Frequently Asked Questions What are the benefits of joining?
What is recruitment? Rush? Intake?
The benefits include building leadership Recruitment/rush/intake is defined as any skills, academic support, and service sorority or fraternity activity that seeks to opportunities. The sorority and fraternity add new members to a chapter. This experience is excellent training for could include info sessions, social aspiring leaders. Many chapters organize gatherings or a casual meal on or off tutoring programs, provide networking campus. Some Greek-letter organizations opportunities and offer a variety of host recruitment throughout the year, educational resources. Membership also while others recruit during a specified brings students a support system that time period each semester/year. can last a lifetime. Whenever it occurs, any chapter activity for the purpose of adding new members constitutes recruitment and must be in compliance with organizational policies, institutional rules and state laws.
How will joining a sorority or fraternity affect my student academically?
Which sorority and fraternity is the best to join?
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When do students typically join? 90 percent of the students that join a sorority or fraternity at UT Austin do so during their first semester in college. However, some organizations require that students have a UT Austin minimum GPA and credit hours before joining. Students, including transfer students, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, also have the opportunity to join the sorority and fraternity community.
What does it mean to be a new member?
There are more than 60 Greek-letter The new member period is a time for organizations on campus. Each students to bond with other new Academic success is important to each organization provides unique members and active members and learn sorority and fraternity. Chapters organize experiences, values, service, philanthropy about the organization’s history and study hours, schedule study skills and leadership opportunities in the values prior to being initiated into the workshops, and encourage the use of community. Who is the “best” is a organization. Many new member classes faculty office hours. All organizations personal choice and should be based on will attend weekly meetings, participate in have a GPA requirement to remain a member in good standing. Some chapters where a student feels most comfortable. study hall, and plan activities as a group. Some chapters even elect new member offer scholarships and awards to Do sororities and fraternities officers and encourage celebrate the academic success of haze? leadership from the beginning. members and non-members. Hazing is not tolerated and all students should feel safe joining and maintaining membership. However, hazing can occur in any student organization, including sororities and fraternities. To learn more about the definition of hazing, hazing prevention initatives, and how to get involved, see the following pages.
Campus Resources University Healthy Services (512) 471-4995 healthyhorns.utexas.edu
Counseling and Mental Health Center (512) 471-3515 cmhc.utexas.edu
Sorority and Fraternity Life (512) 471-9700 deanofstudents.utexas.edu/sfl
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Student Emergency Services (512) 471-5017 deanofstudents.utexas.edu/emergency Student Conduct and Academic Integrity (512) 471-2841 deanofstudents.utexas.edu/conduct Title IX (512) 471-0419 titleix.utexas.edu Longhorn Wellness Center (512) 475-8252 healthyhorns.utexas.edu/healthpromotion.html
