorority girls...to help on acquiring knowledge, appreciation, discriminating justice and a true feeling of sisterly love, through the interaction, one upon the other, of sympathetic and friendly natures. Its objective is in the influence of its members on each other to achieve the liberal spirit, the habit of kindly judgment, to be unimpressed by the external displays of life, to care for our sisters because of what they are, not because of what they may achieve."

The 5 S's of the Sorority

Sisterhood, Scholarship, Service, Social, and Self

We the sisters of the Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority take time everyday to uphold the 5 S's of sorority.

Colors: Royal Purple and Pure Gold

Stone: The Shiny Pearl

Flower: The Lovely Purple Iris

Mascot: The Unicorn

Slogan: Dedication, Pride, Excellence

Motto: Esse Quam Videri : To be, rather than to seem to be

Our bi-annual magazine is called TRIAD

International History

Delta Phi Epsilon was founded on March 17th, 1917 at New York University Law School. The sorority was founded on principles of justice, sisterhood, and love, and adopted the motto "Esse Quam Videri", meaning "To be rather than to seem to be". Today, Delta Phi Epsilon has over 25,000 members in over 70 chapters throughout the United States in Canada

Local History

The Epsilon Iota Chapter was founded at SUNY Geneseo on March 13th, 1986. In Fall 2000 the Epsilon Iota Chapter took a new member class of 27 that allowed the sorority to recolonize.

Pearl Program

A program unique to Delta Phi Epsilon is the Pearl Program. This is a program designed to create growth in individual sisters throughout their collegiate careers. The program focuses on five categories: social, self, scholarship, service, and sisterhood.