Newsletter-March 2023

UCONN Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life Development

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March 2023

INTERNATIONAL BADGE DAY

MARCH 6th, 2023

Wear your Badge and Tag @UConnCFSD on Instagram

WHY WE CELEBRATE...

International Badge Day is held the first Monday in March. The event was established in 1997 by the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) to set aside a day for women in sororities in all different umbrella organizations throughout the world to wear their sorority badges or Greek Letters in a celebration of sisterhood. Join us in celebrating by wearing your badge and inviting all sorority women you know to do the same!

As the Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life Development we encourage all our chapter members, no matter sorority or fraternity or council, to join us in celebrating on Monday March 6th, 2023. Wear your badges in pride around campus and tag us on Instagram so that we can celebrate you!

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Women's History Month

Women's History Month is a dedicated month to reflect on the often-overlooked contributions of women in United States History.

The actual celebration of Women's History Month grew out of a week long celebration of women ' s contributions to culture, history and society organized by the school district of Sonoma, California. President Jimmy Cater, after the buzz of the successful celebration spread across the nation declared the Week of March 8th National Women's History Week. Within 6 years time National Women's History Project petitioned to have the week extended to a whole month of recognition.

Each year Women's History Month presents a theme for their month celebration. The 2023 theme is ALLIANCE. This theme recognizes " women, past and present, who have been active in all forms of media and storytelling including print, radio, TV, stage, screen, blogs, news and social media." This timely theme honors women in every community who have devoted their lives and talents to producing art and news, pursuing truth and reflecting society decade after decade.

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Alpha Delta Pi

Founded on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan Female College as the Adelphean Society, Alpha Delta Pi is the first documented secret society for collegiate women.

Pi Beta Phi

Founded at Monmouth College on April 28,1867, Pi Beta Phi was the first to call themselves a women ' s fraternity.

Kappa Alpha Theta

Founded at DePauw University on January 27, 1870, Kappa Alpha Theta was the first women ' s organization to use Greek Letter as a name.

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Women's History Month

Whoarethefoundingladiesthatpavedthewayforsororities?

Gamma Phi Beta

The first women ' s organization to use the word, "sorority". Founded in 1874 at Syracuse University.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

The first black sorority founded in 1908 at Howard University.

Chi Alpha Delta

The first Asian-interest sorority founded in 1929 at University of California, Los Angeles.

Lambda Theta Alpha Latin, Sorority, Inc.

The first Latina sorority founded in 1975 at Keane University.

Mu Sigma Upsilon

The first multicultural sorority founded in 1981 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

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March 2023

Spring Break Safety Tips

Don't share your location online! Wait until after you leave to post the places you visited. Keep a copy of important travel documents such as passports, IDs, and important contact information of hotels and people you ' re traveling with. Use a buddy system. When traveling in groups be sure to always move in pairs and communicate with your group where you ' re going. Drink safely! Make sure you know what you are drinking and do it in moderation. Never leave drinks unattended.

Hydrate! It is important to keep yourself hydrated to keep you energized. Educate yourself. It is important to research the area you are staying and familia local laws to be aware of.

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March 2023

Greek Week Overview

Greek Week is an annual spring semester event that unites all fraternity and sorority members to promote community pride while engaging in meaningful connections and fun team building events. Fraternities and sororities team up to compete in athletic, philanthropic, social, and educational events. The team with the highest participation throughout the week of Greek Week will be deemed the winner of Greek Week and will be recognized on the CFSD social media and at the Arete Awards on April 3.

GREEK WEEK KICK-OFF

Tuesday, March 28th Husky Village 4-6pm

Teams are invited to join us out in Husky Village for some food, games and giveaways!

This is a great way to celebrate your accomplishments over the last year while making new friends in other chapters and councils.

Let's Kick off GREEK WEEK Right!

Day 1

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Day 2 Speaker: James Robilotta

Wednesday March 29th 2023

Student Union Theater 7pm

THIS WILL COUNT FOR AN EOE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, IF YOU HAVE 75% OF YOU ORGANIZATION ATTEND AND FILL OUT A REFLECTION FOR THE PROGRAM

In a world of short attention spans and lack of engagement, my background in improv and stand-up comedy are essential for building rapport with students. With comedy woven throughout my presentations, audiences stay engaged from beginning to end as we explore thoughtful, relevant, and influential topics.

It’ s easy for me to speak with students about overcommitment, mental health, and environmental stressors because I was there. While in college, I was a lonely first-year student that evolved into an over-involved student leader. I was a Resident Assistant, brother of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., performed with the improv team, a member of the Residence Hall Association sang in the university and gospel choirs, sat on university committees, and was involved in many other organizations that greatly affected my sleep schedule. Heck, I loved college so much that I took a victory lap and then decided to work for one! In total I worked in residence life and advised student governments for over 12 years. During this time I grew a lot from my mistakes as well as my successes.

