2016-17 Fraternity and Sorority Life Annual Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Letter From Our Director 4 Our Mission and Values 5 Our Pillars 6 Our Councils 7 Fraternal Excellence Awards 8 Retention 10 Community Profiles 11 Fraternity and Sorority Retention 12 Programming Report 14 Recruitment Statistics 16 Fraternity & Sorority Life By the Numbers 17 2017–2018 Goals & Learning Outcomes 18 Building A Model Fraternity & Sorority Community Plans for 2016-2018
19 Characteristics of Ideal Chapters 2
GREETINGS from the
Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life! We are pleased to provide you with our Annual Report celebrating the achievements, areas of growth and priorities of our community. You will see as you review, 2016-17 proved to be an impressive year for our fraternal organizations at Miami University. Our office continues to be impressed by the high caliber of students and level of engagement of our members of fraternities and sororities, and we are excited to share with you highlights of our programs and their impact on the student experience. The purpose of this annual report is to provide you with a comprehensive glance of where we have been and where we hope to go in upcoming years. We are proud of the data we have collected this year including retention and graduation rates, results of the community advancement program and member development within our chapters, recruitment assessment and the overall fraternity and sorority student experience. We hope you enjoy reviewing our progress. Over the past year we have seen an increase of events planned by students and student engagement as a whole as a result of our department merging with Student Activities. This year we are excited about more fraternity and sorority involvement in homecoming, late night programming, athletic events and leadership within Miami Activities and Programming (MAP) and Associated Student Government. We are committed to evaluating vital areas of our fraternity and sorority community: scholarship and learning, values based leadership, philanthropy and community service, engagement in the community, and the growth, accountability, and personal development of our fraternity and sorority leaders. As always, we appreciate our partnerships with students, staff, faculty, alumni volunteers and international headquarters as we continue to advance our community and build a valuable experience for our fraternity and sorority students. Interfraternally,
Jenny
Jenny Levering Director of Student Activities & the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life
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Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life
MISSION
It is the mission of the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life to assist our fraternity and sorority community to succeed in living out its shared values of scholarship and learning, service and philanthropy, community, leadership and values, and brotherhood and sisterhood among all fraternity and sorority chapters at Miami University. The Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, through collaboration and cooperation with its stakeholders, will create an environment supportive of the academic mission of Miami University that is congruent with the values and rituals of our chapters and encourages a strong Interfraternal campus community.
VISION
To develop a Model Fraternity and Sorority Community that achieves national recognition for its commitment to intellectual achievement, leadership, personal growth, and service to the community.
Programming
PHILOSOPHY
Through values based education, the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life programs will provide fraternities and sororities, along with their members, the opportunity for individual growth and chapter development in order to create and promote a relevant fraternal experience. Our definition of relevance: chapters who excel in all areas of the 5 pillars, chapters who provide a healthy and safe environment for their members, chapters who create opportunities for their members to develop into positive members of the community, and chapters who create organizations that are positive contributors to the university community. These chapters work well with and are relevant to: potential new members, active members, parents, faculty and staff, alumni, campus partners, and their national headquarters and volunteers.
PRINCIPLES:
Shared Guiding
Programming
To make sure all programs are relevant to chapter success and in line with the programming philosophy, the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, along with its campus and community partners, will utilize these guiding principles in their program planning and execution.
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Programs will be engaging and innovative and will empower students to act.
II. Programs will leave students with tools and resources they can utilize for continual education and development.
III. Programs will be inclusive in order to meet diverse student population needs.
IV. Programs will be intentional in connecting students with the five pillars of the fraternity/sorority community.
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OUR PILLARS STAND FOR EXCELLENCE Miami fraternities and sororities are committed to scholarship and learning by promoting a positive academic environment.
STAND TOGETHER SERVE Miami fraternities and sororities impact the lives of others by engaging in service and philanthropy in the community.
STAND UP LEAD Miami fraternities and sororities empower members to lead with values within their organizations and across campus.
STAND FOR COMMUNITY Miami fraternities and sororities meet the diverse interests and needs of members by striving to create community.
STAND TOGETHER Miami fraternities and sororities maintain a foundation of brotherhood and sisterhood by developing authentic friendships that last a lifetime.
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OUR COUNCILS: 2016-2017 ACCOMPLISHMENTS I N T E R F R AT E R N I T Y C O U N C I L ( I F C ) • Approximately 1500 lbs were donated to the Oxford Community Choice Pantry during Greek Service Week through our new activity, CANstruction. • Implementation of the Enhanced Membership Experience (EME), which resulted in streamlined new member processes that better reflects our ideal Greek Community. • Over 200 registered events hosted by Fraternities, more than any other semester on record. This has resulted in much safer social practices. • Maintained recognition of all chapters on campus, while welcoming the reintroduction of two Alpha Chapters. • Increased accountability among chapters and councils, resulting in an 83% reduction in hazing reports (according to OESCR) and many conversations surrounding sustainable member education practices. • 200+ students participated in Greek Spring Clean, as well as 18 individual service sites, indicating a strong shift to community service promotion.
