Active: A member who has been initiated into lifelong fraternity membership and is active at the collegiate level.

Alumnus: A member of a fraternity who is no longer in college.

Badge: The pin of an initiated member.

Bid: A formal invitation to join a fraternity.

Bid Day: The last day of recruitment when new members accept their bids and officially join their new organization.

Big Brother: An active member who serves as a mentor for newer members.

Brother: A term used by fraternity members to refer to one another.

Chapter: A local group of the larger national organization.

Colony: A student organization in the final stage before being installed as a charted chapter of a nationally affiliated organization.

Formal Recruitment: The period of time set aside by the Interfraternity Council for meeting potential members.

Fraternity: The name applied to all Greek-letter organizations. Informally, this name applies to men's groups while women's organizations may be sororities or female fraternities.

Greeks: Members of a Greek-letter fraternity or sorority.

Greek Week: An annual celebration in which chapters participate in educational, social, and service events.

Initiation: The formal ceremony that brings a new member into full Greek membership. Each chapter has a different set of requirements that must be met in order to be initiated.

Interfraternity Council (IFC): The governing body of ten nationally recognized fraternities at Tennessee Tech. IFC oversees Formal Recruitment for its member chapters.

Little Brother: A newer member who is mentored by an older member of the organization.

North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC): A conference of men's private fraternities founded in 1909, which includes 66 member national and international fraternal organizations comprising 5500 chapters in the United States and Canada.

New Member: A potential member who has accepted the bid of a fraternity or sorority, but who has not been initiated.

New Member Educator: The chapter officer who oversees the development of new members and prepares them for initiation.

New Member Program: The period of learning about fraternity and sorority life prior to initiation. In addition to learning the history of the organization, new members may attend presentations on topics such as study skills, acquaintance rape, substance abuse, and other important issues.

Philanthropy: A service project sponsored by a chapter from which donations of goods, money, and/or time are given to charitable organizations.

Pledge: see "New Member."

Potential New Member: A college man or woman who is participating in Recruitment.

Rush: see "Formal Recruitment."