- Recruitment – What fraternities call membership recruitment.
- Potential New Member – An unaffiliated man who is interested in joining a fraternity.
- Bid – An Official offer to a Potential New Member to join a fraternity
- Brother - A term used by fraternity men in reference to one another.
- Legacy – A man whose grandfather, father, brother or uncle is an alumnus or active member of a fraternity. A fraternity is not obligated to pledge a legacy, and a Potential New Member is completely free to choose the fraternity of his individual preference.
- IFC – The Interfraternity Council is the governing body of Greek fraternities on a campus.
- Associate Member – A student who has accepted a bid from a fraternity and has taken the first step toward full membership.
- Associate Member Program: Our Associate Members go through a semester long program designed to teach them how to work together and fraternity history, but it is mainly geared towards building the brotherhood relationship between members. Associate members meet once a week, interview brothers, work on special fun projects, throw a party, and even run one of our chapter meetings over the course of the program.
- Dues: The semesterly cost of belonging to our organization - dues go toward the things we do during the semester (events, social gatherings, supplies, etc), our planning retreats every semester, and fees toward national membership and insurance. Dues vary by fraternity
- Associate Member Fee – One-time fee when a student affiliates with a fraternity.
- National Dues – One-time fee when a student is initiated into a fraternity.
- Philanthropy -Endeavors raising money for charitable organizations.
- Ritual - A value-based esoteric ceremony that is traditional of a chapter. Rituals are kept secret.