My presentations are filled with stories and experiences that serve as a platform for students to become more self-aware and tackle the barriers that exist in their worlds. I’ ve been living this work for 15+ years and wrote a book about it. Before I was a full time speaker, I spent years building, training, supervising, and evaluating teams. When I speak to audiences I share the lessons I’ ve learned and the successes I’ ve had in using my authentic leadership approach. These personal stories always hit home for audience members – because they’ re real. I don’t show up with other people’ s stories, when I show up you get me. Unapologetically me.

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March 2023

CANSTRUCTION

Day 3

Thursday March 30th, 2023 SU 104 &310 3-5pm

Chapters should donate canned goods to create their masterpiece! You will be given two hours to build before judging begins. All canned goods will be donated to a food pantry.

Winning team will get $100 per chapter towards programming or t-shirts in the fall semester!

Greek Social Night

Friday March 21st Student Union Ballroom 9:30-10:30pm

Come out to Greek Social Night to get a chance to socialize and meet people in all different chapters. There will be music, mocktails, and food. This is a great way to build better relationships in the UConn Fraternity and Sorority Life community. Also chance to enter into prize giveaways!

Day 4

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Sports Day Day 5

Saturday April 1st 2023 Husky Village 11am-3pm

Time to live out your athletic dreams! Join us in our Greek Week Sports Day. Teams will be able battle it out for the final points of the week in our bracket style sports competition. We will be playing basketball and volleyball in Huskey Village! Even if you don't want to play come our and cheer for your team on the sidelines!

Grey and Navy Chapters fill this out for your food order for Greek Week Kick-off

RSVP by APRIL 7th

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March 2023

Northeast Greek Leadership Association

Feb 23rd- Feb 26th 2023 in Pittsburgh, PA

The Northeast Greek Leadership Association (NGLA) is an opportunity for students across the northeast region to connect and learn from and with each other. Our students were able to participate in educational sessions, step, stroll and salute competitions and network with brother, sisters and siblings from other schools.

This experience benefits our council leadership by having them see what is happening outside of our community, ask questions and then work together too figure out ways to better our community. We can not wait to see what initiatives our councils try to implement from all the things they learned at NGLA.

Step, Stroll and Salute Competition

This competition showcases the History, pride and energy of culturally based Greek-lettered organizations. They received 12 hours to coordinate and rehearse their routines with members of their organizations from all around the north east. We were very proud of all our organizations that participated. Some honorable mentions: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Inc..

Lambda Theta Phi- 2nd Place Winners

Lambda Theta Alpha- 3rd Place Winners

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NGLA AWARDS

Guenzler Award- Babara Buzzelli (Alpha Phi Advisor)

The Guenzler Award recognizes a staff member or volunteer of a fraternity/sorority organization who has made significant and long-term contributions to the fraternity/sorority community within the Northeast region or to the Northeast Greek Leadership Association.

Civic Engagement Award- Panhellenic Council

Recognizes a chapter, council, or community for their positive and impactful work related to civic engagement. Those who receive this award are recognized for creative programming, events, and fundraising opportunities which allow their community members to truly make a difference.

Leadership DevelopmentAlpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Recognizes a chapter, council, or community for their positive and impactful work related to development and leadership. Those recognized have demonstrated the importance of a shared vision and a community which fosters everyone to obtain their highest leadership potential.

Multicultural Initiatives/ProgrammingAlpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Recognizes a chapter, council, or community for their positive and impactful work that celebrates the diverse nature of our campuses, organizations, and communities.

Risk Reduction- Alpha Phi

Recognizes a chapter, council, or community for programming focused on responsible decision making and holding one another accountable.

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Community Days

Thank you to those that attended the Bingo Community Day last month!

We hope you will continue to build community with us and other chapter members. For this next community day, we are hoping to focus on acts of service and work with the Ronald McDonald House of Springfield in collecting items they may need.

We want you to collect toiletries between now and March 22nd. This may include individual packaged toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, conditioners, toothpaste, menstrual products, etc. As y 'all travel for Spring Break, we ask you to collect some of these items and bring them back to UConn.

Donations Needed

After you have collected items, we will then come together to make kits that we will be taking to the Ronald McDonald House. You will also have the opportunity to collect 2 service hours that will count for EoE if you attend the full event. The details of the kit building event that are below.

Date: Wednesday, March 22nd Time: 4-6pm Location: Student Union 310 Bring toiletries you have collected!

If you have any question, please contact Jose at jose.s.garcia@uconn.edu

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