Functionalize The Fraternity Family Tree
We exist to facilitate relationships, and family trees can be a defining quality of college fraternity and sorority organizations.
Advisers, Advisors, Consultants, and their Future in Greek Life
It seems as if the primary responsibility of most fraternity advisers, advisors, and consultants is to enforce rules. Call it another side effect of ED Delegation Syndrome.[1] Let’s make sense of those terms. Technically, “advisor” and “adviser” mean the same … Continued
Democratize Fraternity Education
Fraternity education is highly centralized and generally wasteful. Focusing funds and learning decisions at the chapter level may increase fundraising and program efficacy.
Educators Are As Effective As Their Ability To Learn
Can education exist without communication? Whether through spoken language or body language, we have evolved to learn by observing and tweaking, and that natural process seems almost entirely absent from the programming provided by fraternities and sororities, and education … Continued
Outgrow Hazing By Getting Creative With New Member Education – Not Banning Stuff
The 8 week maximum placed on pledging a fraternity was put in place to curb hazing. In practice, however, chapters adjusted by continuing to haze “JI’s” (Just Initiated) through their first year.
Why “Big Brothers” Should Lead New Member Orientation
Reveal ceremonies, paddles, nicknames and pairings: Those are the things people most often search for when they type any combination of “fraternity” and “big brother” into a Google search. These relationships should be more than that.