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Fraternity & Sorority Life at Illinois State University!
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“ACACIA Fraternity Dominates Grades” By: Yesenia Garcia, Graduate Assistant, Fraternity & Sorority Life
I l l i n o i s S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y F r a t e r n i t y & S o r o r i t y L i f e
Inside this issue:
2015 Leaders 2
IFC 4
MGC 6
CPC 8
The Hall Grows Darker 9
Calendar 10
January 2015
Fraternity and Sorority Life
(309)-438-2151
Alex Snowden– Coordinator
Alanna Hill– Senior Specialist
Ron Burse– Graduate Assistant
Yesy Garcia– Graduate Assistant
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“Fall 2014 In The Books” By: Yesenia Garcia, Graduate Assistant, Fraternity & Sorority Life
Fall 2014 Stats
3.40 ACACIA GPA
3.01 All Greek GPA
3.15 All Sorority GPA
2.79 All Fraternity
GPA
Fraternity Service
Hours Provided
Sorority Service
Hours Provided
2,668 5,229
7,897 All Greek Community
Service Hours
Fraternity Dollars
Donated to Charity Sorority Dollars
Donated to Charity
All Greek Dollars
Donated to Charity
$50,906
$30,886 $20,020
2.80 All ISU Men’s
Undergrad GPA
Spring 2015 Page 2
“All Council Retreat” By: Yesenia Garcia, Graduate Assistant, Fraternity & Sorority Life
On January 9th and 10th the Executive Boards of all
governing councils attended a leadership retreat put
on by Fraternity and Sorority Life at Lake Williamson
in Carlinville, Illinois. Both newly elected and veteran
council leaders benefited by learning event
management skills, programming best practices, time
management skills, and goal setting workshops.
Conversations were framed around the state of the FSL Community and ways
to improve and thrive. Each council educated one another on the
importance of their governing body as
well as ways they would like to see
collaboration. One of their favorite
leadership activities involved looking to
no one other than each other for the
support they needed. After some
friendly competition and collaboration,
all councils were ready to take charge of
their roles in the community and began
their semester off stronger than ever.
“President’s Retreat” By: Yesenia Garcia, Graduate Assistant, Fraternity & Sorority Life
On January 11th, Fraternity and Sorority
Presidents attended a retreat designed to
effectively train them on communication,
managing different leadership styles and
time management. The presidents were
also trained on the new FSL Accreditation
that will ensure that all organizations get
recognized for their hard work in the areas
of Academic Achievement, Risk Prevention,
Community Engagement, Membership
Development and Chapter Management.
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Let The Games Begin
Redbird Athletics and Fraternity &
Sorority Life have created a
partnership to engage members of
the fraternal community.
Members are invited to create a banner
that will hang in Redbird Arena
starting February 13th, incorporation of
individual organization’s Greek Letters
is encouraged. Banners must be
supportive of the ISU Redbirds and
contain no negative statements about
any other schools. Organizations have
been given the official memo with
rules, dimension guidelines and best
practices.
“The Greek Game” By: Yesenia Garcia, Graduate Assistant, Fraternity & Sorority Life
Banners must be submitted by
Wednesday, February 11th to FSL
in SSB 387.
Saturday, February 14th
organizations are invited to rally
the Redbirds against Wichita
State at 5 pm. The game will also
be televised on ESPN 2.
There will be a special “check in”
section for all affiliated members
at the south concourse.
Redbird Athletics and FSL will determine a
winner by 3 categories:
Banner Design
Number of Attendees
Percentage of Organization that attended.
Page 4
Interfraternity Council
The Interfraternity
Council would
formally like to
welcome
Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc.
and
Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity, Inc.
to our council
“IFC Selects Council Philanthropy” By: Yesenia Garcia, Graduate Assistant, Fraternity & Sorority Life
SAVE THE DATE:
The Interfraternity Council will be
hosting a philanthropy event on
Saturday, May 2nd benefiting the Fish-
er House Foundation.