PA N H E L L E N I C A S S O C I AT I O N ( P H A ) • This semester, Panhellenic hosted a number of forward-thinking, action-oriented programs including two new events: State of the Community and the Perfect Party. Through these events, Panhellenic worked to establish unity in risk management and social policies and to consistently, and justly, serve the community through proactive measures. • Panhellenic established healthy, honest relationships with chapter leadership while developing a reputation of being a supportive resource to all members. • There is a shared goal that by the end of their terms, Council Officers and Chapter Presidents will have provided an understanding of leadership responsibilities and roles in the community. • Panhellenic welcomed almost 1,000 new members into the community following a very successful recruitment in February. • Philanthropic highlights include: $57,000 raised for St. Jude’s (Delta Delta Delta), $20,000 raised for St. Rita’s School for the Deaf (Delta Zeta), TWO Wishes granted through Make-A-Wish Foundation (Chi Omega), $10,000 raised for Cardiac Care Week (Alpha Phi), and much more!
N AT I O N A L PA N H E L L E N I C C O U N C I L ( N P H C ) • NPHC bookended their year with two council-wide retreats. Both retreats focused on goal setting, planning, and developing shared expectations for the community. • This year every NPHC organization participated in the Intake process and the Council grew in size with 25 new members joining the community. • NPHC coordinated and executed a successful Step Show which celebrated the success of the council and gave back to the community. Through Step Show NPHC raised nearly $300 in donations for the Flint, Michigan community. • The Council has spent the last year evaluating and reorganizing their structure, committees, constitution, and bylaws. Through this reorganization the council moved elections to the Fall in order to aid in the transition of executive officers.
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FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS Andrew Herman Memorial Chapter Excellence Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Delta Chi
Derrell Hart Most Improved Chapter Delta Gamma Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. Sigma Phi Epsilon
Phillip and Martha Shriver Greek Man and Greek Woman of the Year Taylor Hawks, Delta Chi Cecilia (Cheech) Minniear, Kappa Kappa Gamma
Outstanding Chapter Presidents Chanell Upshaw, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Maria Sawma, Zeta Tau Alpha Luke Walker, Sigma Chi
Outstanding Council Officer Maggie Schaller, Panhellenic, Zeta Tau Alpha Matt Murtha, IFC, Delta Kappa Epsilon
Grace Daniels Outstanding Sorority Advisor Sabrina Larson, Zeta Tau Alpha
Jerry Miller Award Outstanding Faculty/Staff Member Dr. Steven Elliott, Delta Kappa Epsilon
Warren T. Nelson Service Award Alexander Waldherr, Lambda Chi Alpha Stephen Burtzlaff, Delta Chi
Rising Leader Award Aleah Holley, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Robby Cohn, Alpha Epsilon Pi Mira Patel, Alpha Delta Pi
Dr. Richard Nault Scholarship Annie Weidner, Kappa Kappa Gamma Cameron Snyders, Delta Chi
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FRATERNITY & SORORITY RETENTION Retention and Graduation rates for Affiliated and Non-Affiliated Students
Reten%on to Sophomore Year for Men 100.0% 90.0% 80.0%
Fraternity Men
70.0% 60.0% Non-Affiliated Men
50.0% 40.0% 30.0%
Non-Affiliated Men with First Yr GPA>2.49
20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Reten%on to Sophomore Year for Women 100.0% 90.0% 80.0%
Sorority Women
70.0% 60.0%
Non-Affiliated Women
50.0% 40.0% 30.0%
Non-Affiliated Women with First Yr GPA>2.49
20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Renten%on to Sophomore Year for Minority Students 100.0% 90.0% 80.0%
