Lambda Alpha Upsilon

Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc. 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 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 instead of the majority East Coast based ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas.

Symbols

The fraternity's motto is ¡Venceremos porque Nacimos para Triunfar!. Its colors are red, yellow, white, and black. Its mascot is the Andean condor. Its nickname is Lethal Lambdas.

"Metas" (Goals)

To unite the Latino community
To provide a strong and solid base for Latino culture.
To support each other personally and academically.
To establish a network of professionals.
To expand our brotherhood to an international level.
To ensure that the number of Latinos in education is ever increasing.
To enrich our environment with Latino pride and spirit.

Chapters

Undergraduate chapters

Lambda Alpha Upsilon reserves the Lambda chapter designation for deceased Hermanos. In the chapter list below, active chapters ae indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status
Alpha	1985	University at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Inactive
Beta	1993	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, New York	Active
Gamma	1994	St. John's University	New [York City, New York]	Inactive
Delta	1996	State University of New York at Oswego	Oswego, New York	Inactive
Epsilon	1996	New York Metro	New York City, New York	Active
Zeta	1997	State University of New York at Delhi	Delhi, New York	Inactive
Eta	1998	State University of New York at Old Westbury	Old Westbury, New York	Inactive
Theta	1999	Southern Connecticut State University	New Haven, Connecticut	Active
Iota	2001	University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Inactive
Kappa	2004	University of New Haven	West Haven, Connecticut	Inactive
Lambda				Memorial
Mu	2005	University of Wisconsin–Whitewater	Whitewater, Wisconsin	Active
Nu	2007	West Chester University	West Chester, Pennsylvania	Inactive
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	Active
Chi	2021	State University of New York at New Paltz	New Paltz, New York	Active
Psi	2019	Drexel University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Omega	2022	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Active
Alpha Alpha	2023	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, Colorado	Active
Alpha Beta	2023	University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Active
Alpha Gamma	2024	Marquette University	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Active
Alpha Delta	2017	Florida International University	University Park, Florida	Active
Trinity College Colony	2016	Trinity College	Hartford, Connecticut	Active
UWP Colony	2017	University of Wisconsin–Parkside	Kenosha, Wisconsin	Active
Syracuse Metro Colony	2019	Le Moyne College	DeWitt, New York	Active
Northeastern Colony	2024	Northeastern University	Boston, Massachusetts	Active
UM Colony	2025	University of Miami	Miami, Florida	Active

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.