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Delta Phi Epsilon (ΔΦΕ) is an international sorority founded on March 17, 1917 at New York University Law School in New York City. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

History

Delta Phi Epsilon was one of the first non-sectarian social sororities and the only one founded at a professional school. The five founding members are Dorothy Cohen Schwartzman, Ida Bienstock Landau, Minna Goldsmith Mahler, Eva Effron Robin, and Sylvia Steierman Cohn (known as the DIMES). Delta Phi Epsilon was founded on the ideals of dedication, pride, excellence, justice, sisterhood, and love.

Delta Phi Epsilon's flower is the Lovely Purple Iris, and its international mascot is the Unicorn. The sisterhood badge is an equilateral triangle in gold surrounded by 21 pearls. The sorority motto is "Esse Quam Videri" (in Latin: "To be rather than seem to be"). Delta Phi Epsilon is one of 26 social sororities that form the National Panhellenic Conference. Great Seal of North Carolina with the state motto esse quam videri. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ...

Philanthropies

Delta Phi Epsilon has three international philanthropies: the Delta Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation; the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; and the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders.

The Delta Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation helps to give members and their children the opportunity to further their education through scholarships, grants, and loans.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, helps benefit those with the genetic disease Cystic fibrosis through research, grants, and awareness campaigns. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) is a non-profit organization in the United States established to provide information about cystic fibrosis and to encourage cystic fibrosis research. ...

Tate's Totes are bags filled with various items that make an extended hospital stay more comfortable for children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and their parents. Tate's Totes are given to local Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) Care Centers to distribute to patients. At Convention 2006, Delta Phi Epsilon announced its official partnership with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This official partnership cements a relationship that spans the last 48 years, in which Delta Phi Epsilon has raised more than one million dollars for the fight to cure CF. To support this partnership and build service in our sisterhood, all chapters are encouraged to participate in the Tate's Totes philanthropy project.

The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) was created to help alleviate problems of anorexia and other eating disorders. Delta Phi Epsilon sponsors an annual candlelight vigil to increase awareness of eating disorders and provide information to family and friends of sufferers. For the symphonic black metal band, see Anorexia Nervosa (band) For other uses, see Anorexia Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. ...

Notable alumnae

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References

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See also

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External links

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