Greek Minority
70.0% 60.0%
All Minority
50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
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FRATERNITY & SORORITY RETENTION Retention and Graduation rates for Affiliated and Non-Affiliated Students
4 Year Gradua*on Rates for Men 100.0% 90.0% 80.0%
Fraternity Men
70.0% 60.0%
Non-Affiliated Men
50.0% Non-Affiliated Men with First Yr GPA>2.49
40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
4 Year Gradua*on Rates for Women 100.0% 90.0% 80.0%
Sorority Women
70.0% 60.0%
Non-Affiliated Women
50.0% 40.0%
Non-Affiliated Women with First Yr GPA>2.49
30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
4 Year Gradua*on Rates for Minority Students 100.0% 90.0% 80.0% Greek Minority
70.0% 60.0%
All Minority
50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
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Fall 2016 Community Profile Miami University Fraternity and Sorority Life Semester Community Report Fall 2016 All Chapter Grade Rank
All Council Grade Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1/18 2/18 3/18 4/18 5/18 6/18 7/18 8/18
9 10 11 12
9/18 10/18 11/18 12/18
15 16
1/21 14/18
13 14
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
1/6 13/18
15/18 2/6 16/18 17/18 2/21 3/21 4/21 5/21
6/21 7/21 8/21 9/21 10/21 11/21 12/21 3/6 13/21 14/21 15/21 4/6 16/21 17/21 18/18 18/21 19/21 20/21 21/21 5/6 6/6
Chapter Name
Total Members
Semester GPA
Cum GPA
Kappa Alpha Theta Chi Omega Alpha Delta Pi Phi Mu Delta Delta Delta Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Delta Gamma Phi Beta All Sorority Women Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Omicron Pi Zeta Tau Alpha Alpha Phi All Female Miami Students Zeta Phi Beta Delta Zeta All Unaffiliated Female Students Chi Psi Delta Gamma All Fraternity and Sorority Students Pi Beta Phi Phi Beta Sigma Phi Sigma Sigma Alpha Epsilon Phi Alpha Epsilon Pi Pi Kappa Alpha Kappa Alpha Order All Miami Students Delta Chi All Unaffiliated Students Alpha Delta Phi Lambda Chi Alpha Delta Sigma Phi Sigma Chi Phi Gamma Delta Delta Kappa Epislon Sigma Alpha Mu All Fraternity Men Alpha Kappa Alpha Delta Tau Delta Alpha Sigma Phi Theta Chi Delta Sigma Theta Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon All Male Miami Students All Unaffiliated Male Students Sigma Lambda Gamma Phi Delta Theta Tau Kappa Epsilon Sigma Pi Delta Upsilon Kappa Alpha Psi Chapter GPA Requirement Alpha Phi Alpha
168 179 171 174 174 186 175 165 2,761 176 168 168 169 8,498 6 164 5,725 64 174 4,223 180 4 111 42 20 51 88 16,874 74 12,638 91 74 58 35 87 77 61 1,462 3 74 71 88 8 84 60 8,376 6,913 9 67 84 86 56 2
3.59 3.53 3.52 3.50 3.47 3.45 3.42 3.42 3.41 3.39 3.37 3.35 3.34 3.34 3.34 3.32 3.30 3.29 3.29 3.29 3.29 3.29 3.28 3.20 3.20 3.18 3.17 3.16 3.15 3.12 3.09 3.08 3.08 3.07 3.06 3.05 3.05 3.04 3.04 3.03 3.01 3.01 3.00 2.99 2.99 2.98 2.97 2.93 2.93 2.92 2.92 2.86 2.68 2.50 2.30
3.52 3.49 3.51 3.38 3.36 3.40 3.42 3.35 3.37 3.35 3.35 3.36 3.32 3.31 3.10 3.27 3.27 3.37 3.31 3.28 3.25 3.12 3.22 3.26 3.12 3.14 3.20 3.16 3.26 3.11 3.14 3.12 3.11 3.26 3.10 3.11 3.07 3.12 3.00 3.11 3.12 3.10 3.26 3.16 3.03 3.01 2.98 3.11 3.09 3.09 3.06 2.94 2.74
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2.62
New Mem Semester GPA
3.02 3.61 2.94 N/A* 2.91 2.95 3.59 3.30 3.69
3.41 3.42
Total Hrs. of Comm. Service per chapter
Avg. Hrs. Comm. Service per member
Philanthropy Money Raised
55.00 505.50 1,228.75 21.50 1,041.00 241.50 402.25 104.00
0.3 2.8 7.2 0.1 6.0 1.3 2.3 0.6
no report $ 700.00 $ 2,690.89 $ 5,000.00 $ 6,300.00 $ 12,000.00 no report $ 11,658.00
79.00 777.00
13.2 4.7
$ 125.00 $ 18,500.00
93.50 2.00 57.00 201.50 5.50 no report no report
0.5 0.5 0.5 4.8 0.3
173.00 1,015.00 559.50 291.00
24.00 69.50
744.00
3.34 2.77 3.07 2.55
3.00
2.78
