and majors within the university. Greek life The fraternity and sorority community at UT Arlington consists of 31 national and local organizations with four governing councils. Traditionally, between five and ten percent of undergraduate students participate within the councils. The year indicates the original charter date: Interfraternity Council Alpha Tau Omega, 2004 Beta Theta Pi, 1971 Delta Tau Delta Delta Upsilon, 1967 Kappa Alpha Order, 1968 Kappa Sigma, 1967 Phi Delta Theta, 1968 Phi Gamma Delta, 1968 (suspended) Pi Kappa Alpha, 1973 Pi Kappa Phi, 1978 (inactive) Sigma Chi, 1984 (suspended) Sigma Lambda Beta, 1996 Sigma Phi Epsilon, 1971 (suspended)National Pan-Hellenic Council Alpha Phi Alpha, 1970 Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1969 Delta Sigma Theta, 1975 Omega Psi Phi, 1971 Kappa Alpha Psi, 1977 Phi Beta Sigma, 1977 Sigma Gamma Rho, 1982 Iota Phi Theta, Colony Zeta Phi Beta College Panhellenic Council Alpha Chi Omega, 1969 Delta Delta Delta, 1969 Delta Zeta, 1967 Zeta Tau Alpha, 1969Multicultural Greek Council alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Colony Delta Alpha Omega Delta Alpha Sigma Delta Epsilon Psi, Colony (inactive) Delta Xi Nu, 2009 Kappa Delta Chi, 1992 Lambda Phi Epsilon, Colony Lambda Theta Alpha, 2000 Lambda Theta Phi Omega Delta Phi, 1997 Sigma Lambda Gamma Athletics UT Arlington's athletic teams are known as the Mavericks (the selection was made in 1971 and predated the Dallas Mavericks' choice in 1980). UT Arlington was a charter member of the Southland Conference. UT Arlington won the Southland Conference's Commissioners Cup three times since the award was first instituted in 1998. The Commissioners Cup is awarded to the athletics program with the highest all-around performance in all conference events, including all men's and women's events. UT Arlington's basketball and volleyball teams play at College Park Center, which opened with a women/men basketball double header on February 1, 2012. The new arena seats about 7,000 fans for sporting events and cost an estimated $78 million. Athletic director Jim Baker began work on the same date. UT Arlington became a member of the Western Athletic Conference on July 1, 2012. After a single season in the WAC, the Mavericks joined the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2013. The switch came after continued shakeups in college conference membership. A later phase of conference realignment in the early 2020s saw the Sun Belt Conference announce the pending addition of four new football members, bringing that conference's football membership to 14. Shortly after this