ABOUT US
Chapter History
The Xi Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated was established by five upstanding gentlemen who wanted to extend the principles of Brotherhood, Scholarship, and Service on North Carolina State University’s campus. Charles Murrill, Arnold Foy, Charles Scarboro, Edrew Johnson, and Jeff Mack chartered the chapter on Thursday, April 15th, 1982, with the goal to differentiate themselves from other organizations by viewing themselves as part of the student body and local community instead of above them. The charter members placed a heavy emphasis on the “inclusive we” and utilizing each member’s individuality and skills to bring service programs and educational events to NC State’s campus and the surrounding community. For 40 years, “The Great” Xi Zeta Chapter continues to host quality educational programs to discuss social issues and bring awareness to various topics affecting NC State students while also hosting a plethora of community service programs in order to give back to the community. Since its establishment, over one-hundred members have joined the organization through the Xi Zeta Chapter and continue to maintain a lifelong brotherhood. Our chapter is filled with unique individuals who were brought together by their shared interest of giving back to the community and making a positive impact on NCSU’s campus. An organization is only as strong as weakest member, and members of our chapter strive to push and challenge each other to reach new heights and achieve greater goals. That is why there is none greater than The Great Xi Zeta!
Fraternity History
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students. The Founders, Honorable A. Langston Taylor, Honorable Leonard F. Morse, and Honorable Charles I. Brown, wanted to organize a Greek letter fraternity that would truly exemplify the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service.
The Founders deeply wished to create an organization that viewed itself as “a part of” the general community rather than “apart from” the general community. They believed that each potential member should be judged by his own merits, rather than his family background or affluence…without regard to race, nationality, skin tone or texture of hair. They desired for their fraternity to exist as part of an even greater brotherhood which would be devoted to the “inclusive we” rather than the “exclusive we”.
From its inception, the Founders also conceived Phi Beta Sigma as a mechanism to deliver services to the general community. Rather than gaining skills to be utilized exclusively for themselves and their immediate families, they held a deep conviction that they should return their newly acquired skills to the communities from which they had come. This deep conviction was mirrored in the Fraternity’s motto, “Culture For Service and Service For Humanity”.
Today, Phi Beta Sigma has blossomed into an international organization of leaders. No longer a single entity, members of the Fraternity have been instrumental in the establishment of the Phi Beta Sigma National Foundation, the Phi Beta Sigma Federal Credit Union and The Sigma Beta Club Foundation. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, founded in 1920 with the assistance of Phi Beta Sigma, is the sister organization of the Fraternity.
