"A growing and vibrant Fraternity and Sorority community that recruits and retains values-based students and creates life-long friendships. "
OUTCOME
- Create an Intake/Recruitment/Rush task force that will examine practices and make recommendations to lead to greater numbers going through the process and ultimately joining a chapter.
- Each semester a Greek 101 program should be held for all new members going through the new member process, and for those MCGC/NPHC members who crossed the semester previously. This program should ideally cover risk management, scholarship, knowledge of the F & S community, etc.
- Require inter-Greek community service and/or programming (Greek Games) with a higher mandatory participation by each organization.
- Create a joint Fraternity & Sorority programming board to combine the programming functions of the councils to provide comprehensive programming that meets the needs of all fraternity and sorority members.
This recommendation tells each house to run their rush in certain way, and I dont like it. Each house has their own unique way to run rush, we all have traditions. I do not support a task force that regulates our most important events in the semester.
ReplyDeleteI do not support any "mandatory" participation in any organizations.
I like the first bullet point if it helps teach fraternities/sororities better rushing practices.
ReplyDeleteI like the second bullet point as long as the program is voluntary. We are talking about students with full time class loads, fraternity/sorority obligations, and various other responsibilities.
I do not like the third bullet point. These students have full schedules, and there is no reason to require participation in anything other than being students.
Will the Intake/Recruitment/Rush task force be comprised of ONLY student Greeks or will it be open to the extended non-Greek campus community as well?
ReplyDeleteWho would be organizing, running, or potentially paying for a Greek 101 or other new member programming?
ReplyDeleteHigher mandatory participation sounds highly beneficial to the community as a whole, but what are the consequences of failing to meet these goals? Who will oversee and regulate these?
Houses shouldn't be told how to run their rush; that's a unique decision for themeselves. Also, don't tell them which community service to engage in; they should decide on their own. Pledging is already tough. Let the fraternities and sororities educate their new members on the 101s of being Greek, not an extra, generic program.
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