In 2018, TCU became the first university in the country to have pillars installed on campus in honor of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, also known as NPHC. NPHC is a collaborative umbrella council composed of historically African American fraternities and sororities.

The first NPHC organization on TCU’s campus was Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity in 1971. Today, six of the nine organizations with membership in NPHC are active on campus: Alpha Phi Alpha; Alpha Kappa Alpha; Kappa Alpha Psi; Omega Psi Phi; Delta Sigma Theta; and Sigma Gamma Rho.

Each NPHC organization, even those not on TCU’s campus, have a pillar in Worth Hills. Each pillar includes the group’s Greek letters, crest, open motto, and founding date. The pillars are arranged in order of each organization’s national founding date beginning with Alpha Phi Alpha in 1906 and ending with Iota Phi Theta in 1963.