36.50 78.00 50.00 no report 73.00 no report 129.00
1.0 6.0 3.3 1.7
0.4 0.4
10.1 0.4 1.1 0.9 0.8
2.1
41.50 69.50 8.00 18.00 no report 5.00 no report
13.8 0.9 0.1 0.2
5.50 no report 23.00 no report 49.50 no report
0.6
32.00
0.1
0.3 0.9
8.0
no report $ 760.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 4,700.00
no report $ 700.00
$ 1,120.71 no report no report no report no report $ 2,089.25 no report $ 1,214.25
$ 1,042.00 $ 8,795.00 no report no report $ 18,300.00 no report $ 5,301.00 $ 7,000.00 $ 1,019.50 no report no report no report $ 9,212.00 no report no report no report no report no report no report no report no report
Students in fraternities and sororoities: 4,223 or 25% of undergraduates IFC: 1,452 men (average chapter size: 69 ) Panhellenic: 2,744 women (average chapter size:152 ) NPHC: 27 members (average chapter size: 4 ) Community Service total hours: 8,309.5 (average 185.6 hours per chapter ) Total Philathropy Money Raised: $128,227.60 Report compiled from data obtained from chapters and the university registrar
Students in fraternities and sororities: 4,223 or 25% of undergraduates IFC: 1,452 men (average chapter size: 69)
Panhellenic: 2,744 women (average chapter size: 152)
NPHC: 27 members (average chapter size: 4)
Community Service total hours: 8,309.5 (average 185.6 hours per chapter)
Total Philathropy Money Raised:
$128,227.60
Report compiled from data obtained from chapters and the university registrar
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Spring 2017 Community Profile Miami University Fraternity and Sorority Life Semester Community Report Spring 2017 All Chapter Grade Rank
All Council Grade Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1/18 2/18 3/18 4/18 5/18 6/18 7/18 8/18
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
Chapter Name
Total Members
Semester GPA
Cum GPA
3.51 3.51 3.48 3.47 3.46 3.40 3.38 3.38 3.36 3.35 3.34 3.31 3.31 3.28 3.28 3.27 3.27 3.27 3.27 3.26 3.25 3.25 3.24 3.24 3.21 3.19 3.17 3.15 3.14 3.14 3.12 3.12 3.11 3.10 3.09 3.08 3.08 3.05 3.04 3.03 3.02 3.02 3.02 2.96 2.94 2.94 2.94 2.92 2.90 2.89 2.88 2.85 2.85 2.83 2.50 2.43 2.38
3.51 3.51 3.43 3.50 3.43 3.39 3.41 3.39 3.38 3.35 3.36 3.35 3.32 3.36 3.25 3.33 3.33 3.31 3.27 3.30 3.30 3.14 3.27 3.26 3.25 3.17 3.21 3.27 3.18 3.13 3.23 3.14 3.11 3.02 3.19 3.28 3.12 3.24 3.14 3.13 3.15 3.14 3.12 3.03 3.19 3.05 3.00 3.09 3.12 2.84 3.08 3.07 3.06 2.97
Alpha Delta Pi 226 Chi Omega 217 Kappa Kappa Gamma 227 Kappa Alpha Theta 227 Phi Mu 230 Gamma Phi Beta 189 Kappa Delta 223 Delta Delta Delta 202 All Sorority Women 3,490 9/18 Alpha Omicron Pi 213 10/18 Zeta Tau Alpha 223 1/23 Chi Psi 83 All Female Miami Students 8,257 11/18 Alpha Chi Omega 207 2/23 Alpha Epsilon Pi 33 12/18 Alpha Phi 225 3/23 Delta Chi 84 4/23 Beta Theta Pi 44 All Unaffiliated Female Students 4,762 13/18 Delta Gamma 220 All Fraternity and Sorority Students 5,428 14/18 Sigma Lambda Gamma 9 15/18 Delta Zeta 222 16/18 Pi Beta Phi 222 17/18 Alpha Epsilon Phi 47 5/23 Pi Kappa Alpha 72 18/18 Phi Sigma Sigma 138 6/23 Sigma Chi 59 All Miami Students 16,309 7/23 Delta Sigma Phi 85 8/23 Kappa Alpha Order 116 9/23 Lambda Chi Alpha 108 10/23 Sigma Alpha Mu 84 1/6 Phi Beta Sigma 6 11/23 Alpha Sigma Phi 95 2/6 Alpha Kappa Alpha 7 All Unaffiliated Students 10,869 12/23 Theta Chi 36 All Fraternity Men 1,938 13/23 Tau Kappa Epsilon 111 14/23 Pi Kappa Phi 46 15/23 Alpha Delta Phi 108 16/23 Delta Tau Delta 100 All Male Miami Students 8,052 3/6 Delta Sigma Theta 10 17/23 Sigma Alpha Epsilon 91 All Unaffiliated Male Students 6,107 18/23 Phi Gamma Delta 110 19/23 Sigma Phi Epsilon 113 4/6 Zeta Phi Beta 6 20/23 Delta Kappa Epsilon 81 21/23 Sigma Pi 108 22/23 Phi Delta Theta 78 23/23 Delta Upsilon 75 Chapter GPA Requirement 5/6 Alpha Phi Alpha 8 6/6 Kappa Alpha Psi 4 *NR indicates that the chapter did not report this information.
