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Membership Benefits SCHOLARSHIP
UK’s fraternity and sorority community takes great pride in its scholastic achievement. Both the new member and the all-Greek grade point average exceed the all-university average. The Fall 2016 all-Greek cumulative GPA was a 3.34 compared to the all-university cumulative GPA of 3.21. The difference was even greater for new members who achieved a GPA of a 3.257 compared to the all-freshman average of 3.068. Chapters place great emphasis on encouraging, developing and maintaining academic progress. All groups have minimum standards for membership that serve to encourage and hold members accountable for academic success. Councils and chapters provide tutors, study programs and other incentives to promote academic improvement. Additionally, time management skills of fraternity and sorority members improve as they work to achieve their academic goals while also meeting chapter expectations.
LEADERSHIP
Membership in a fraternity or sorority offers students many opportunities to develop their leadership potential within the chapters as well as on campus. From day one members have the opportunity to grow their leadership skills through involvement with committees, event planning and leadership development programs. UK’s organizations take great pride in having members serve as role models on campus in a variety of ways. Members have served in leadership positions in campus groups including Student Government, Center for Community Outreach, NAACP, DanceBlue, Club Sports, Student Wellness Ambassadors, K Crew Leaders, College Mentors for Kids, Black Student Union, Student Activities Board, Residence Life Association, Latino Student Union and many others.
SERVICE
The University of Kentucky was founded on the principle of service, and chapters support a strong tradition of service to our campus and community. Each year, members donate thousands of dollars and, more importantly, thousands of volunteer hours to various charities. While chapters focus on national philanthropies, all support local agencies as well. Each of the councils promote collective service among their member chapters. The United Greek Council has a partnership with the Hope Center, a Lexington homeless resource center, and sponsors various projects and fundraisers to support its mission. Panhellenic hosts a school supply drive during primary recruitment. Students are encouraged to participate in service from the beginning of their membership.
SOCIAL
UK’s fraternity and sorority community provides a diverse selection of social programs to its members. These programs vary from brotherhood and sisterhood events to social functions between different organizations. Friendship is a core value of fraternities and sororities, and groups work to provide events and activities that promote relationships within the chapter and in the entire fraternity and sorority community. Fraternity and sorority members are also members of the Big Blue Nation and fill the stands for Wildcat athletic teams as well as student-life events such as Crunch Brunch and campussponsored concerts. Doing things together help members bond and develop relationships within their chapter, the larger fraternity and sorority community and to UK.