Transcript Fraternities Sororities at WOU

Current Updates
Faculty Senate
February 2011
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WOU Preparations
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Structure &
Organization
Student Council
Supervision & Resources
Policies and Guidelines
Recruitment & Rush
Other areas
Student Leadership & Activities
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Student Preparations
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Securing membership
National Chapter
affiliation & logistics
Each student/interest group
Right now, the furthest
any group is stage #2 – it
may take 1-2 years of
intense student work to
get to Chapter status
Exploratory Groups
I.
Pure interest with no affiliate contact
Interest Group
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Investigatory group establishing relationship with
national office. Same rights as clubs and must
register each term.
III.
Colony
Pledged commitment to fraternity or sorority and the
national organization has verified and validated
that. Officially become a part of the fraternity
and sorority system at WOU.
IV.
Chapter
Full fraternity or sorority status with WOU and
national affiliate.
 Fraternities
and sororities will NOT be
considered a part of Western Oregon
University nor will their efforts be considered
part of WOU’s business.
 Their liability will be their own and in
conjunction with their national affiliates.
 They will have access to WOU’s facilities and
support by undergoing this process. WOU
will maintain a strong relationship with each
organization.
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of the potential fraternities and
sororities that has been discussed have been
from traditional multicultural fraternity or
sorority organizations.
 Their guidelines fall under the same umbrella
as all fraternities and sororities.
 We
don’t anticipate houses to be in place for
any established fraternity or sorority for a
number of years, but we are planning some
things just in case.
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Costs are too high.
Liability and insurance reasons.
Membership would need to be high enough and
consistent enough to support the expenses
That could change if a wealthy
fraternity/sorority alumni wished to donate or
some possibility...
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would create an advisory and policymaking body with membership by each
established colony or chapter (voting
members) and interest group (non-voting).
 Advised by Student Leadership & Activities
with officer positions.
 Official representation and connection to
WOU is through the FSC.
 Recruitment
guidelines would be primarily
winter term with spring term options if
membership goals not met. Interest groups
may recruit like any club on campus.
 Fraternity and Sorority officers will be
required to undergo leadership & policy
training each spring (after their chapter
elections).
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Each person wishing to be involved with a fraternity or
sorority must have a 2.25 GPA and minimum of 6 credits in
good academic standing.
Chapters must commit one hour of service to WOU for
each member on their membership list.
Chapters must maintain a strict no-hazing statement and
abide by WOU’s Code of Student Conduct (being examined
now to make sure everything is covered.)
Chapters must maintain a superior chapter GPA. Failure to
meet goals will lead to probationary status or even
suspension of WOU relationship until goals reached.
Alcohol awareness programming and education will be
mandated.
All fraternities and sororities will be assessed to verify
student retention, graduation rates and more compared to
non-Greek WOU students.
Contact:
Jon Tucker, Director, WUC/SLA [email protected] 8-8063
Megan Haberman, Asst. Director, SLA [email protected] 8-8659