We Will Cover…Please hold questions until the Q & A portion.

1. 2018-2019 By the Numbers

2. Community Profile

3. Eligibility, Expectations & Obligations

4. Governing Councils

5. Standards of Fraternal Excellence

6. Risk Management

7. Q & A

2018By the Numbers

Community Profile

Values:

Respect | Equality | Friendship | Service | Scholarship | Leadership

29 “social” fraternities and sororities

“Social” does NOT mean party. Social means they are not affiliated with a professional or honorary organization.

4 Governing Councils

IFC | MGC | NPHC | PHA

Eligibility, Expectations, and Obligations

FSL Eligibility Requirements

Eligibility to join a fraternity or sorority at FGCU:

Must be a degree-seeking student at FGCU

Have a high school diploma and/or GED

Complete the online Hazing Prevention Module: It’s Everyone’s Responsibility

Complete the online risk management workshop called GreekingResponsibly

Students can manually enroll themselves into the course by going to the FSL website, scrolling down the “Greeking Responsibly” section, and clicking “Enroll Now”

Individual organizations may have additional eligibility requirements as well, such as GPA.

Expectations and Obligations

Financial obligations

Chapter Dues (average $500-1000 first semester, price will vary by organization)

Governing Council dues (vary - $10-$15 per semester)

FSL Fee ($5 per semester)

FGCU FSL staff members do not collect or reimburse for individual chapter dues.

Time obligations

Chapter meetings, philanthropy events, service events, required FSL programming, etc. (10-15 hours per week)

Leadership and Values Based

Actions/behaviors = Reputation

Shared Responsibility and Accountability

Governing Councils And their member organizations

InterfraternityCouncil (IFC)

Member Organizations

Alpha Epsilon Pi

Alpha Tau Omega

Beta Theta Pi

Kappa Alpha Order

Kappa Sigma

Phi Delta Theta

Pi Kappa Alpha

Pi Kappa Phi

Sigma Chi

Sigma Phi Epsilon

Purpose

IFC fraternities pride themselves in producing successful leaders and men who value scholarship, campus leadership and involvement, brotherhood, service and philanthropy, and leadership development.

Average Chapter Size - 62

InterfraternityCouncil (IFC)

Recruitment Information

IFC Recruitment: September 3 – 15

Registration Open: fgcuifc.mycampusdirector2.com

Cost: $0

MUST ATTEND a required information session:

September 5

September 6

Multicultural Greek Council (MGC)

Member Organizations

Fraternities: Lambda Upsilon Lambda

(Latin-based)

Sigma Lambda Beta (Latin-based)

Sororities: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi

(Jewish-based)

Sigma Iota Alpha (Latin-based)

Theta Nu Xi (multicultural-based)

Purpose

MGC fraternities and sororities encourage the celebration of culture, heritage, and individuality. These organizations foster diversity on campus and include unique organizations that highlight multiculturalism, Latin culture, and spirituality.

Average Chapter Size - 11

Multicultural Greek Council (MGC)

Recruitment/Intake Information

Take in new members when they decide to, and may not be every semester

Ways to meet them:

Follow their social media!

Attend their information sessions

Attend their Signature Events

Noche De Culture

MGC 101

Cultural Showcase

Ask Fraternity and Sorority Life staff about other ways to get connected with MGC!

National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)

Divine 9 Historically African-American

Member Organizations

Fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha

Kappa Alpha Psi

Phi Beta Sigma

Sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha

Delta Sigma Theta

Sigma Gamma Rho

Zeta Phi Beta

Purpose

NPHC fraternities and sororities uplift their members and the greater community through their commitment to community service, academic excellence, personal and professional development, and lifetime connections.

Average Chapter Size - 10

NationalPan-HellenicCouncil(NPHC)

Divine 9 Historically African-American

Recruitment/Intake Information

Take in new members when they decide to, and may not be every semester

Ways to meet them:

Follow their social media!

Attend their information sessions

Attend their Signature Events

NPHC Meet the Greeks

NPHC Yard Show

Ask Fraternity and Sorority Life staff about other ways to get connected with NPHC!

Panhellenic Association (PHA)

Member Organizations

Alpha Chi Omega

Chi Omega

Delta Delta Delta

Delta Gamma (Coming Fall 2019)

Kappa Delta

Phi Mu

Zeta Tau Alpha

Purpose

Panhellenic sororities promote honesty, respect, and friendship within their chapters and in their daily lives. As values-based sororities they are designed to uplift the values of leadership, scholarship, philanthropy, service and sisterhood.

Average Chapter Size - 130

Panhellenic Association(PHA)

Recruitment Information

August 14-18

Women will be able to move in early on August 14

Parent information session at 3:30PM in Cohen Center Ballroom

Students will check-in at 4:30PM to complete recruitment orientation

Register at www.fgcupanhellenic.com/recruitment

Cost:

May 22 - August 3 : $65

August 4 - 10 : $75

Registration will close August 10th. No late registrations will be accepted.

Standards of Fraternal Excellence(SFE)

SFE

Purpose

To encourage practices that will allow our chapters to provide education, resources, and encouragement to their members that will translate into success in college for both the students and for the chapters.

To provide a set of minimum standards by which all fraternity and sorority chapters will be measured annually in order to maintain a level of good standing with the institution and their national organization.

To aggregate data on our Fraternity and Sorority Community that will help show the impact of the experience on their members, to the community and the university.

4 Categories:

Scholarship and Intellectual Development, Community Service and Philanthropy, Programming and Collaboration, and Leadership and Membership Development

Students and parents can see each chapter’s status in each category using the online chapter report card!

Risk Management

Risk Management

Alcohol & Drugs

Not permitted during the recruitment/intake processes

TIPS training

Events with Alcohol registration process

Greeking Responsibly Workshop

GreekSMART workshops

Hazing

Against the Student Code of Conduct, FSL policies, National policies, and the law!

Greeking Responsibly workshop

Big H hazing vs. Little H hazing

New Member/Intake process outlines

How to Report

Question & Answer