About Lambda Zeta
- About the Lambda Zeta ChapterThe Lambda Zeta Chapter of Phi Mu was established at the University of South Carolina Upstate in 2009. Since its founding, our sisters have been dedicated to creating a welcoming community built upon Phi Mu’s timeless values of love, honor, and truth. (Instagram)For more than a decade, Lambda Zeta has empowered women to excel academically, serve their community, and develop as leaders on campus. Our members are actively involved in numerous organizations, leadership positions, and service opportunities throughout USC Upstate, striving to make a positive impact both within our university and beyond. (USC Upstate)Philanthropy remains at the heart of our sisterhood. Through our support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, we work to raise awareness and funds that directly benefit children and families in our local communities. Whether through campus events, fundraising initiatives, or volunteer service, we are committed to making a difference. (USC Upstate)The women of Lambda Zeta cherish traditions old and new—from sisterhood events and campus celebrations to lifelong friendships that extend far beyond graduation. We are proud of the legacy built since 2009 and look forward to continuing to foster a home where every member is encouraged to lead with compassion, pursue excellence, and live out the values of Phi Mu every day.Once a Phi Mu, always a Phi Mu.
About Phi Mu
- Phi Mu’s National Headquarters is located in Peachtree City, Georgia, just south of Atlanta. The building is home to both Phi Mu Fraternity and Phi Mu Foundation and includes our leadership training center, library, conference rooms, office space and Carnation Collection, Phi Mu’s boutique. The Phi Mu National Headquarters also contains our museum which displays many artifacts and memorabilia spanning our long history. The address is: 400 Westpark Drive, Peachtree City, GA 30269.
The Creed of Phi Mu
- Adopted in 1916, Phi Mu’s Creed is the uniting statement that provides the basis for the Phi Mu member experience and defines what it means to be a noble woman. Although Phi Mu was founded on Christian values as referenced in our Creed, our organization welcomes women of any or no religious belief.
To lend to those less fortunate a helping hand.
To think of God as a protector and guide of us all.
To keep forever sacred the memory of those we have loved and lost.
To be to others what we would they would be to us.
To keep our lives gentle, merciful and just,
thus being true to the womanhood of love.
To walk in the way of honor, guarding the purity of our thoughts and deeds.
Being steadfast in every duty, small or large.
Believing that our given word is binding.
Striving to esteem the inner man above culture, wealth or pedigree.
Being honorable, courteous, tender,
thus being true to the womanhood of honor.
To serve in the light of truth, avoiding egotism, narrowness and scorn.
To give freely of our sympathies.
To reverence God as our Maker, striving to serve Him in all things.
To minister to the needy and unfortunate.
To practice day by day love, honor, truth.
Thus keeping true to the meaning, spirit and reality of Phi Mu.
Coat of Arms
- Phi Mu’s coat of arms was designed in 1904 by Annie Laurie Mallory Parker and Louise Monning Elliott, who were both collegiate members of the Alpha Chapter at Wesleyan College.
- The coat of arms consists of a red shield supported by two lions, our mascot. The shield includes the Phi Mu badge and under it is Phi Mu’s open motto, Les Soeurs Fideles, “the Faithful Sisters.” Above the shield is the crest, the lighted lamp of knowledge in gold.
Quick Facts
- Our Colors
- Our Flower
- Our Greek Letters
- Our Badge
- New Member Pin
- Our Mascot
- Phi Mu’s official colors are rose (pink) and white, which can be traced back to the Philomathean Society.
- Phi Mu’s official flower is the rose-colored, enchantress carnation. While the rose-colored carnation in the language of flowers refers to “women’s love and sisterhood,” Lillian Estes Davis, Alpha, Grand Historian in 1907-1908, wrote that “pink carnations are, and always have been, the emblematic flower.”
- The Greek letters “Phi” and “Mu” are used in communications and merchandise.
- The Phi Mu Badge is a unique barbed quatrefoil shield of gold overlaid with a black shield bearing the two bonds, three stars, a hand clasping a heart and the Greek letters “Phi Mu.”
- The Phi pin (or provisional/new member pin) is a black and gold shield with the Greek letter “Phi.”
- A lion named Sir Fidel is the official mascot of Phi Mu.
NPC Membership
- Phi Mu is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), the world’s largest umbrella organization specifically charged with advancing the sorority experience through its 26 women’s-only inter/national member organizations. NPC sororities are located on more than 670 campuses with over 400,000 undergraduate members in over 3,200 collegiate chapters. Phi Mu has been part of the National Panhellenic Conference since 1911.
