2013 - 2014
MARCUS GOMEZ Unit Coordinator, Fraternity & Sorority Life IFC & MGC Advisor
HARRIETTE BAKER Unit Coordinator, Fraternity & Sorority Life Panhellenic & NPHC Advisor
CHRISTOPHER WATTS Graduate Assistant, Center for Campus Life Asst. IFC & Asst. NPHC Advisor
ALYSSA SINGLETON Graduate Assistant, Center for Campus Life Order of Omega & Asst. Panhellenic Advisor
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Professional Staff - 1 Values & Mission - 2 Year at a Glance - 3 Multicultural Council - 5 Interfraternity Council - 6 National Pan-Hellnic Council - 7 Panhellenic Council - 8 Spotlights - 9 Awards - 11
The Center for Campus Life promotes each student’s learning experience by focusing on student transitions and connecting you to the University and campus traditions through leadership and involvement opportunities. Student Affairs promotes the advancement of knowledge, focusing especially on learning that takes place beyond the classroom environment. By challenging students to become active participants and members of the university community, we develop ethical and innovative leaders who are better prepared for success as life-long learners and ardent Red Raiders.
201 Student Union Building Lubbock, TX 79406 (806)742-5433 greeklife@ttu.edu page | 2
Fraternity & Sorority Life (FSL) has been marked by great success with an emphasis on growth in 2013 - 2014. The Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council saw record-breaking recruitment numbers,surpasing more than 1,500 students. All four councils saw growth through the addition of new organizations or expansion. Order of Omega, the Greek academic honorary society, took its largest class to date, reaching the organization’s maximum capacity of initiates. The Greek Programming Board was established with representatives from each of the four councils to serve as a voice for students on Fraternity & Sorority Life projects as well as campus climate issues. FSL remains focused on safety, harm reduction, and providing leadership education to students. The development of community leaders began duing an inter-council retreat in January where student leaders gathered to discuss community and chapter goals. Embarking on a new year, FSL is thrilled to send 10 student leaders to the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI). UIFI is a five day leadership institute that provides students the opportunity to enhance their leadership skills, personal awareness, and commitment to their fraternity or sorority values. The community hosted several outside speakers as a part of the Clay R Warren Risk Management Retreat and Speakers Series including Dan Wrona, Mark Sterner, and Gentry McCreary. These speakers addressed topics ranging from harm reduction to brotherhood/ sisterhood. Dr. Lori Hart was invited to speak to the Panhellenic Community on how to “Make Greek Great”, followed by Paul Lawson with a challenge of perceptions of Big/Little sister programming in their chapters. These speakers had a lasting impact on the students of the Fraternity & Sorority Life community, many of which still discuss thoughts these individuals began to cultivate. This year has been full of excitement and is a testimony to the strength of the Fraternity & Sorority Life community. We are confident that the future holds endless possibilities for continued success and growth.
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g MEMBERSHIP STATS
4COUNCILS
4,389
53 CHAPTERS
MEMBERS
Academics
Involvement
471
47% 41%
CHANCELLOR’S AMBASSADORS
22% GOLDEN KEY 11% PHI BETA KAPPA 21% PRESIDENTIAL INTERNS 13% PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS 10% TECH TERRY SCHOLARS
STUDENTS RECIVED A 4.0 FOR SPRING 2014
2.9
MORTAR BOARD
The FSL GPA is higer than the average TTU GPA
g WHO IS WHO New Orgs
ΣΓΡ
ΛΘΑ
ΑΣΦ
Hometowns
41% DALLAS/FT. WORTH 7% SAN ANTONIO 2% AMARILLO 1% TYLER 17% HOUSTON 2% ABILENE 1% WACO 6% LUBBOCK 11% AUSTIN 1% RUAL AREAS 4% MIDLAND/ODESSA 1% EL PASO page | 4
Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) at Texas Tech is comprised of 13 nationally recognized fraternities and sororities. Each organization is founded on the basis of multiculturalism, culture, or nationality such as Latino(a), Asian, Southeast Asian, and Indian. These groups currently include over 350 students. The MGC community is committed to cultural awareness and the inclusion of others. MGC has supported campus wide events such as Tech-or-Treat, National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, Diversity Week, Hispanic Heritage Month, Black History Month, and more. Probates continue to be a point of pride for MGC organizations. These passionate events are a time when new members, who have gone through weeks of training and preparation, stand before a crowd of peers, brothers/sisters, friends, and family to demonstrate all they have learned about and all the energy they have for their chapter. This is when they are officially recognized as members. MGC hosted two outreach events; MGC Rec Night and the MGC night at Adrenaline City. At MGC Rec Night, all MGC organizations competed in a late night basketball, volleyball, and indoor soccer tournament. MGC at Adrenaline City consisted of members from every organization participating in activities such as trampoline jumping, bowling, and a pizza party. Over the last four semesters, MGC welcomed four new sororities, Delta Phi Omega, Lambda Delta Psi, Lambda Theta Alpha, and Delta Kappa Delta. As Texas Tech University continues to grow, MGC will continue to grow to meet the needs of a growing multicultural and international community as well.
