NYIT's Omicron Sigma Upsilon Chapter: 1966 and Today

NYIT's tradition of bringing together diverse students through Greek organizations goes back many decades. In 1966, a group of NYIT students founded Omicron Sigma Upsilon (OSU). The fraternity was active from 1966 to 1977 and had more than 150 members, including Student Government Association officers, newspaper and yearbook staff, and student-athletes. Fraternity members keep in touch to this day. In 2014, OSU brother Sal Bracco (B.S. ’70) organized a reunion for alumni from the fraternity's heyday. He is pictured above: standing second from right in the lefthand photo and fourth from left in the righthand photo.

Today, NYIT has chapters of various Greek organizations at its Old Westbury and Manhattan campuses, including fraternities, sororities, and a multicultural organization for men and women. They are:

FRATERNITIES

• Alpha Chi Rho (AXP)
• Delta Epsilon Psi (DEPsi)
• Iota Nu Delta (IND)
• Phi Iota Alpha
• Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE)*

SORORITIES

• Alpha Sigma Tau (AST)
• Eta Chi Gamma (HXR)
• Kappa Phi Gamma (KphiG)
• Sigma Iota Alpha (SIA)*

MULTICULTURAL ORGANIZATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN

• DiGamma Omega Xi (DOX)

*Starred chapters operate at both New York campuses.

This content was excerpted and adapted from past issues of NYIT Magazine published in fall 2009 and fall 2014. It is part of The Box's "60 Years in 60 Days" series in celebration of NYIT's 60th anniversary in 2015.