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National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) is a council of national African American
women's organizations and community-based sections. Founded in 1935, the NCNW mission is to
lead, develop, and advocate for women of African descent as they support their families and
communities. NCNW fulfills this purpose through research, advocacy, and national and
community-based services and programs on issues of health, education, and economic
empowerment in the United States and Africa.

National Pan-Hellenic Council
The Pan-Hellenic Council serves as a standard-setting and implementing body for the affiliate
organizations in the areas of educational programming, community service, social functions, and
the intake of new members. It also monitors and regulates the actions of member organizations as
they affect campus life. The Pan-Hellenic Council of Bowie State University currently is composed
of representatives from the local chapters of each of the following national Greek letter sororities
and fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc.; Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.; Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc.; Phi Alpha Psi Sorority, Inc.; Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.; Phi Omicron Psi
Fraternity, Inc.; Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.; and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

National Society of Black Engineers
The Student Chapter of the National Society for Black Engineers meets regularly to discuss items of
interest to future engineers, to listen to invited speakers, and to plan trips to national meetings of
NSBE.

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was founded in the FALL of 1911 by three Howard University students
and their faculty advisor, Ernest E. Just. The fraternity became the first Greek-lettered organization
to be founded on an HBCU campus. In 1968, Bowie State’s chapter Epsilon Sigma was formed. The
chapter follows four cardinal principles on which the organization is based. These principles are
manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and to uplift.

Pan-African Student Youth Movement
This organization fights for the liberation, political and economic independence of all people of
African descent.

Phi Alpha Honor Society
On April 21, 1998, the Eta Lambda Chapter of Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work Students
was chartered at Bowie State University. Eta Lambda Chapter is the only chapter at a historically
black college in the State of Maryland. The purpose of the National Social Work Honor Society is to
promote academic excellence in social work and related disciplines, to encourage service to
humanity, and to stimulate research in social welfare. To be eligible for membership, a student
must be a social work major and must have achieved junior status, completed 77 semester hours
or more at Bowie State University, completed 12 hours or more of required social work courses,
achieved an overall grade point average of 3.0, and achieved a 3.25 grade point average in
required social work courses. The student must also be willing to participate in community service
projects.

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