Membership Development

  • Meet the Exec Board

     

     

     

    Tim Veldman - VP of Membership Development

     

     

    Click here to learn more about Tim and his position

     


  • Raising the Bar

    Many times the academic prowess of the Greek community is overshadowed by negative stereotypes of fraternity men and women in the public eye. While we can't hide past academic shortcomings, we do have the opportunity to ensure future progress. We must continue to work together to raise our academic standards as individuals chapters and as a Greek community.

    Scholarship Guide

    IFC Scholarship Rankings Spring 2010


    The VP Scholarship of IFC and respective chapter scholarship chairs have presented a number of suggestions for improving scholastics within chapters. These suggestions are noted below    .

     

  • Consequences of Not Making Grades  

    • Can't live in the house
    • Social probation
    • First semester as a new member you get free, after that there will be consequences
    • Study hours/library hours
    • No offices held in the chapter
    • Cannot have or take a little brother
    • Individual evaluations of struggling members- periodic grade updates (blackboard, compass, gradebook etc.), define his personal goals
    • New member cannot be initiated
    • Revoke membership

     

    How to Improve GPA's  

    • Raise standards
    • Have a "goal" GPA
    • Tutor programs- member below standards are required so many hours with a tutor
    • Focus on "dead weight"
    • Limit the number of functions within the chapter
    • Proctor hours done by everyone

     

    New Member Academic Transition  

    • Mentor Programs
    • Make new members aware of chapter and campus resources
    • Get motivated members (perhaps those that don't have to worry about holding a house position, but still have a high GPA) to help new members or struggling members

     

    Incentives

    • Being rewarded for meeting goals and punished for falling below
    • Advertise them
    • House points and parking spaces allotted by GPA
    • List of classes actives have taken and are taking
    • Test/project bank

     

    Struggling Members  

    • Have a faculty advisor for just the struggling members
    • Have each individual member set goals with the academic chair
    • Show break down on the most cost of missing class
    • Mandatory study hours
    • Academic chair should have knowledge of struggling members classes, tests, dates for papers etc.
    • Encourage each member of the chapter to go to class and be good role models
    • Running file of teachers/class/tests
    • Awards for achievement
    • Resource binder for internships etc
    • Let struggling members know the consequences of not making grades
    • Social probation