Greek Life

What is Greek Life? Greek life is a community made up of fraternities and sororities. The terms fraternity and sorority describe groups of men and women who join together to offer fellowship, academic support, leadership training, participation in campus activities, service to the community and University, and preparation for future careers. Sororities and fraternities are named after 2 or 3 letter combinations of letters from the greek alphabet.

Do you want to be involved? Here at UT Tyler we have several different fraternities. We have Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE), Pi Kappa Phi (Pi Kapp), and Kappa Sigma (Kappa Sig). We have 2 sororities which are Alpha Chi Omega (AXO) and Delta Gamma (DG). We are currently looking to expand our women's sororities by having an expansion committee come look at our University. These organizations all have Formal Recruitment in the Fall which is normally a 3 or 4 day process in which you get to know the organization and they get to know you. They then decide which of the people going through recruitment are the best fit for them. If you make it through all of the nights then you will receive your bid on the last day which is called Bid Day. We also hold informal recruitment or Continuous Open Bidding (COB). COB is usually a 1 night event in which you get to know the members and at the end they again decide if they feel you fit their membership criterias. If they do they will extend you a bid which would allow you to become a member.

Are there leadership oppurtunities? Fraternity and sorority members hold a large number of campus leadership positions and participate in leadership and developmental conferences on a local and national level.

What does Greek Life do? Each organization has their own Philanthropy which they support through various events throughout the year. Each year, philanthropic events allow Greeks to contribute their time and effort in many ways and benefit the community by generating hundreds of hours of service and thousands of dollars in fund raising. Greeks also hold mixers within the Greek community. These are times where they mix and mingle with members of the other organization to get to know them and their organization better. They are always willing to participate in other organizations events as well.

Why go Greek? Greek life is a great resource to get students involved. It also has numerous ways for students to get scholarships to get them through school. Being greek allows you to meet people who have connections for after school. It also gives you an amazing brotherhood and sisterhood that last forever!

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