2.73 2.78
New Mem Semester GPA
Total Hrs. of Comm. Service per chapter
Avg. Hrs. Comm. Service per member
3.42 3.38 3.39 3.37 3.46 3.41 3.26 3.26
1390.66 201.75 457.5 303.85 337.58 279.5 397.91 705
6.2 0.9 2.0 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.8 3.5
$8,000.29 $3,800 $309 $1,600 $5,000 $12,006 $4,588.14 $55,236
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
3.15 3.24 3.11 3.24 3.27
717.15 10.16 397.5 880 132.25
3.5 0.3 1.8 10.5 3.0
$2,000 $1,025 $10,000 $3,500 NR
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
90.55 925.75 96.2 87 NR 129.83 10
10.1 4.2 0.4 1.9 NR 0.9 0.2
$638.17 $20,645 $3,898.21 NR $4,183.25 NR NR
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
NR
NR
NR
Yes
3.33 3.26 3.22
3.23
N/A 3.20 3.34 3.37 3.21 3.10 3.39
3.20 3.11 3.04 3.04 3.22 3.04 2.93
3.02
955 659.91 342.5
445.25
14.5 NR NR 51 126 31 54
4.5 3.0 4.1
Philanthropy Money Raised
$6,018 $5,980.64 $1,400
2.0
$11,835.57
0.2 NR NR 0.6 21.0 0.3 7.7
NR $1,500 $12,665.00 $5,355 NR $135.50 $7,000
Faculty/Staff Advisor
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
3.14 2.93 3.01 3.08
445 449.75 NR 160.5
4.0 9.8 NR 1.6
$8,080 $11,698 $5,840 $1,019.50
Yes No Yes No
2.74 2.89 N/A 2.79 2.90 2.70 2.89
104 49 112.21 92 318 8 1.5
0.9 0.4 18.7 1.1 2.9 0.1 0.0
$11,592 $9,212 $125 NR $1,810 $3,770 $1,050
No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
N/A 3.09
2.48 N/A
42 NR
40.66 NR
4.2 NR
5.1 NR
NR NR
$700 NR
Students in fraternities and sororoities: 5,428 or 33% of undergraduates Students in fraternities and sororities: 5,428 or 33% of undergraduates IFC: 1,920 men (average chapter size: 83) Panhellenic: 3,467 women (average chapter size: 193 )
No Yes
Yes Yes
NPHC: 41 members (average chapter size: 7 ) Total Chapters: 47
Community Service total hours: 12,051.92 (average 256.42 hours per chapter ) IFC: 1,920 men (average chapter size: 83) Total Philathropy Money Raised: $243,215 Report compiled from data obtained from chapters and the university registrar
Panhellenic: 3,467 women (average chapter size: 193)
NPHC: 41 members (average chapter size: 7)
Community Service total hours: 12,051.92 (average 256.42 hours per chapter)
Total Philathropy Money Raised:
$243,215.00
Report compiled from data obtained from chapters and the university registrar
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Programming Report Acropolis A signature leadership experience for Fraternity and Sorority members, Acropolis is an emerging leaders retreat that offers students the opportunity to learn from one another and challenge the status quo. Occurring in the fall, new members have the opportunity to participate in an experience that will focus on gaining a stronger understanding of the fraternal community at Miami and our 5 core values. Attendees of Acropolis gain knowledge and tangible experiences in leadership development, goal setting, decision-making, and relationship building. As they leave Acropolis, the students have shared that the experience has shaped their Miami career, and they are inspired to create positive change on Miami’s campus. Not only is Acropolis a premier leadership program for our emerging leaders, but it also provides our seasoned leaders and members of the fraternity and sorority community an opportunity to give back. A competitive application process provides the retreat with over 20 undergraduate mentors who are all graduates of the program and want to help shape the future leaders of the community. By having the mentors lead discussions, facilitate hard conversations, and build rapport with the emerging leaders, they build a bridge between “active” and “new” members and develop a stronger sense of community that is felt long after the attendees and mentors have left Acropolis. The mentors are able to have difficult conversations and model the way in terms of self-governance and accountability, and this behavior sets the bar for our emerging leaders and how they want to impact the future of the community.
In the past year, the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and the Office of Residence Life utilized the Sorority Corridor Representative Training to support the representatives in their efforts to create a positive and fun environment within the corridor communities. The Cliff Alexander Office also worked closely with the Housing Office in order to successfully complete the room lottery and place over 900 women into their rooms for next year.
New Member Education Training & Anti-Hazing Initiatives The New Member Education Training, hosted by the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, is designed to provide new member educators the tools necessary to create a safe and enjoyable new member education period. It offers them a space to discuss how to prevent hazing within new member programs. Student leaders processed university expectations of the new member period while learning the value of creating a positive new member experience. New member educators had the chance to have open and honest conversations about issues facing the Miami campus and explored the power they have to initiate change. Approximately 150 students attended this training in the Spring.
ADVANCE
All three councils have held individual conversations with council and chapter leadership in terms of hazing prevention and healthy educational alternatives. In particular, NPHC has focused their time on updating and creating a more seamless Intake registration process for their individual chapters while strengthening one-on-one conversations with the Fraternity and Sorority Office. NPHC’s goal is to create a new member process that reduces risk and increases communication between members and chapters. Panhellenic worked to develop alternative programming during typically high-risk time periods immediately following Bid Day. The women implemented substance free programming as well as recurring roundtables for New Member Educators, Risk Management Chairs, and Standards chairs within their council.
Our annual leadership program designed for community leadership includes chapter presidents and council executive boards. ADVANCE provides our senior leadership with the tools necessary to manage internal and external expectations while moving the community forward. As we reevaluated our priorities and goals for Fraternity & Sorority Life, we saw a need to shift the timing and focus of our ADVANCE programming. Rather than being a Spring program focused on leadership, community building, and goal setting we redeveloped the program to immediately follow officer elections in the Fall and centered the curriculum on policies, expectations, and accountability. The base level education was more training and understanding than explorative and theoretical. This provided the students with tangible objectives and a solid understanding of the responsibilities they were undertaking as leaders of their chapters and leaders of the community. In addition to the transition and training conversations, through ADVANCE we also discussed difficult situations and hard conversations. Speaker Tim Bryson taught the students about peer-to-peer accountability, taking responsibility for your actions and decisions, and that sometimes it’s ok to let go.