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The Texas Tech University Interfraternity Counicl (IFC) is comprised of 22 IFC fraternities and 2,000 students. IFC is coming off one of its most successful formal recruitments with 658 men seeking membership in the fall and 132 in the spring. This year fraternities participated in the greek intramurals league, homecoming activities, and supported various sorority philanthropic events. The men are committed to supporting Texas Tech University’s mission for growth and are excited about bringing new organizations to campus. This spring IFC welcomed a new fraternity to campus Alpha Sigma Phi. This will have been the fourth new fraternity to expand at Texas Tech in only four years. The other organizations that have joined our ranks include Pi Kappa Alpha, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Chi Psi. Each fraternity is committed to supporting their philanthropy of choice. Each year, fraternities coordinate signature philanthropy events in support of a national, state, or local charitable organization. Lambda Chi Alpha threw its first ever Watermelon Bash in 2013; a philanthropy event hosted on the Texas Tech campus where Panhellenic women competed in several events involving smashing, throwing, racing, and eating watermelons in support of the Lubbock Food Bank. The signature philanthropy event for Kappa Sigma fraternity is Kappa Sigma Bowl, a flag football event benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network. The event drew a crowd of 400 people, raising a total of $4500 benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network this past spring. The community holds academic success as a priority for its members. Every organization provides an academic incentives, scholarship programs, or national GPA requirements for fraternity members.
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The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) at Texas Tech is comprised of seven of the nine nationally recognized member organizations. This council makes up 1% of the Fraternity and Sorority community at Texas Tech, but their reach is far bigger than it may seem. This year NPHC has hosted a number of events. The council hosted two “Meet the Greeks” where interested students could come and meet members of NPHC organizations and had over 40 potential members at each. “Hump Days” were held once each semester where fraternities and sororities represented their organizations. This spring chapters participated in Switch Day where organizations were trained in the steps or other organizations and performed them. NPHC organizations have put in a great deal of effort to better the Texas Tech and Lubbock communities through service, philanthropy, and cultural events. Alpha Phi Alpha organized a march on Martin Luther King Day working with the NAACP student organization. The event, commemorating the legacy of Alpha Phi Alpha Brother Martin Luther King Jr. and included 60 individuals marching to memorial circle. This was the 16th year that the event has taken place. Kappa Alpha Psi hosted a Black Excellence Banquet as a part of Black History Month. The event included speaker Dr. Bernard Harris, who was the first African-American to spacewalk and a brother of Kappa Alpha Psi. The fraternity’s Raymond J. Martin Memorial Scholarship winners were also announced.
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Panhellenic Council has seen great success and growth the past year. With the largest formal recruitment enrollment in the history of the university, the council welcomed 781 women into their chapters. The chapters and council took off running following formal recruitment, planning and participating in community and university wide programming. With a focus on harm reduction and education Panhellenic participated in Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week and Tech-or-Treat interpartnership with university departments. Panhellenic engaged students in a Spring Break Safety discussion using a social media campaign. In a proactive effort to keep members safe during men’s bid night, all 11 chapters have committed to hosting an alcohol free event in August 2014. The second annual Circle of Sisterhood Week, took place in early November and raised more than $2,000 and a great deal of awareness for the adopted philanthropy of the Panhellenic. For the first time Panhellenic hosted a Panhellenic Pride Week to celebrate and encourage collaboration within the community. Panhellenic women participated in community service, sisterhood block party, campus-wide outreach events and attended educational and leadership development programming from nationally celebrated speakers. Looking toward the new academic year Panhellenic has started a discussion of how to best prepare and celebrate the growth and success our community is experiencing. A focus on chapter operations, training and engagement has helped to ensure that members are receiving the same experience no matter what the size of the chapter. Processes for membership recruitment have been updated to accommodate the continued growth of the university. The excitement in each of these areas encouraged the community to unanimously support the proposal to add an additional chapter in Fall 2015. While the process of selecting which organization will join the council is still months away, Panhellenic is thrilled to embrace the opportunity to offer the sorority experience to the wonderful women at Texas Tech.
