Greek Life at Baylor University Orientation 2014

Greek Councils & Chapters Interfraternity Council (IFC ) – national fraternities, many apart of the North American Interfraternity Conference(NIC) Multicultural Greek Council (MGC ) – culturally diverse fraternities and sororities National Pan-Hellenic Council ( NPHC ) – historically African- American Greek organizations Panhellenic Council ( PHC ) –National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sororities Local/Independent Organizations – fraternal organizations and sororities not associated with a council

Aspects of Greek Life Service & Philanthropy Campus Involvement Leadership Scholarship Faith Development

Benefits of Joining Experiential Learning Networking Lifelong Friendships Connection to Campus Purpose

Grade Requirements A student must have completed 12 Baylor hours and obtain a 2.5 cumulative GPA. Many organizations require all potential new members to have a higher GPA to join their individual chapter. Transfer Students A student is considered a transfer if they have attended a college during a fall or spring semester AFTER high school graduation. Transfer grades do NOT apply to the Baylor GPA Minimum of 24 transfer hours Transfer GPA of a 3.0 Grades are NOT rounded up in determining eligibility.

How to Join… National Pan-Hellenic Council & Multicultural Greek Council utilize a process called Intake for new members. It is organized by the individual chapters and the timing of this process is at the discretion of each group. Panhellenic sororities and IFC/local and independent fraternities have a structured recruitment process. Each council coordinates the timing of their recruitment, registration is required in order to participate (both Panhellenic and Fraternity Recruitment). Local/Independent sororities have individual recruitment events throughout each semester for interested women. It is up to each individual chapter regarding the timing of the events.

Fall Events Mosaic Mixer (8/27) Traditions Rally (8/28) Late Night (8/29) MGC Recruitment Week (9/2 – 9/6) MGC Showcase (9/3) IFC Recruitment Tables (9/2 & 9/3) Panhellenic Recruitment Orientation (9/4) NPHC Week (9/9 – 9/11) NPHC Greek 101 (9/9)

Contact us! Tam Dunn Tam_Dunn@baylor.edu Panhellenic Astrid Beltran Astrid_Beltran@baylor.edu MGC & NPHC Austin Hayes Austin_Hayes@baylor.edu IFC & Local/Independent Fraternities

Follow us on……. Website: www.baylor.edu/greeklife Facebook: “Baylor Greek Life” Twitter: @BaylorGreeks YouTube: “BaylorGreek” Instagram: @Baylor_Greek_Life

Key Points for Sororities Registration Recommendation letters/Intake paperwork Legacies Finances GPA Requirements Get to know people What to wear