“Fisher House Foundation is best
known for a network of comfort homes
where military and veterans’ families
can stay at no cost while a loved one is
receiving treatment.”
These homes are located at major military and VA medical centers nationwide. Fami-
lies that stay in Fisher House can be close to their loved ones to ensure that their
veterans are getting the proper support they need to heal. Fisher House Foundation
ensures that there is never a lodging fee.
Fisher House Foundation also operates the Hero Miles program, using donated fre-
quent flyer miles to bring family members to the bedside of injured service members
as well as the Hotels for Heroes program using donated hotel points to allow family
members to stay at hotels near medical centers without charge.
The closest Fisher House is just 2 hours away, near
the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
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Interfraternity Council
“Phresh” Start By: Yesenia Garcia, Graduate Assistant Fraternity & Sorority Life
In their first week with membership to IFC, Alpha’s
entire chapter attended the IFC General Body meeting
and supported brother Adam Wright, whom is now
serving on the IFC Executive Board as Vice President of
Public Affairs.
Alpha Phi Alpha continued their strong start to the
spring semester by serving and advocate for the local
community by hosting a coat drive in the Bone Student
Center focused on providing warm clothing to those in
need.
The Alphas will be hosting another Coat Drive event
Monday, February 16, 2015 from 11—2 in the
Bone Student Center. Come Donate and Support!
The Eta Tau chapter of
Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc. has
recently joined the
Interfraternity Council
and has made it very
clear that they are com-
mitted to making this
new opportunity a useful
one to promote the mis-
sion and vision of their
organization.
Pictured from left to right:
Jaylon Joyner, Stephen McKinstry, Daryl
Langston, Wendall Lytle, & Kadeem Kamal.
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Multicultural Greek Council
“The Newest Swans” By: Rebecca Schwartz, Gamma Phi Omega
Gamma Phi Omega would like to introduce our newest mem-
bers. Beta Line, 3 STYLAR crossed on December 1, 2014.
Gamma Phi Omega will be officially introducing
3 STYLAR to the campus community on
Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 2pm at their
Public Ceremony in the Escalante Room.
(From left to right):
Captain: Rebecca “OrIana” Schwartz,
Deuce: Carol “JaiRA” Martinez,
Anchor: Elizabeth “NatIsa” Nunez
The Multicultural
Greek Council took
Indianapolis by storm by
attending the yearly conference put on by the
Association of Fraternal Leadership & Values.
The MGC executive board also welcomed two
representatives from Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc. whom have recently joined the
council.
(From left to right):
Gabby Hohn, LuLu Solorzano, Deann Montgomery, Treyana Burris, Alysha Biemolt & Fabiola Rosiles
“MGC At AFLV ” By: Yesenia Garcia, Graduate Assistant, Fraternity & Sorority Life
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Multicultural Greek Council
“We’re Back..” By: Tomi Mick, President, Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc.
Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Inc. at Illinois State University was formerly known as Zeta chapter. Our newest line, S.R.L. CeniZas are the second Phoenix line. Our colony was reactivated in Fall 2014 and we look forward to building upon our legacy and living above and beyond our principles of Academics, Community Service, Cultural Awareness, Social Interaction, and Morals and Ethics on campus and in the community.
Please join us in welcoming the following women into our fraternal community:
Captain: Whitney "Llarahi" Bellido
Deuce: Jocely " Zaira" Pacheco
Tre: Selena "Yaila" Gonzalez
Quad: Tiarra "Azaharia" Anderson
Heart: Briana "Nalaia" Renteria
Heart: Alicia "Saimara" Walker
Seven: Selene "Kailani" Lagunas
Eight: Sandra "Amahina" Lopez
Chain: Griselda "Quetzalli" Quezada
Chain: Sonia "Kaleela" Nava
Anchor: Victoria "Zekyrah" Gardner
Sigma Lambda Gamma is Latina-based, but we pride ourselves on continuing to build not only a multi-cultural sorority, but one that accepts all queer, non-binary, and female-identified people.
