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FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES
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Imagine living with 30 to 150 people who are there for support and help, whether it's getting you through the enrollment process, helping find clubs and activities that interest you, or just being good friends. Many consider this small-group living experience in a homelike atmosphere to be the greatest advantage to living in a fraternity or sorority.
Living arrangements
Chapter houses surround the campus, and all are within walking distance.
Most chapters provide room and board, study facilities, and leadership, social, and intramural activities. Most chapters have a housemother who supervises the kitchen operations and plans the menus. She is also your "mom away from home" and the chapter hostess.
Not every chapter houses its members, so make sure to ask about the ones you're interested in.
Benefits
Greek life emphasizes academic excellence. The average fraternity and sorority GPA is consistently higher than the average all-university GPA.
Every chapter has a scholarship chair who oversees a program to motivate and help members do well in their classes. Help comes in the form of tutoring, study groups, recognition banquets, and scholarships.
Your chances of staying in school until graduation increase by about 20 percent as a member of a Greek organization.
Leadership
Today's employers seek individuals who have become actively involved on campus and in their living groups, and Greek life provides numerous leadership opportunities. Chapters are operated by the undergraduate members with help from alumni advisors.
Approximately 24 members hold offices in each chapter every year, and many others serve on committees. Students are responsible for administering the budget, selecting programming, and operating the house.
Fraternity and sorority members are also encouraged to get involved by participating in any of K-State's 450 campus clubs and organizations. Clubs offer students more leadership opportunities and a chance to meet other students.
Many members are also involved in national honoraries, including Blue Key, Mortar Board, and Chimes. They also play a vital role in student government, holding nearly 65 percent of the campus leadership positions.
Social events
All fraternities and sororities have a planned social calendar. Social events may range from an exchange dinner with another group to a date dash or a formal.
All groups support local or national philanthropies, and many social events involve raising money or giving hours to a service project such as an Easter egg hunt for Manhattan Big Brothers/Big Sisters or a canned food drive for the Flint Hills Breadbasket.
Fraternities and sororities actively participate in K-State Homecoming, Greek Week, and the St. Jude Children's Hospital Up 'til Dawn event each year.
Intramural leagues offer competition in flag football, handball, horseshoes, cross country, tennis, track, swimming, badminton, bowling, racquetball, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, and softball. Moral support is an important aspect of intramurals, and it's not unusual to see 200 or more spectators at an intramural game.
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| 28 national fraternities, including three African American fraternities and one Latino fraternity. | 18 national sororities, including four African American sororities, one Latina sorority, and one Christian sorority. | |
Costs |
Average yearly house bill is approximately $5,685, which includes room and board, dues, and social and intramural activities. New members have some one-time costs: pledge/associate and initiation fees run around $625. Member out-of-house fees average $1,395 per year. | Average yearly house bill is approximately $5,138, which includes the same fees as fraternities. New member out-of-house bills average $1,349 per year for one-time activation fees and dues.
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Housing |
Freshmen are usually required to live in fraternity chapter houses. | Sororities don't house freshman women, so you'll need to arrange for a residence hall or apartment contract your first year. Some exceptions may be made on an individual basis. |
Recruitment |
Most fraternities select new members in the spring and summer months, but you can join at any point in the year. Fraternities will contact you on an individual basis, inviting you to spring and summer recruitment events and traveling to your home during the summer to visit with you and your parents. You may also initiate contact with any chapter's recruitment chairman. | Sorority recruitment week is held before the beginning of fall classes. Some sororities also recruit informally during the spring semester. Recruitment is a mutual selection process, allowing you to visit all of the chapters and meet the members in each house. |
More info |
Visit www.k-state.edu/greek. | Visit www.k-state.edu/greek. |
To apply |
Complete an application online at www.k-state.edu/greek. | Submit the sorority recruitment application and fee online by August 1. Find the application at www.k-state.edu/greek. |
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See a complete list of fraternities
K-State Greek facts
- Eighty-one percent of
the K-State chapters have received national awards of excellence, and 10 chapters
have been named number one in the country.
- The Interfraternity
and Panhellenic Councils have consistently been recognized for overall excellence.
- For the past 30 years
the all-Greek GPA has been above the all-university GPA.
- K-State Greeks annually
contribute nearly $200,000 and more than 20,000 hours to campus, city, state, national, and international philanthropic
projects.
- K-State was one of
the first campuses to develop an anti-hazing policy (1957), a dry recruitment
policy (1987), and a social responsibility policy (1990).
- Seven fraternities
are substance-free, and others will join them in the next few years.
- All sororities are substance-free and will only cosponsor social events in fraternities that are substance-free.
- About 3,300 students, or 20 percent of campus undergraduates, are Greek.