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GREEK LIFE 8 Portico 2009-2010 FrATErNITy ANd SOrOrITy hOuSINg Housing options for chapters here at Virginia Tech are as varied as the chapters themselves. There are 19 chapters that live in our Oak Lane Community on campus, while 18 chapters live in off-campus houses in Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Montgomery County. Many chapters have no official residence, but members may choose to live with each other on or off campus. Housing occupancy ranges between four and 36 members. Residency requirements vary from chapter to chapter. Make sure you ask about the residency policies of the chapters you are interested in. In addition, you should ask about costs associated with living in the chapter house. toDay’s GreeK coMMunity 127 fraternities and sororities 70 NIC men’s fraternities 26 NPC women’s fraternities 9 NPHC groups 22 National Association of Latino Fraternal Organization groups 9 million members 750,000 undergraduate members 12,000 chapters Located on 800 campuses in the United States and Canada
IT S ALL grEEk TO ME... Active: A fully initiated member of a fraternity or sorority Alumni: Sorority or fraternity members who are no longer active members of a collegiate chapter Associate/New Member: An uninitiated member of a fraternity or sorority Badge: The fraternity or sorority membership insignia Bid: An invitation to join a sorority or fraternity Big Brother/Big Sister: Active member assigned to be the personal mentor for a new member Chapter: A membership unit of a national or international sorority or fraternity Charter: documentation that an individual chapter is recognized and operates according to the national organization GREEK LIFE Colony: A newly formed affiliate of a national organization that has not yet received its charter. The organizing members of a colony are often referred to as founders Continuous Open Bidding (COB): Process of extending bids on an individual basis that begins immediately following the formal recruitment program Formal Sorority Recruitment: A membership recruitment period during which a series of organized events are held by each National Panhellenic Conference sorority; organized and implemented by the Panhellenic Leadership Fraternity: A group of men or women who are bound together by ritual ties, beliefs, and common goals and values Fraternity and Sorority Life: A department of Student Programs at Virginia Tech. It comprises four Virginia Tech umbrella organizations: Interfraternity Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, the United Council of Fraternities and Sororities, and the Panhellenic Council Interfraternity Council (IFC): The representative governing body of all men’s NIC fraternities Initiation: A traditional ritual that brings an associate/new member into full membership of the fraternity or sorority Intake: The membership recruitment and induction process for the National Pan-Hellenic Council and some United Council of Fraternities and Sororities chapters Legacy: Someone whose mother, father, sister, or brother is a member of a particular Greek-letter organization Line: Term sometimes used by various culturally based Greek organizations to refer to the members who join during the same semester National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO): The representative body for the traditionally Latin fraternities and sororities National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC): The representative governing body for the nine traditionally African-American fraternities and sororities National Panhellenic Conference (NPC): The conference composed of 26 national women’s fraternities, each of which is autonomous as a general, Greek-letter society of college women, undergraduates, and alumnae New Member: A woman who has accepted a sorority bid, but is not yet an initiated member New Member Educator: A liaison between the new members and the chapter who is responsible for implementing and monitoring the new member program and preparing the new members for initiation North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC): The conference for the 72 collegiate general fraternities Portico 2009-2010 9
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Page 3 and 4: Dear Potential MeMber: GREEK LIFE G
Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS GREEK LIFE FRATERNITY ANd
Page 7 and 8: FrATErNITy ANd SOrOrITy LIFE GREEK
Page 9: PrOgrAMS ANd ACTIvITIES GREEK LIFE
Page 13 and 14: IFC AAA INTErFrATErNITy COuNCIL Wel
Page 15 and 16: BrOThErhOOd The bond of friendship
Page 17 and 18: LEAdErShIP Leadership ability was t
Page 19 and 20: FrATErNITy rECruITMENT Look for inf
Page 21 and 22: FrEquENTLy ASkEd quESTIONS Q: will
Page 23 and 24: ALPhA EPSILON PI exPenses: New Memb
Page 25 and 26: ALPhA SIgMA PhI exPenses: New Membe
Page 27 and 28: BETA ThETA PI exPenses: New Member,
Page 29 and 30: dELTA kAPPA EPSILON exPenses: New M
Page 31 and 32: dELTA TAu dELTA exPenses: New Membe
Page 33 and 34: kAPPA ALPhA OrdEr exPenses: New Mem
Page 35 and 36: kAPPA SIgMA exPenses: New Member, F
Page 37 and 38: PhI dELTA ThETA exPenses: New Membe
Page 39 and 40: PhI kAPPA PSI exPenses: New Member,
Page 41 and 42: PhI SIgMA kAPPA exPenses: New Membe
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Page 47 and 48: SIgMA ChI exPenses: New Member, Fir
Page 49 and 50: SIgMA PhI dELTA exPenses: New Membe
Page 51 and 52: TAu kAPPA EPSILON exPenses: New Mem
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Page 57 and 58: NPHC NATIONAL PAN hELLENIC COuNCIL
Page 59 and 60: ALPhA kAPPA ALPhA exPenses: New Mem
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IOTA PhI ThETA exPenses: New Member
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OMEgA PSI PhI exPenses: New Member,
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SIgMA gAMMA rhO exPenses: New Membe
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PHC PANhELLENIC COuNCIL PHC The Nat
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Dear HoKie woMen, Welcome to Virgin
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SOrOrITy LIFE In a Panhellenic soro
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SChOLArShIP ANd ACAdEMICS PHC Acade
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LEAdErShIP ANd INvOLvEMENT Membersh
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ECruITMENT INFOrMATION forMal recru
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POTENTIAL NEW MEMBEr guIdELINES 1.
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WhAT TO WEAr The purpose of this se
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INFOrMAL rECruITMENT Although the f
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ALPhA dELTA PI exPenses: New Member
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ALPhA PhI exPenses: New Member, Fir
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dELTA dELTA dELTA exPenses: New Mem
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dELTA ZETA exPenses: New Member, Fi
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kAPPA kAPPA gAMMA exPenses: New Mem
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SIgMA kAPPA exPenses: New Member, F
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UCFS uNITEd COuNCIL OF FrATErNITIES
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ALPhA kAPPA dELTA PhI exPenses: New
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LAMBdA SIgMA uPSILON exPenses: New
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hErMANdAd dE SIgMA IOTA ALPhA, INC.
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ALPhA OMEgA EPSILON exPenses: New M
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