ABOUT US
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ALPHA PHI INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY WEBSITE
FOUNDING YEAR: 1872
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OUR SYMBOLS: The Ivy Leaf and the constellation Ursa Major, or the Great Bear.
OUR CREST: The Fraternity Crest is the Alpha Phi coat-of-arms. The shield is Bordeaux with a scroll and ivy leaf above it. Inscribed on the scroll is the public motto, "Union Hand In Hand." A bar of silver crosses the shield from left to right; the upper half of the shield contains a Roman lamp in silver and the lower half, Ursa Major.
OUR FLOWERS: The Lily of the Valley and the Forget-Me-Not.
OUR COLORS: Silver and Bordeaux.
OUR MASCOT: The "Phi Bear," whose name is taken from the Greek words "Ursa Major," or the "Great Bear."
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Alpha Phi is represented by the Greek letters "Alpha," the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and "Phi", the twenty-first letter. The "Phi" in Alpha Phi is pronounced "fee" not "fie". Why? In the Greek language, "Phi" is pronounced "fee" when it follows a vowel. Alpha Phi is also officially called, "Alpha Phi International Fraternity" because at the time we were founded the term "sorority" hadn't been coined.