Illinois State University Fraternity & Sorority Life
“The Greek Game Returns”
January 2016
By: Yesenia Garcia, Graduate Assistant, Fraternity & Sorority Life Inside this issue: Greek Game 2016
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Council Retreats
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GPhiO (MGC)
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MGC Showcase
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Light The Night (IFC)
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Contact Us Fraternity and Sorority Life at Illinois State University and Illinois State Athletics joined forces for the second annual Greek banner competition during the Wichita State Game! This year’s theme was “Chicago” as the ISU community welcomed a special guest: Benny The Bull!
2016 Champion: Pi Beta Phi!
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On behalf of Illinois State Athletics and Fraternity & Sorority Life, we would like to thank all of our organizations for participating in the Greek Life Banner Promotion this year! We were more than pleased with the turnout from the Greek community for the Wichita State game. The energy from the student section was unbelievable.
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We would also like to congratulate Pi Beta Phi for their victory in the competition. Pi Beta Phi’s banner exceeded all of the judges’ criteria that were used to vote upon each banner (Creativity, Chicago Theme, Benny the Bull/Chicago Bulls, and the ISU Redbirds). Pi Beta Phi won an exclusive pizza party with the Redbird men’s basketball team! The event will take place after the men’s basketball season concludes. Congratulations again on being selected as our winner!
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“Council Retreat” By: Salem Awwad, Graduate Assistant, Fraternity & Sorority Life
The Council Retreat is a day and half long retreat that the College Panhellenic Council, Interfraternity Council, and the Multicultural Greek Council participated in the weekend before the spring semester began. Council officers participated in many different workshops to help them lay a foundation for their upcoming term. Not only did the officers have the opportunity to learn about other councils, how to properly program, and why community service and philanthropy is important, but they also had the opportunity to learn more about their fellow officers, the FSL staff, and how to work effectively as a team. In my opinion, the two best programs were the Community Wide SWOT Analysis and the free time we had at the end of the first night. The SWOT Analysis allowed the officers in each council to be completely honest about what our community’s Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats. This honest approach allowed officers to realize what we need to work on to be better. The free time we had was awesome as well. The men of IFC, MGC, and FSL staff decided to play a game of “shooty hoops” better known as basketball. Needless to say we are all out of shape and that was somewhat painful. Afterwards, a majority of the students from CPC, IFC, and MGC played some glow in the dark dodgeball as a team builder. Overall it was a great experience and as always we plan on tweaking it to make it better. Hopefully this next year it won’t snow and the southerner won’t have to drive through it.
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“President Retreat” By: Salem Awwad, Graduate Assistant, Fraternity & Sorority Life The President’s Retreat is a daylong retreat where chapter presidents and council officers attend to learn more about various topics ranging from the State of FSL to situational leadership and council progress. I cannot stress how proud I am of the presidents and council officers giving up the last day of their vacations before the spring semester began. This retreat is a lot more informational than The Council Retreat. It was lengthy, but it is necessary. This retreat’s primary focus is to help the president’s learn the basics of what is required of them not only by FSL, but their respective councils. Two of the most informative presentations were The Conduct Process presented by Michael Zajac of SCCR and the Seal of Approval. Michael’s presentation allowed the presidents the opportunity to speak to ask questions and learn more about the ins and outs of the conduct process. The Seal of Approval presentation received some great reviews from the presidents because it cleared some of the misconceptions about it and it is now online - which is a lot less paper work is for everyone. Overall, I think the President’s Retreat went about as well as it could have gone. I think moving forward we will make some changes that make it more interactive rather than just having to receiving tons and tons of information. I know this can make the experience not as enjoyable, but we are hoping to make it a little more fun. The presidents and councils all had generally good conversations with each other about what we need to do and where we need to go as a community moving forward. Hopefully, presidents will use what they learned and the experience they gained from it to better their chapters and community.
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“A New year for college Panhellenic Council” By: Olivia Huisinga, 2016 CPC President During our time in office, we would like to see the women in our community grow into the great women they came to Illinois State University to be. That being said, our main goal in 2016 is programming around women’s empowerment. The CPC Executive Board is working diligently to create interactive programs that will allow women to build/improve on skills they will use long after their time at ISU.
Our Executive Vice President Haley Solem and our Vice President of Community Development Mackenzie Frieders have been working together to plan events that will be enjoyable for all the members of the community as well as empowering. Another goal we are emphasizing on this year is improving our overall Grade Point Average. Our Vice President of Scholarship Gabby Lisinski has been working with the scholarship chairs from each chapter to revise their education plans to get every woman’s GPA where it needs to be. Our Vice President of Recruitment Mia Volpe, Vice President of Administration Meghan Kelly and the Vice President of Public Relations Maggie Finn have been working together to get the details for Formal Recruitment finalized. We are all looking forward to see their hard work pay off this fall. We are all very humbled and honored to be working on this council together and we hope to serve the community to the best of our ability.
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“GPhiO Means Business” By: Lissette “ZAZA” Zarco, Gamma Phi Omega Int’l. Sorority Inc.
Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority (GPhiO) Incorporated and Women in Business hosted the Second Annual GPhiO Women Mean Business Event on February 4 th! This event was dedicated to the empowerment of women in the business and consisted of a panel of four amazing women in the corporate world. On the panel was Julie Sibley who is the owner of Fleet Foot Sports, Diane Ruch who is an entrepreneur, Shari Buckellew who is the executive director of business operations, and Genesis Smith who is the CEO of Luxurious Lathers. All of these women discussed the challenges and shared success strategies of being a woman in business. A special thank you from the ladies of Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority Incorporated and Women In Business to the people who attended and supported our event.
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“mgc showcase� By: Elizabeth Nunez, Vice President of Public Relations
Early in the semester the Multicultural Greek Council held their annual showcase. The showcase is a time where all the MGC Greeks are able to present themselves to the ISU community and it is also a tool used in recruitment because they do not have any form of formal recruitment. The event was a great success with a great number of people in attendance. There was amazing strolling performances and free pizza for students as well. It is a great way to know more about the individual organizations and what they bring to ISU's campus. We hope to see more people next year!
Gamma Phi Omega, International Sorority Inc.
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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Sigma Lambda Gamma, INC.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Sigma Lambda Beta, INC.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, INC.
Thank you Alpha Omicron Pi And
Pi Beta Phi For your continued support
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“IFC Philanthropy for Community� By: Max Fransen & Parimal Vyas, IFC Executive Board
The Illinois State Interfraternity Council will hold a carnival themed philanthropic event called Light the Night. Proceeds from the event will go into research and recovery efforts at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Our goal is to invite as many RSOs on campus to help make our goal monetary goal. Our vision is to hold a carnival style philanthropy on our quad with music, food and other sorts of entertainment. Each RSO available will be designated a section of the quad where they can host their own family friendly event. Example of events include face painting, ring toss, Frisbee toss, bean bag toss, or a dunk tank. Our thoughts were that each organization could have their own section of the quad to host an activity that would help raise money for a great cause while also getting your name out on the campus and community. If you would be interested in learning more about helping out, the President of the Interfraternity Council and the Vice President of Community Engagement are willing to come visit your chapter or RSO meeting and we could give a short presentation and answer any questions you might have.
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