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“ Becoming a part of MGC has dramatically changed my experience at Tech by giving me endless leadership opportunities and memories that I will cherish for many years to come. Taking on the role as MGC president has allowed me to learn extensively about all the different values and cultures that each organization represents. It has allowed me to take a step back from my own letters, and gain understanding for all the others. I could not be more satisfied with my time at Tech, and I am eager to see what is in store for MGC in the Fall.” - Natalia Lopez, Kappa Delta Chi
“ Ever since I stepped onto the Texas Tech campus I knew I wanted to join a fraternity. There is something about being a part of something bigger than yourself that teaches you things you wouldn’t necessarily learn otherwise and being a part of Greek life provides you that group of brothers where you can learn such lessons. I have recently been accepted into the Masters of Accounting Program and I truly believe that I would not have been in as a successful position without being a part of Sigma Phi Epsilon.” - Bruce Jacobson, Sigma Phi Epsilon
“Being in a sorority at Texas Tech has truly changed me for the better. I have met lifelong friends, developed as a professional in my career, and grown into a woman I know my parents are proud of. I don’t know where I would be today if I had not rode that City Bus to the first day of Recruitment. From the moment I joined my chapter, endless numbers of doors have opened and I am eternally grateful to Fraternity & Sorority Life for helping to push me to go through them.” - Ashley Perterson, Kappa Kappa Gamma
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“ It is such an incredible feeling to know that you are a part of something greater than yourself. Fraternity & Sorority Life is a community brought together to encourage and lift one another up. I feel I set my academic standards high because that is what Fraternity & Sorority Life expected of me. I became involved in leadership positions because FSL encouraged me to do so. I was able to become involved in various organizations on campus as well as work in the administration building because the Greek community connected me into those things. I owe my success as an undergraduate student solely to Fraternity and Sorority Life at Texas Tech University.” - Lauren Coker, Pi Beta Phi
“ My fraternity experience has been nothing but a positive impact on my life. The memories I’ve made and the people I’ve met have helped make my college life that much better. The main purpose of joining a fraternity is to network and bond with a close group of friends that you make in the process. This experience has prepared me for my future in the sense that every year that goes by, I have to take on more responsibilities whether it is for the fraternity, academics, or other extra-curricular activities. Being in a fraternity is being a part of something bigger than yourself. I take pride in that and I know I have come away from this experience a stronger and better person.” -Bret Little , Phi Gamma Delta
“As a first generation college student born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe; Greek life was not a part of my initial plans when I came to Texas Tech. However, as of the fall of 2013 I’ve been a member of the Eta Upsilon chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. here at Texas Tech University. I joined my fraternity mainly because I had ideas and those ideas needed a solid platform in order to be implemented. For me, there was no better platform than Alpha Phi Alpha because it is a brotherhood of leaders committed to growing and learning but most importantly, leaders committed to helping those around them do the same. -Michael Mangwiro, Alpha Phi Alpha
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Lifetime Achievement: Julie Doss, Delta Delta Delta INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Interfraternity Council Scholarship: Bret Little, Phi Gamma Delta
Outstanding Freshman: Christopher Mitchell, Phi Gamma Delta Jessie Zuo, Lambda Delta Psi Andrea Britten, Chi Omega
Multicultural Council Scholarship: Suzanne Akul, Delta Phi Omega Jennifer Nguyen, Lambda Delta Psi Callie M. Chalk Panhellenic Scholarship: Nicole Dunn, Pi Beta Phi
Outstanding Sophomore: Charles Mitchell, Phi Gamma Delta JR Advincula, Gamma Beta Meredith Gavin, Alpha Chi Omega
CHAPTER AWARDS
Living Your Values (Indivduals): Megan Anderson, Alpha Chi Omega Alyssa Edstrom, Alpha Chi Omega Kelles Garrison, Pi Beta Phi Natalia Lopez, Kappa Delta Chi Ashley Peterson, Kappa Kappa Gamma
Outstanding Junior: Bruce Jacobson, Sigma Phi Epsilon Samantha Macariola, Lambda Delta Psi Hayden Turner, Kappa Alpha Theta
ACADEMICS Highest GPA: Phi Gamma Delta Delta Phi Omega Delta Sigma Theta Pi Beta Phi
Outstanding Senior: Gatewood Brown, Phi Gamma Delta Kyle Yan, Gamma Beta Alex Cabrera, Kappa Kappa Gamma Living Your Values (Chapters): Delta Delta Delta Kappa Delta Golden Raiders: Bruce Jacobson, Sigma Phi Epsilon Lauren Coker, Pi Beta Phi Outstanding Advisor: Carol Locke, Delta Delta Delta page | 11
SISTERHOOD & BROTHERHOOD Outstanding Recognition Program: Pi Beta Phi
GENERAL Outstanding Social Media: Chi Omega
Outstanding Commitment to CommUNITY: Kappa Kappa Gamma SERVICE Most Money Donated: Kappa Alpha Theta
Most Improved GPA: Alpha Gamma Rho Sigma Lambda Beta Kappa Alpha Psi
Outstanding Marketing: Alpha Chi Omega Freada and Mark Warren Outstanding Risk Management: Alpha Chi Omega
Overall Highest GPA: Pi Beta Phi
Most Community Service Hours: Delta Phi Omega Outstanding Service/Philanthropy Project: Delta Phi Omega
Outstanding Academic Program: Kappa Delta LEADERSHIP
Chapter of the Year: Delta Phi Omega Kappa Delta
Outstanding Educational Program: Kappa Delta
Dean’s Cup: Kappa Delta
Outstanding TTU Involvement: Lambda Psi page | 12