Virginia Tech just published a feel-good piece about their Greeks Giving Back event, and honestly, it's the kind of story that makes Panhellenic councils look great on paper. Chapters showing up, logging hours, doing visible community work. The university gets a win. The chapters get coverage. Everyone posts photos. And I'm sitting here thinking about how many of those same chapters are the ones I've watched skate through standards hearings on the strength of their philanthropy numbers alone.
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Ask your parents what it was like when they went to college. When it comes to dining, we’ll bet they don't say they had a 24-hour Taco Bell on campus, multiple Starbucks, and the option to dine at a restaurant that was almost in the running for a Michelin rating. But for college students these days, it’s not only common but expected. ...
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October 2016’s philanthropy event of the month was chosen not because of how many participants it attracted or because how much money it raised, but because it was a first-time event for two organizations looking to make moves. For the first time in either of the chapters’ histories, two Virginia Tech fraternities joined forces to raise money for philanthropies...
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With over 800 campuses in the United States and Canada that participate in Greek life, naturally it would seem that any college town is a city made for Greeks. However, these five cities not only have the largest amounts of Greeks, but they also have the most thriving Greek life...
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You have made one of the biggest decisions of your life to go to college. Congratulations! However, that’s not the only decision that you’ll have to make when it comes to college life. Another important decision that you’ll probably make is the decision to go Greek in college.
Greek life has lots of benefits to offer to its members – opportunities to build a network, social/community activities to participate in, a strong brotherhood bond to maintain, and many more! However, one of the biggest challenges college guys face at the beginning of their Greek life is choosing the right fraternity for themselves....
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Most people go through recruitment treating it like a vibe check. They show up, they smile, they try to say the right things, and then they pick whatever house felt the least awkward. That's not a strategy. That's hoping for the best, and it explains why so many people end up in chapters that don't fit them six months later.
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So apparently corporate America has figured out that sorority recruitment is basically a goldmine for reaching Gen Z women, and they're not being subtle about it. A recent Forbes piece broke down how brands are actively positioning themselves inside the sorority rush experience - not just through ads, but by trying to, as the article puts it, "authentically integrate" into the lives of potential new members. Stanley cups on bid day tables. Skin care brands showing up in recruitment prep kits. Clothing companies sponsoring outfit guides. It's a lot.
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Every chapter has one. An alumni advisory board - a group of women who graduated years ago, still show up to meetings, still read your bylaws, still send emails when something looks off. And most active members treat them like a necessary inconvenience. I was one of those members. I was wrong.
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A civil lawsuit out of San Luis Obispo is making the rounds, and it involves a former Cal Poly student accused of hitting multiple victims and leaving them behind. The plaintiffs' description - "left like run-over garbage" - is not the kind of language you forget. And when a story like this gets attached to a name connected to Greek life, whether directly or by proximity, it raises a question worth sitting with: what does accountability actually look like inside these organizations, and does Greek membership change anything about how it plays out?
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Every chapter has that one position that nobody really campaigns for during elections. The social chair gets the hype. The president gets the respect. The treasurer gets the headaches. But the academic chair? He's just the guy who sends reminder emails before midterms and maybe puts a sign-up sheet on the whiteboard for study hours. That's the reputation, anyway. And it's completely wrong.
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