Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc. ( or LAU, also known as Condors) is a Latino oriented Greek letter intercollegiate fraternity founded in 1985, at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In 1998, it became the first East Coast based fraternity to join the majority West Coast and Mid-West based conference of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) instead of the majority East Coast based ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas.
History Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc. is a Latino oriented Greek letter intercollegiate fraternity founded on December 10, 1985, at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In the fall of 1985 at the University at Buffalo, sixteen young men of various ethnic backgrounds decided to form a support group that would provide a social and cultural outlet for students of Latin American descent. The university's Greek system lacked an organization dedicated to the needs of the Latino community. To meet those needs, the group chose to pursue recognition as the first Latino-oriented Greek-letter organization on campus.
The founding fathers are recognized by the fraternity as: After a brief period of time of being recognized as a colony of La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda fraternity by their institution, the individuals who had joined the group would go on to secede from the rest of Lambda Upsilon Lambda in 1988. In the process of which, they founded the Alpha chapter of Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc., with them choosing the establishment date of the former colony as the founding date for the fraternity as a whole.
In 1998, it became the first East Coast based fraternity to join the majority West Coast and Mid-West based conference of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) instead of the majority East Coast based ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas.
Symbols The fraternity's motto is . Its colors are red, yellow, white, and black. Its mascot is the Andean condor. Its nickname is Lethal Lambdas.
Chapters Undergraduate chapters Lambda Alpha Upsilon reserves the Lambda chapter designation for deceased Hermanos. In the chapter list below, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.
Chapter Charter date and range Institution Location Status Alpha 1985 University at BuffaloBuffalo, New YorkActive Beta 1993 Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York Active Gamma 1994 St. John's University New York City, New YorkActive Delta 1996 State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, New YorkInactive Epsilon 1996 New York Metro New York City, New York Active Zeta 1997 State University of New York at Delhi Delhi, New YorkInactive Eta 1998 State University of New York at Old Westbury Old Westbury, New YorkInactive Theta 1999 Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, ConnecticutActive Iota 2001 University of Florida Gainesville, FloridaInactive Kappa 2004 University of New Haven West Haven, ConnecticutActive Lambda Memorial Mu 2005 University of Wisconsin–Whitewater Whitewater, Wisconsin Active Nu 2007 West Chester University West Chester, PennsylvaniaInactive Xi 2008 University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut Active Omicron 2009 Central Connecticut State University New Britain, Connecticut Active Pi 2014 Syracuse University Syracuse, New York Active Rho 2016 Binghamton University Vestal, New York Active Sigma 2016 University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin Active Tau 2016 State University of New York at Oneonta Oneonta, New York Inactive Upsilon 2019 Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale and Davie, Florida Active Phi 2019 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida ActiveChi2021State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, New YorkActive Psi 2019 Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Active Omega 2022 Rutgers University–New Brunswick New Brunswick, New Jersey ActiveAlpha Alpha 2023 Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado Active Alpha Beta 2023 University of DenverDenver, Colorado ActiveAlpha Gamma 2024 Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin ActiveAlpha Delta 2017 Florida International UniversityUniversity Park, Florida Active Trinity College Colony 2016 Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut Active UWP Colony 2017 University of Wisconsin–ParksideKenosha, Wisconsin Active Syracuse Metro Colony 2019 Le Moyne CollegeDeWitt, New York ActiveNortheastern Colony 2024 Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts ActiveUM Colony2025University of MiamiMiami, FloridaActiveVCU Colony2026Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VirginiaActive
Alumni chapters Iterations beginning with the letter Lambda are reserved for alumni chapters as described below. The alumni chapters of Lambda Alpha Upsilon consist of working professionals and graduate-level students who were inducted as undergraduate members and are established in the workforce or continuing their education while deciding to remain active within the fraternity. Lambda Alpha Upsilon also inducts interested men with at least a bachelor's degree into one of the alumni chapters through the Graduate Induction Process. Lambda Alpha Upsilon officially recognizes the following alumni chapters:
Chapter Charter date Region Status Lambda Alpha 2005 Connecticut Active Lambda Beta 2005 New York City Metro Active Lambda Gamma 2010 Washington, D.C. Metro Active Lambda Delta 2012 Rochester/Buffalo Active Lambda Epsilon 2017 South Florida Active Lambda Zeta 2015 Wisconsin Active Lambda Eta 2017 Pennsylvania Active Lambda Theta 2024 New Jersey Active Lambda Iota 2024 Colorado Active
Affiliations The fraternity is a founding member of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations.
See also List of social fraternities and sororities
References
External links Official website