WELCOME!

Congratulations on your decision to come to Rocky Top!

We’re glad that you’ve decided to call the University of Tennessee, Knoxville home, and we’re excited about your interest in our thriving Greek community.

The transition to college is an exciting time in a student’s life. This new chapter brings with it many opportunities, challenges, and rewards and participating in sorority and fraternity life is a great way for students to begin forging life-long friendships. Membership in a fraternity or sorority offers students a unique opportunity to have a balanced college life with a focus on academic excellence, siblinghood, leadership development, service, and responsible social interaction. Our community, which is celebrating over 150 years at Rocky Top, includes more than 7,100 students with a variety of interests and majors from all walks of life and represents 26% of the undergraduate student body. Membership also offers students the opportunity to make lasting connections with individuals with similar ideals and common purposes.

As the Office of Sorority & Fraternity Life, we strive to support student success and amplify the Volunteer experience. The Office of Sorority & Fraternity Life engages students and chapters through advocacy and community-wide education, supporting diversity and inclusion, empowering students, educating members on health and safety, and building meaningful partnerships and collaboration. Our four governing councils, in conjunction with the Office of Sorority & Fraternity Life, co-sponsor speakers addressing the topics of hazing, sexual misconduct, mental health, bystander intervention, diversity, and education around alcohol and other drugs. Annual programs include Bystander Intervention Training, the Greek Leadership Summit (GLS), the Health & Safety Summit, Meeting in the Middle, Future Greek Leaders, the Cross-Council Exchange, and many others. Our community is very active, but the best part of any Greek community are the students that it’s comprised of; and that’s where you come in.

As you begin looking through this guide, you will notice specific chapters with an asterisk (*) next to their names - these are chapters that have had University sanctions within the last five years. For more information on these sanctions, please visit our website (gogreek.utk.edu) and go to the Community Conduct page. While on our website, you can also find other helpful resources as you begin your journey here at UT. Thanks again for your interest in Sorority & Fraternity Life at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. We can’t wait to meet you.

Go Vols & Go Greek!

Director, Office of Sorority & Fraternity Life

Table of Contents

Benefits of Membership

Fraternal Excellence Awards & Alumni Hall of Fame

Philanthropy & Service & Circle of Sisterhood

Scholarship

Requirements & Expectations

FAQs

Defining Greek Life

Welcome from the 4 Councils

Recruitment & Intake

Interfraternity Council (IFC)

Multicultural Greek Council (MGC)

National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)

Panhellenic Council

Where

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