New Member Process
In order to continue the academic mission of the University and Student Affairs’ purpose of providing the best education and equipping students with the knowledge and skills required for success, Student Life and Leadership/Fraternity and Sorority Life requires new member processes of recognized organizations to not extend beyond the second to last week of each academic semester. Additionally, the process to complete membership must not be longer than 10 weeks. The 10 week maximum does not include breaks as there should be no new member process requirements during breaks from school.
Chapters who do not meet the requirements stated below will be subjected to limited participation in university sanctioned events which include but are not limited to: DiscoverFest, FSL Honors, Greek Week, and Tuffy Awards.
BAM: Becoming A Member
Each chapter must have 100% of their new membership of every semester attend Becoming A Member Educational Trainings. This includes all individuals going through or participating in any new member process. Requirement must be met every academic year by the incoming Fall and Spring recruitment/intake classes no later than February of the same academic year.
Title IX Training
Each chapter must have 100% of their total membership, including new and returning members, complete the online Title IX training assigned by the Title IX office no later than 3 weeks before the spring semester ends. This training is conducted on a yearly academic year basis.
Alcohol Training
Each chapter must have 100% of their total membership, including new and returning members, complete training assigned by Student Wellness. This training is conducted on a yearly academic year basis.
National Headquarters or National Offices’ training on these topics will not serve as substitutions to the above requirements.