The Enhanced Membership Experience (EME) has been intentionally designed by IFC to improve the new member experience within fraternities. The goal of the EME is to offer each new member an experience that is focused on scholarship, service, values, and friendship within the fraternity and the Greek community. In an effort to increase internal accountability, IFC expects all chapters to restructure their new member program and commit to an anti-hazing environment. The EME consists of three components: •
Sorority Living Learning Community In collaboration with division partners, Miami is home to a Sorority Living and Learning community that provides educational programming and support to all sorority women living in their chapter’s residence corridor.
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New Member Education Plan outlining every chapter policy regarding new members, as well as dates and descriptions of all new member activities Letter to Parents outlining the chapter’s member education process and including important contact information for chapter officers and advisors Calendar of Events outlining new member events day-by-day for the entire education period; Fraternities are required to submit this plan for approval before they are permitted to participate in formal recruitment. All of these documents are made public on the IFC website (www. miamiohifc.com/eme).
Introduction to Fraternity & Sorority Life & New Member Education Course
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In partnership with RISE partnerships, the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life developed a new educational course that all new members were required to take in the Spring 2017 semester. In total, 1950+ students participated in the online course that consisted
of two modules, several assessments, interactive online program tools, and videos featuring current fraternity & sorority leaders. The premise of this course was to provide education, understanding, and a deeper discussion on the purpose of Fraternities & Sororities at Miami, if this community is right for you, and what to expect as a new member. In addition to an overview of the community and a focus on our values, the course dispelled myths about hazing, worked to help students identify their own definition and understanding of hazing, and identify where to go and who to contact should they experience or witness hazing occur.
Greeks Step Up In the Spring, our third cohort of New Members completed the Greeks Step Up Bystander Education program. This program, created by students for students, is peer facilitated and encourages students to Step Up and look out for their fellow community members. The educational content is focused on their risk areas: Sexual Assault and Interpersonal Violence, Alcohol and Other Drugs, and Hazing. Over 1,400 New Members participated in Greeks Step Up this year and through Pre and Post Test surveys we are able to determine that those who attended had higher levels of confidence intervening in various problematic situations and better understood concepts surrounding bystander intervention.
Social Chair and Risk Management Training Twice a year, the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life hosts training sessions for social chairs and risk managers for each of the chapters. These sessions educate students on the IFC and Panhellenic social event policies and procedures and university expectations for social events. Approximately 190 students have participated in this training in the past year. In addition to office sponsored Risk Management Training the Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council held Social Chair, Risk Manager, and Sober Liaison trainings and position specific educational roundtables each semester. These programs educated the community on Council policies, Local, State, and Federal Law, and discussed accountability. Through the trainings and roundtables chapter leadership enhanced relationships within the community that strengthened the understanding that everyone plays a role in advancing the mission and vision of the Fraternity & Sorority Community. By implementing these trainings and roundtables we saw an increase in chapter collaboration, understanding, and peer-to-peer accountability, in particular within the Panhellenic Association. With increased programming, a focus on enhancing safe and values-based events, the Panhellenic Roundtables opened conversations and helped chapters seek out best practices to make systemic change within their organizations.
Advisor Programming As we work to rebrand our office and update our publications we rebranded the Advisor newsletters that went out to our greatest support network. Moving to a once-a-month model, Signed Sealed Delivered provided a snapshot of what was happening on campus and how students were getting involved in the Miami community. Throughout the year we were intentional in strengthening our relationships with advisors and International Officers. As we shifted our advising focus with Chapter Presidents we increased individual communication with advisors. Through personal emails, phone calls, and one-on-one meetings over coffee this approach saw our relationships strengthen and grow with alumni advisors across the board. In June we hosted two advisors meetings for Panhellenic and IFC. With 99% attendance we hope to model this meeting in the future so all advisors are aware and better educated on what is happening on campus and in the community. Over the next year we will implement a new advisor curriculum for all student organization advisors.
Fire Safety/Facilities Management Over the last year, the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life has partnered with the Oxford Fire Department to improve fire safety programs and promote life safety and facility maintenance in our off-campus fraternity houses. The program is designed to create a shared responsibility for education and enforcement of fire safety and house management between the students living in fraternity houses, the University, and the town of Oxford. The program includes inspections, educational programs, enforcement, and recognition. 55 fraternity men and advisors benefitted from this training.
EDL 290G and WGS 201 Fraternity/Sorority Courses Educational Leadership (EDL) 290G is a course that examines leadership on an individual and organizational level with a section dedicated specifically to fraternity and sorority leaders. This course examines and compares multiple approaches to leadership, analyzing socially responsible leadership and group organization. In addition to EDL 290G, Women’s Gender Studies (WGS 201) provides community leaders opportunities to approach leadership through the sorority member’s perspective and experience. Participants gain a broader understanding of women’s issues and their impact on the sorority experience. The course focuses on understanding personal leadership capacities and recognizing and critiquing individual effectiveness in leadership, through readings, exercises, and case analysis work. Over 35 students have been able to further develop their leadership skills in the past year.
Family Weekend
This past Fall saw the success of our second annual Family Weekend tailgate. Attendees had an opportunity to meet our chapters, learn about how to join Greek organizations and mingle with members of fraternities and sororities. The tailgate was geared towards first year students and their families. We had over 500 attendees including representatives from over 40 chapters. We look forward to hosting this event again this coming Fall!
