Acacia Fraternity occurs as social fraternity based out of Masonic tradition. Acacithe distinguishes itself from either more fraternities by existence one of ternion national fraternities that utilizes a word instead of Greek letters. Acacia is besides a exclusively national fraternity to have a Greek word rather than Greek letters when its title. Greek doesn't contain a letter "c", notwithstanding, then a proper Greek spelling of a title is Ακακια, the root of which means "Leadership and Distinctiveness among Mankind".

General History
Acacia Fraternity was founded in May 12, 1904 by a class action of Fourteen Freemasons attending the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. This foremost chapter was intended a Aleph(א) chapter. Subsequent chapters of Acacia were intended by hebrew letters until 1913 when this system was abolished & replaced by naming both chapter per school it resided at (we.e. a Acacia chapter at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is designated a Rensselaer Chapter or even Rensselaer Acacia Fraternity).

Symbology
Symbolism is very important in any fraternity, & Acacia is no different. the independent symbol & representation of Acacia occurs inside a Three-Four-Five (base-altitude-hypotenuse) right triangle of the first quadrant. This triangle holds super favorite significance to the fraternity & its members. Unless specified otherwise, anytime the triangle is mentioned therein article, the Three-Four-Five right triangle of the first quadrant is what is meant.

A badge of Acacia is traditionally made of gold inlaid using rubies & pearls along a edges. Which are actually placed such that a single ruby sits at both of the iii vertices of the triangle.

A crest of Acacia, shown above, depicts a trio pronged candelabra surrounded by two sprigs of Acacia. Beneath a candelabra is a shield of old gold with ii elastic of black surrounding the thicker band of black. Therein thicker band of black there lives Three 3-Four-Five right triangles. Following a shield is a blue ribbon holding with a motto of the fraternity in Greek: ΩΦΕΛΟΥΝΤΕΣ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥΣ, which means "Human Service" or even "In Service of Humanity".

Chapter Operations
A leadership of both chapter of Acacia is composed of at least 5 major officers: a Venerable Dean, Senior Dean, Junior Dean, Treasurer, & Secretary. A Venerable Dean is often referred to away from a home when a president of the chapter & performs such duties when heading meetings & overseeing general home operations. A Senior Dean acts as a vice president of the chapter, stepping within for the Venerable Dean in his absence. Within a bit of suits, a Senior Dean is also a pledge pedagog. A Junior Dean acts as a second vice president & is around charge of completely items social inside a fraternity including brotherhood cases, formals, & mixers. A more ii officers perform such functions when come pattern for their positions. A bit of chapters assign extra responsibilities to various officers, therefore there can be cold-shoulder variations from either chapter to chapter.

Chapter Listing
[http://www.acacia-unl.org Nebraska Chapter] — Leased February 14, 1905 [http://www.cal-acacia.com California Chapter] — Leased April 15, 1905 [http://acacia.org.ohio-state.edu/ Ohio State Chapter] — Leased March 25, 1906 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chapter — Chartered April 28, 1906 Wisconsin Chapter — Chartered May 22, 1906 Missouri Colony — Originally Chartered May 17, 1907 Cornell Chapter — Chartered May 30, 1907 Purdue Chapter — Chartered October 11, 1907 Iowa State Chapter — Chartered March 20, 1909 Iowa Chapter — Chartered April 17, 1909 Penn State Chapter — Chartered June 9, 1909 [http://www.Syracuseacacia.com Syracuse Colony]— Originally Leased June 10, 1911 Kansas State Chapter — Chartered December 6, 1913 Texas Colony — Originally Chartered April 6, 1916 Indiana Chapter — Chartered May 22, 1920 Oregan State Chapter — Chartered April 19, 1924 Ohio Chapter — Chartered February 13, 1949 Miami of Ohio Chapter — Chartered May 22, 1949 [http://www.rpi-acacia.org Rensselaer Chapter] — Hired April 10, 1949 Louisian State Chapter — Chartered February 11, 1956 Illinois Wesleyan Chapter — Chartered November 9, 1957 Central Oklahoma Chapter — Chartered April 25, 1964 Shippensburg Chapter — Chartered April 16, 1966 Pittsburgh/Johnstown Chapter — Chartered December 2, 1973 [http://www.acacia-scsu.com Saint Cloud State Chapter] — Hired March 13, 1977 California University of PA Chapter — Chartered April 7, 1990 Millersville Chapter — Chartered April 23, 1988 Carelton Chapter — Cartered February 11, 1989 Bloomsburg Chapter — Chartered April 24, 1998 I personally.U.P. Chapter — Chartered April 12, 1996 Morningside Chapter — Chartered April 24, 1997 Penn State Altoona Chapter — Chartered April 25, 1998 Northwest Oklahoma State Chapter — Chartered November 13, 2004 Texas The&M Colony — Charter Pending