HSU - Greek News

Did you Know?

Heather Lowe, our NPC

President, was awarded

Greek Woman of the

Year.

Dr. Martin James and Mr.

Allan Ford were awarded

the Outstanding Greek

Advisors of the Year

award.

Xi Eta chapter of Zeta Phi

Beta Sorority, Inc. hosted

the 2014 State Leadership

Conference at Henderson

State University.

In this issue:

Greek Alphabet/

Terminology

2-3

Greek Chapters 4

Greek Statistics 5

Greek Events 6-7

Greek Week Events 8 –10

Greek

Accomplishments

11

Our Information 12

I s i t a l l GREEK to You??

As another school year comes to a conclusion I thank each one of you for

taking time to read about all of the wonderful things Greek members at

Henderson State University have accomplished during Fall 2013-Spring 2014.

Our Greek Chapters have strived to excel in and out of the classroom. Several

of our Greek members participated in national, regional and state competitions.

Several members are excelling here in our campus and within our community.

Most of them you may not recognize them as Greeks; but they are members of

our Greek community. They are in your classrooms and within the student

organizations you advise.

Our Greek members throughout the year have coordinated events, provided

educational programs, served our community with countless hours and have

followed the policies enforced by the Greek Life Office.

Though many allegations against Greek chapters/members were brought to the

Greek Life Office; and after further investigation in collaboration with on

Campus advisors, Henderson Police and Arkadelphia Police department, none

of them were found guilty of such allegations.

As we, Greek Life Office, continue to provide oversight and guidance to the

fraternities and sororities at Henderson State University, we hope you can join

us and keep collaborating and supporting each one of our students. We hope

you will learn more about them and will recognize the positive achievements

and contributions our Greek members bring to Henderson and the Arkadelphia

community.

It shouldn’t and will not be ALL Greek to you, We promise!

In Reddie Spirit,

Veronikha Salazar Ed.D. Calvin Kirklin Associate Dean of Students Greek Life Intern

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

November 2013 Volume 1, Issue 2

GRK NWS

Page 2

GREEK ALPHABET

Learning the Greek Alphabet and/or Greek terminology can be very beneficial for parents,

students, faculty and staff at Henderson State University. Especially for those who are new to

the world of Fraternities and Sororities.

We, Greek Life Office, believe that the more familiar you are with the Greek alphabet and/or

Greek terminology, the better off you will be when meeting some of our wonderful Greek

members at Henderson State University.

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GREEK TERMINOLOGY

Alumnus/Alumni: Initiated member who has graduated

Bid: A formal invitation to join a sorority or fraternity.

Big Brother/Sister: Older member assigned to assist a new member in his/her college

transition.

Chapter: A chartered undergraduate that is recognized by the inter/national fraternity or

sorority.

Formal Recruitment/Rush: A structured period set aside (at the beginning of the fall

semester) where potential new members and chapters participate in a mutual selection process

to match potential members with IFC and NPC chapters

Informal/Open Recruitment: Unstructured recruitment process by which fraternities and

sororities take members throughout the academic year. NOTE: Recruitment is not typically a

NPHC practice.

Initiation: Ritual or ceremony in which a new member begins full membership in that specific

chapter.

Interfraternity Council (IFC): The governing body of all North-American Interfraternity

Conference fraternities.

Legacy: A prospective member whose parent, sibling, or grandparent is an alumnae/alumni or

active of a sorority or fraternity.

Line Brothers/Sisters: Persons that were a part of the same initiation (membership) process,

at the same time, and in the same chapter. Each person usually obtains a number during

initiation, which is referred to as a Line Number. Primarily used in NPHC organizations.

Membership Intake: The process of acquiring membership into a NPHC organization.

NOTE: Analogous to the recruitment process.

National Panhellenic Association (NPC): The governing body for all National Panhellenic

Conference sororities.

National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC): The governing body of historically Black

sororities and fraternities sometimes referred to as the Divine Nine, being derived from the

nine organizations that make up the council.

Potential Members: A person participating in recruitment.

Step Show: A Black Greek function characterized by synchronized hand an foot movements,

along with singing, dancing, chanting, and acting.

Strolling: Coordinated movements done in a line by NPHC to show unity. It is often

demonstrated at social gatherings or during step shows.

Page 4

GREEK CHAPTERS

The Fraternity and Sorority community at Henderson is comprised of a variety of organizations

representing the diverse student population. Our chapters are nationally affiliated members of the

National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), the North-American Interfraternity Conference (IFC),

and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC),

Interfraternity Council

Kappa Sigma

Phi Lambda Chi

National Panhellenic

Council

Alpha Sigma Alpha

Alpha Sigma Tau

Alpha Xi Delta

National Pan-Hellenic Council

Alpha Kappa Alpha

Delta Sigma Theta

Zeta Phi Beta

Alpha Phi Alpha

Kappa Alpha Psi

Phi Beta Sigma

Omega Psi Phi

Page 5

GREEK STATISTICS

Student Organizations and Clark

county organizations our Henderson

Greek members belong to.

Amount of community service

hours performed by all of our

Greek chapters during Fall 2013—

Spring 2014

Average Cumulative GPA of

Henderson Greek members as

of Fall 2013. All University Fall

2013 average GPA 2.72

Amount of philanthropic money raised by Hender-

son Greek Chapters during Fall 2013—Spring 2014

Current Greek members at Hen-

derson State University

Canned goods collected during

Greek Week Spring 2014

No Chapters were sanctioned

during Fall 2013-Spring 2014,

despite multiple allegations

Page 6

GREEK EVENTS—FALL 2013

HENDERSON HALLOWEEN

SUPPORTING OUR REDDIES

THANK A VETERAN DAY

HOMECOMING

RUSH/PROBATE

To see more pictures of our Greek events, please visit our Facebook Page:

Henderson Greek Life

Page 7

GREEK EVENTS—SPRING 2014

GREEK LOVE

READ ACROSS AMERICA

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS

NEW GREEK MEMBER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

PROBATES



Page 8

GREEK WEEK 2014

FACULTY & STAFF BREAKFAST APPRECIATION

GREEKS GOT TALENT

CANSTRUCTION

GREEKS GIVE BACK

GREEK STEPSHOW



Page 9

GREEK OLYMPICS 2014

SACK RACE

THREE-LEGGED RACE

EGG TOSS RELAY

DIZZY BAT RACE

TUG O’ WAR



Page 10

GREEK WEEK 2014—RESULTS

Page 11

OTHER GREEK ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Miranda Johnson, Alpha Xi Delta

member, was awarded the Teachers

College outstanding 7-12 Intern

Award

Mariah Brown, Delta Sigma Theta member,

along with other nursing students won 1st

place Undergraduate Poster ( along with her

team) at UAMS

Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraterni-

ty, Inc. for participating in the 2014

Just Say No! Walk

Brooke Cornelius, member of Alpha

Xi Delta, will be competing for Miss

Arkansas title this Summer

Kristin Bell, member of Delta Sigma

Theta, was elected to be Henderson’s

SGA President for Fall 2014-Spring

2015

Page 12

FOR MORE INFORMATION

National Greek Websites National Panhellenic Conference

www.npcwomen.org

National Pan-Hellenic Council

www.nphcq.org

North American Interfraternity Conference

www.nicindy.org

Henderson Greek Office

Mr. Calvin Kirklin

Greek Life Intern

Dr. Veronikha Salazar

Associate Dean of Students

[email protected]

(870)230-5231


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