State of the Community In January our office in partnership with a number of student leaders hosted a State of the Community event. With over 4,000 students in attendance, student leaders made a public commitment to be more accountable to one another over the next year. Student leaders talked about having no tolerance for hazing, that the culture needs to improve, and that councils would be taking a more proactive approach to addressing risky behaviors within our fraternity/sorority community. The program had a huge impact on our community and the students set the tone for high expectations for the upcoming year.
Transition Workshops and Officer Training Before students jump into finals and leave for Winter break, the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life hosts transition meetings and trainings for incoming council officers and chapter presidents. Through large group trainings and one-on-one transition meetings with both outgoing and incoming officers we work to provide continuity, context, and structure for the student leaders. During these transition meetings we work on providing historical framework for the positions while building a structure for the year to come based on goals and learning objectives that the officers have developed for themselves.
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Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council Recruitment Statistics 2017 Formal Recruitment Statistics Total Number Registered Did Not Meet Eligibility
Community
Panhellenic Association
Interfraternity Council
2258
1247
1011
164
59
105
Total Number of Students Participating
2002
1121
881
Number of Organizations Participating
40
17
23
Total Number Receiving Bids % Matched
1586
962
624
79.22%
85.81%
70.80%
2016 Formal Recruitment Statistics Community
Panhellenic Association
Interfraternity Council
2220
1262
958
149
51
98
Total Number of Students Participating
2023
1163
860
Number of Organizations Participating
40
17
23
Total Number Registered Did Not Meet Eligibility
Total Number Receiving Bids % Matched
1644
1038
606
79.86%
89.25%
70.47%
2015 Formal Recruitment Statistics Community
Panhellenic Association
Interfraternity Council
Total Number Registered
2157
1188
969
Did Not Meet Eligibility
162
48
114
Total Number of Students Participating
1985
1117
838
Number of Organizations Participating
41
15
26
1565
970
595
78.92%
86.84%
71%
Total Number Receiving Bids % Matched
2014 Formal Recruitment Statistics Community
Panhellenic Association
Interfraternity Council
Total Number Registered
2371
1364
1007
Did Not Meet Eligibility
167
43
124
Total Number of Students Participating
2209
1326
883
Number of Organizations Participating
43
16
26
1544
949
595
69.90%
71.57%
66.13%
Total Number Receiving Bids % Matched
2013 Formal Recruitment Statistics Total Number Registered
Panhellenic Association
Interfraternity Council
2463
1288
1175
Did Not Meet Eligibility
259
92
167
Total Number of Students Participating
2107
1099
1008
Number of Organizations Participating Total Number Receiving Bids
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Community
% Matched
42
16
26
1497
898
599
71.05%
81.71%
59.42%
Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council Social Policy Statistics Council
Spring 2011
Fall 2011
Spring 2011
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
Fall 2015
Spring 2016
Fall 2016
Spring 2017
Registered Socials with Alcohol
IFC
62
58
79
65
44
43
43
57
30
60
98
88
176
PHA
94
74
105
99
60
54
73
38
45
51
91
79
107
Total
156
132
184
164
104
97
116
95
75
111
189
167
283
Registered Non-Alcohol Social Events
IFC
72
73
34
94
108
71
86
70
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
PHA
128
91
133
124
118
113
78
77
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Total
200
164
167
218
226
184
164
147
75
111
189
167
283
IFC Registered Social Events IFC Registered Social Events
IFC Registered Social Events
120 100 120 80 100 60 80 40 60
Non-‐Alcoholic Social Event
20 40
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0 20
Alcoholic Social Event
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PHA Registered Social Events PHA Registered Social Events 140 120 140 100 120 80 100 60 80 40 60 20 40 0 20
PHA Registered Social Events
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Non-Alcoholic Social Events Alcoholic Social Events
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2016-2017 FRATERNITY & SORORITY LIFE BY THE NUMBERS
5,428
Students in Fraternities and Sororities
•••••••••••
1,645
New Members
39 of 47 chapters report 50% or more of members involved in other campus organizations
$371,442 total dollars raised for philanthropy
•••••••••••
3.25
All Fraternity & Sorority End of Year
GPA
16
33%
of all undergraduates are in a sorority or fraternity •••••••••••
20,360 service hours
(average 433 per chapter)
2017-18 STUDENT ACTIVITIES & FRATERNITY & SORORITY LIFE GOALS
GOAL
GOAL
GOAL
Student Activities and the Cliff
Student Activities and the Cliff
Student Activities and the Cliff
Alexander Office of Fraternity
Alexander Office of Fraternity
Alexander Office of Fraternity
and Sorority Life will create
and Sorority Life will create
and Sorority Life will promote
new intentional programming
accountability by helping
and leadership experiences
students learn how to articulate
that will prepare students to
both their personal and
live in a global world.
organizational values informed
new and innovative resources and programs to help all student organizations and advisors effectively lead their organizations in the 2017-18
by the fraternal pillars and the
academic year.
Purpose:
Code of Love and Honor.
