Fall 2006 Fraternity/Sorority Report Panhellenic/Interfraternity Council The Interfraternity Council (IFC) voted to amend their constitution by adding a Director of Recruitment to the IFC Executive Board, who will take office in Spring 2007. Panhellenic Council sponsored two scholarships from Panhellenic Council funds for national sorority women on campus. Panhellenic Council sponsored the Greek Student of the Month Recognition Program. Academics Fraternity men achieved a semesterly GPA 0.36 below the undergraduate men’s GPA (2.48 v. 2.84) Sorority women achieved a semesterly GPA 0.33 below the undergraduate women’s GPA (2.77 v. 3.10) The Interfraternity Council hosted their first Faculty Appreciation Dinner in December 2006 to honor faculty members that have made an impact with members of the community. Recruitment 35 undergraduate men joined 8 of the 13 fraternities in the Fall 2006 semester. 23 undergraduate women joined 7 of the 8 sororities in the Fall 2006 semester. Panhellenic Fall Recruitment brought in 6 women who will begin their new member processes in the Spring 2007. Leadership & Involvement 19 undergraduate students representing 12 chapters were initiated into the Upsilon Sigma chapter of the Order of Omega. 2 sorority members, Beth Molnar of Alpha Sigma Tau, and Vickie VanCoppenolle of Alpha Gamma Delta, were recognized as the September and October Greek Students of the Month, respectively. “Engineering Greek Success: Accelerating Our Future” occurred on October 6-7, 2006, stemming from the planning efforts of the Coalition for Greek Advancement. The keynote speaker for the weekend was Mike McRee, nationally known fraternity/sorority consultant, who presented “That’s Fratastic! - Debating Idiot Fraternity and Sorority Logic”. Discipline Triangle fraternity was placed on active suspension by their national headquarters in September 2006. Two organizations were found to be in violation of university policy and were placed on organizational probation: o Delta Sigma Phi - Effective until September 20, 2007 o Tau Kappa Epsilon - Effective until June 11, 2008 Please contact the Office of Student Activities with any questions about fraternities or sororities at Michigan Tech. Phone: 906-487-1963, Email: jtberger@mtu.edu, IM: GREEKSatTECH Fraternity/Sorority Report Michigan Technological University Fall 2006 Ranking All Men Chapter Rank by Fall 2006 Semester GPA Fall 2006 Semester GPA Spring 2006 Semester GPA Semester GPA Change Fall 2006 Cumulative GPA Total Active Membership* # of Fall 2006 New Members Fall 2006 New Member Semester GPA Women All Undergrad Female Fall 2006 GPA - 3.10 1 1 Delta Phi Epsilon sorority 3.03 3.05 -0.02 3.03 23 5 2.25 2 2 Delta Zeta sorority 3.01 2.91 +0.10 3.10 15 3 2.75 Theta Tau fraternity 2.85 2.94 -0.09 2.95 16 0 N/A -0.14 2.85 17 3 2.56 3 1 All Undergrad Male Fall 2006 GPA - 2.84 4 3 5 6 4 2 7 5 8 6 Alpha Sigma Tau sorority 2.80 2.94 Theta Chi Epsilon sorority 2.76 2.81 -0.05 2.81 11 2 2.40 Beta Sigma Theta fraternity 2.70 2.58 +0.12 2.72 21 5 2.82 Alpha Gamma Delta sorority 2.69 2.71 -0.02 2.90 22 6 2.57 Phi Delta Chi sorority 2.68 2.92 -0.24 2.83 14 0 N/A 9 3 Delta Upsilon fraternity 2.67 2.63 +0.04 2.92 16 4 3.01 10 4 Delta Sigma Phi fraternity 2.64 2.64 0.00 2.82 34 4 2.47 11 5 11 7 13 8 Phi Kappa Tau fraternity 2.62 2.64 -0.02 2.90 22 0 N/A Alpha Delta Alpha sorority 2.62 2.33 +0.29 2.69 8 2 2.23 Alpha Xi Zeta sorority 2.58 2.37 +0.21 2.73 11 2 2.26 14 6 Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity 2.57 2.31 +0.26 2.55 30 3 2.39 15 7 Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity 2.55 2.61 -0.06 2.78 47 4 2.76 16 8 Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity 2.49 2.71 -0.22 2.65 18 4 2.18 17 9 Kappa Delta Psi fraternity 2.42 2.74 -0.32 2.66 17 0 N/A 18 10 Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity 2.37 2.31 +0.06 2.58 18 0 N/A 19 11 Sigma Rho fraternity 2.21 2.43 -0.22 2.49 16 0 N/A 20 12 Sigma Pi fraternity 2.09 2.21 -0.12 2.45 13 5 2.56 21 13 Phi Kappa Theta fraternity 2.03 2.50 -0.47 2.47 21 6 1.98 Triangle fraternity Triangle fraternity was removed from campus by their national headquarters in Fall 2006 *Total Active Membership excludes inactive members (reported by chapter), new members, and students who had below a 2.0 Cumul ative GPA throughout the fall semester.