Woodbury University is a small private school in Burbank, California, focused heavily on architecture, design, business, and the arts. The campus community is tight-knit and the overall undergraduate population is on the smaller side, which shapes just about everything — including the Greek scene.
There's one fraternity and one sorority currently active at WU. Delta Sigma Phi represents on the fraternity side, and Phi Sigma Sigma holds things down for the women. With just these two chapters, the Greek system here is about as intimate as it gets. It's not the kind of school where Greek life dominates the social calendar or where you'll see a long row of chapter houses lining a Greek Row — Woodbury doesn't really have that setup. Chapters here typically don't have dedicated housing in the traditional sense.
Because the school skews toward creative and professional programs, the student culture tends to center more around studio work, design projects, and career-oriented networking than around large-scale social events. That context matters when thinking about what Greek life looks like here. The chapters that do exist operate more as close communities within an already small campus rather than as major campus institutions.
Recruitment isn't the sprawling, week-long event you'd see at a large state school with an IFC and Panhellenic council running dozens of chapters simultaneously. Here it's a more personal process — you get to know people, you express interest, and things move from there. Both national organizations, Delta Sigma Phi and Phi Sigma Sigma, bring their broader networks and philanthropic missions to campus, which gives members connections that extend well beyond Burbank.
For a school this size with this kind of academic focus, a smaller Greek community is pretty consistent with what you'd expect. The chapters that are here tend to be tightly bonded by necessity, and the national affiliations give members access to alumni networks and resources that go beyond what any single campus chapter could offer on its own.
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