Purpose:
To educate students and
To increase engagement
challenge them to interact and
Purpose:
work with students of diverse
To teach values, to expect
interests and perspectives. To
accountability and to encourage
prepare students to live in a
a level of self-governance
global society.
and peer accountability in the
and involvement in student organizations. We will do this by supporting students and advisors who are leading our organizations and provide resources and programs to
fraternal and Miami student
assist in their development and
community.
achieve their highest potential.
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Building A Model Fraternity & Sorority Community Plans for 2016-2018 The Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life is committed to working with the fraternity and sorority community to address the high risk issues the culture experienced last year. Our goal is to help students better understand the dangers of hazing while also reducing the number of hazing incidents annually. The following plan outlines initiatives we believe will drive change over the upcoming academic year.
Re-Visioning Committee (Students, Alumni & Faculty) Goal: Students will identify issues negatively impacting the community and become leaders in instituting positive social change. This committee is working to address the current issues facing the fraternity/sorority community and will continue to meet through the fall semester with a commitment to focus on four primary areas: Hazing and New Member Education, Shared Community Standards (building ideal chapters), Self-Governance and IFC Structure and Council Development.
Improved Level of Chapter Support & Advising Goal: Staff will shift advising focus to a chapter-first support model that builds relationships and increases communication with organizations. Staff, assigned to advise no more than 11 organizations, will meet with chapters 3-4 times a month and include advisors in all meetings. This increased support and communication will strengthen relationships and trust between the organizations and the university.
New Online Hazing Prevention Course Goal: To develop a course for all potential, new and active members for the fraternity/sorority community at Miami. Miami University will be the first campus to develop an online hazing course specific to the fraternity/sorority experience. We are exploring contracting with RISE Partnerships, the national leader in hazing prevention programming, on curriculum development. We are currently in the program development process and have a plan to launch the course by November 2016.
New Officer Transition Structure Goal: Implement a proactive approach to transition and training by shifting elections and officer transitions to earlier in the Fall semester. The shift to an earlier timeline for transition will allow staff and students the opportunity to spend more time before the winter break on training, support, and general relationship building that will prepare them to lead during a high risk time of the year.
IFC - Enhanced Member Experience Plan Goal: To increase fraternity chapter accountability in order to improve the new member experience. This fall, the Interfraternity Council will work with its member groups to develop the Enhanced Member Experience Plan. This plan will outline expectations for recruitment and the new member process and be shared publicly for potential new members and parents to view. The plan, developed in the Fall and led by students, must be submitted and approved before a chapter can participate in recruitment in January. Through higher expectations, communication and transparency about the process the Interfraternity Council (IFC) hopes to improve the level of accountability with chapters in the Spring 2017 semester.
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Characteristics of Ideal Chapters Our vision for the Fraternity and Sorority Community includes improving chapters on an ongoing basis. The recommendations below represent improved standards that we would like to promote as an ideal vision for organizations that make up our community. Chapter & Member Development: The ideal chapter has a 4 year membership development plan. This plan focuses on developing the chapter as an organization as well as providing leadership development to members. If chapters are not able to develop their own membership development plan, the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life provides the Community Advancement Program (CAP) as a resource. Year around Recruitment: Through active and passive recruitment tactics, chapters participate in a yearround recruitment process that enhances and grows the organization membership. Chapters actively recruit upperclassmen throughout the Fall semester while promoting their organization through sponsored events and programs to increase the first-year student’s understanding and knowledge of fraternity/sorority life. This active and passive recruitment leads into a values-based spring structured recruitment process in which first-year students are eligible to participate. New Member Education: Every fraternity and sorority organization is committed to a healthy and safe new member program and strives to create a hazing free experience for its members. Commitment to Academic Success: Upon joining a fraternity or sorority, the new member class GPA increases and members feel supported and encouraged in their academic success. Chapters have a GPA requirement that all members must maintain in order to remain active members within the organization. Individual academic support to students who fall below the chapter GPA standard is provided through programs and services initiated or coordinated by the organization. Involvement: Every member is involved in at least one other student organization on campus. Service and Community Involvement: Every chapter has a community service requirement for all members and the chapter has a strong relationship with a local community partner. Active Advisor Leadership: Every chapter has an active faculty advisor and alumni advisory board that works to advise the chapter and in partnership with the university. Each organization has multiple faculty/staff locally in Oxford that work with the chapter to provide support and promote active involvement. Internal Self Governance & Social Responsibility: Every chapter has an accountability structure (standards board) in place. The organization has shared standards and expectations that all members buy into and agree to upon joining. Included in these standards are expectations for the responsible use of alcohol and personal responsibility. Preparation for Graduation: There is a 95% job placement/acceptance to graduate school of all members upon graduation.
Recognizing Ideal Chapters Over the next year we would like to work with the re-visioning committee to create a new way to recognize chapters who are exhibiting the characteristics of an ideal chapter. Miami University has a rich history with fraternities and sororities, recognizing the importance of the fraternal experience and the power it has to transform the lives of chapter members and the greater community. Striving to be ideal chapters, our chapters will be committed to living out a shared set of values and will translate those values into action throughout their chapter experience and as alumni.
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