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College Panhellenic Council
The College
Panhellenic
Council wants to
welcome everyone
back to the new
semester! We have
some exciting goals
we want to share
with ISU and the
Greek Community.
We are looking
forward to develop-
ing closer relation-
ships with chapters and other councils. One thing in particular that we are excited about is raising
money for the College Panhellenic Council’s philanthropy: The Circle of Sisterhood. Circle of Sister-
hood is a mechanism by which all sorority women can stand together across affiliation, age, color, and
creed to make a difference in the lives of millions of girls and women around the world.
Collectively, we are one
of the largest
communities of college
-educated women in
the world. Standing
together as one
community, we will
give girls and women
an equal chance for
rewarding lives and
livelihoods through
schooling, the learning
of a trade, or even a
college degree. Check
out the impact we have
made thanks to sorority
women across the
world.
“A Note from CPC” By: 2015 College Panhellenic Council Executive Board
Source: https://www.circleofsisterhood.org/our-impact/by-the-numbers/
The Hall Grows Darker Page 9
“The Hall Grows Darker” By: Alex Snowden, Coordinator, Fraternity & Sorority Life
In fraternity and sorority life, or-ganizations are the life blood of a community. Visually speaking, communities are often times symbolized as a great hall.
In this hall hangs the charters of each chapter and as the light shines it symbolizes that these recognized chapters hold the val-ues and beliefs of the organizations not only in their hearts but also in their actions.
As chapters will sometimes lose their way, the light begins to dim and the great hall will grow darker and the organization does not shine as bright as it once did.
At Illinois State University we have had the pleasure to have our hall glow brighter and brighter through the past few years with new organizations, strong membership, and many members worthily wearing their badges.
Unfortunately, even our great hall will sometimes dim as organizations lose recognition. It is with great sadness that I report that some chapters at Illinois State University have lost recognition with the university. Due to not meeting university minimum standards Iota Phi Theta, Omega Psi Phi, and Phi Beta Sigma, fraternities have lost recognition for the Spring 2015 academic semester. These organizations will have the opportunity to apply for recognition for Fall 2015. Pi Kappa Alpha has also lost recognition with the University for a minimum of three years for continued violation of the university Code of Conduct.
Many would ask what does this mean for us? This means that although these members are still allowed to wear letters and be considered national members, they have ceased to be allowed to operate as student organizations of Illinois State University. In a basic sense all these members have been moved to alumni status. They cannot attend events, host events, or participate in any events collectively. Participation with members operating at what could be perceived as these organizations can cause your chapter to be placed under review with Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution and/or Fraternity and Sorority Life. This would also include if the organization changes its name to attempt to operate under another name. We ask that you as chapters and as individuals understand that closing an organization is never easy and although we cannot share all the details of the “why”, you understand it was not an easy decision. We hope that all these groups will one day return to Illinois State University stronger than ever and help our great hall shine brighter than it ever has before. This is only possible if the organization ceases operation so that they can return to campus as soon as feasibly allowed. For questions or concerns please contact Alex Snowden, Coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life, at [email protected].
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FSL Office Events
9th—13th IFC Recruitment
17th—Women’s New Member
Education (Greek 101)
All Fall 2014 & Spring 2015
New Members must attend
6:30 pm—Brown Ballroom
24th—Men’s New Member
Education (Greek 101)
All Fall 2014 & Spring 2015
New Members must attend
6:30 pm—Brown Ballroom
University Events
Council Events
6th—ACACIA Charter Banquet
Invite Only
8th—Public Ceremony
Escalante Room
2pm—4 pm
12—Delta Sigma Theta
Charter Day
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ΓΦΩ - Public
Ceremony
Acacia Charter Banquet
IFC Recruitment IFC Recruitment IFC Recruitment IFC Recruitment IFC Recruitment
ΑΓΔ - Broke Your Heart
ΔΣΘ Charter Day
ΠΚΦ - Valentine's
Day Auction
ΔΧ - Jimmy V
Week
Women's NME
Men's NME ΑΔΠ -
Lovestruck