Professional fraternities and sororities

I think that fraternities and sororities are not really beneficial to a student’s future and they should be discouraged in universities. Fraternities and sororities are now widely just known for their parties, and the incidents caused in these parties. Is it still worth to encourage fraternities and sororities in universities even after listening to all these incidents? Firstly fraternities and sororities take up a lot of a student’s time in their weekly activities, leaving the students no time for doing homework or having some alone study time. During the mandated study hours there are so many distractions for a student to properly concentrate and get effective work done. For example, a student in a fraternity spends on average two hours on weekdays and about four hours on weekend’s (GreekLife) from which the mandatory study hours are…

Development Among Student Affairs Professionals by Darby M. Roberts is a short article based on research conducted amongst student affairs professionals in the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Region III. Roberts’ research was conducted to show the variety of skills possessed by student affairs professionals on different levels such as new professionals, mid-managers, and senior officers. New professionals are individuals who have worked in student affairs for…

For our Anthropological observation project, we observed SDT, an on-campus sorority at Binghamton University. These letters represent the Greek letters Sigma Delta Tau. SDT relates to the mainstream culture by bringing those with similar interests together. The culture and customs of current college students are represented by all of Greek life. Greek life provides students with the ability to join together, socialize, and participate in philanthropy events. New students are often intrigued to…

Within each fraternity and sorority, there are public affairs and issue management designed individuals with various position titles, but all assigned similar roles and tasks. When a fraternity or sorority gets into trouble nationwide, there are individuals assigned at the local and national level that work to inform chapter members about the issue and work to shape internal and external opinions about the organizations while dealing with the situation. For example, negative stereotypes still…

especially in the field of business. So, in the second week of school, I joined various business clubs such as the Financial Management Club, the Entrepreneurship Club, and the Investment Club because I believed that these clubs could help build me. However, when I first saw Alpha Kappa Psi tabling, I was immensely hooked. The whole atmosphere of the fraternity was very different from the various clubs I was in. It was diverse, filled with various types of people with different types of…

excepted. A big place where peer pressure is present is at sporting events. These events present the opportunity, for all age levels of students to come together, and this is when the freshman want to impress others. If students can drink a lot, they will then be considered popular, and that is what most college students want. Football games are a big cause of peer pressure because of the tailgates. Also football season is in the fall which is right in the beginning of school, so all students…

requirement of a 3.0 and if it is not met by a student, they are placed under one quarter of disciplinary action where they give you time to raise it. If you fail to do so a second time, they will tell you to leave the fraternity. There has been situations where they had to and it was hard to see them go because everyone gets really close to one another. Another challenge is that if the ninety-four percent acceptance rate to medical school is not met internationally the fraternity of a certain…

New members develop an understanding of themselves, their relationship to the chapter, and the Fraternity as a whole. The New Member Experience is comprised of a six-week curriculum, which is supplemented by Aspirations — a hard-copy keepsake book given to each member as a resource and welcome gift. To view Aspirations, click here. The six-week curriculum is shown on the right. Member Education Beyond the New Member Experience, all of our members benefit from Every Member Education. The chart to…

no. 2, continued Minimum standards of potential new members: Whether it’s 1870 or 2017, the qualities of a successful member remain the same. Position Statement: Membership Selection Kappa Kappa Gamma is a single-gender organization comprised of women and individuals who identify as women whose governing documents do not discriminate in membership selection except by requiring good scholarship and ethical character. All chapters are expected to adhere to these documents. Kappa Kappa Gamma…

Department of Education shows that members of fraternities and sororities graduate at a rate in excess of 70 percent. • In May 2014, the Gallup Poll released research showing that members of Greek-letter organizations are more likely than all other college graduates to thrive in five areas of well-being, including purpose, social, financial, community and physical. • Members of Greek-letter organizations who are employed full time are more engaged in the workplace (43 percent). This is…