Greek Movers & Shakers is a program that allows Greek students to help first year students move into their dorm rooms when they arrive on campus in August. Greeks come back a day early to train with orientation leaders, provide assistance to first year families, and get freshmen acclimated to Cornell and Greek life. Parents were thrilled with the helpful nature of the Greek students, and they were left with an improved perception of the Greek community at Cornell. The program is getting stronger every year, and with the help of campus life it has been a great success.
This program seeks to educate new members about relevant topics through creative and interactive programming. Programs include a welcome reception and educational workshops around hazing and alcohol awareness.
Each year at the Annual Conference, NGLA recognizes outstanding Panhellenic, Interfraternity, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Latino/a councils in the region with the presentation of awards in Academic Achievement, Community Service & Philanthropy, Council Management, Continuous Open Bidding, Leadership & Educational, Membership Recruitment, Multicultural Initiatives, Public Relations, and Risk Management & Reduction.
This annual reception is an opportunity for Cornell's Greek community to recognize outstanding faculty members who continue to make a difference in the lives of their students and to show appreciation for all their efforts. Faculty members were recognized from each of the seven undergraduate colleges and schools.
Previous Recipients:
This annual, day-long conference for chapter officers covers leadership skills such as facility management, financial management, community service, recruitment, legal issues, and new member education.
This overnight retreat is an opportunity for one member from each of our organizations to attend an off campus retreat. The objective is to meet other leaders from the community, establish opportunities to positively contribute to the future of the Greek community and learn more about ourselves as leaders.
This is the annual community service day held in the spring semester. The event is aligned with Greek Mythology; Demeter was the Goddess of the Harvest. The myth says that Demeter had the powers to control the seasons. Demeter's powers were so powerful that when her daughter, Persephone, was abducted by Hades, the Lord of the Underworld, she made all life on earth come to a standstill and sent Hermes to retrieve her. Before being released, Persephone was tricked into eating pomegranates to force her to return to the underworld for six months out of the year. When Persephone was reunited with her mother Demeter, all vegetation on earth flourished. The Day of Demeter program happens every spring for the Cornell Greek Community as we celebrate the coming of spring by giving back to our communities and fertilizing the living earth.
The purpose of Greek Week is to unite the Cornell Greek Community through various fun and challenging events. Chapters will participate in the fun activities planned throughout the week. Greek Week also serves as a marketing tool for each organization and an opportunity for the chapters to promote its fraternal spirit.
The Multicultural Greek Letter Council hosts this annual step competition each spring semester to showcase the talents of its member organizations as well as to raise funds for the MGLC Book Scholarship.
A meeting facilitated by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs that brings together all chapter presidents to discuss new and current policies as well as encourage dialogue between the various representatives of the Greek community at Cornell. The retreat largely serves as a training session for presidents and revisits many of the points made in the End-of-the-Year Evaluations. Because many chapters face similar issues, the retreat is a venue where common problems can be addressed.
Another important aspect of the retreat is the preparation that it provides for the two major documents that are expected from each chapter, namely, the End-of-the-Year Report and the Annual Goals Report.
Every Sunday throughout the academic year, chapters volunteer their membership to cleanup the Collegetown area. In fall 2008, after members saw a need to live their values and take time out of their week to serve the local community, this initiative began. Chapter members meet outside of Collegetown Bagels and work to clean up the streets of Collegetown with trash bags, gloves, brooms and dustpans.
Service is a basic tenet of fraternities and sororities. A new tradition for the Greek community is to provide a safe and fun Halloween experience for children of all ages living in the Ithaca area. The creation of a Trick-or-Treat Trail links fraternity and sorority houses, university program houses, and a university community center together to provide one big route for parents to take their children trick-or-treating. The aim of the Trick-or-Treat Trail is to bridge relations with the local community while simultaneously serving an un-met need. The trail also ends at the campus community center where those in costume could play games, eat candy, and enjoy kid-friendly Halloween films.
Learn the techniques, tools and skills to be a more effective chapter officer. This Leadership Academy is designed to enhance your capabilities as a new member educator, mentor, trainer and chapter leader. This one-credit (PE) course will appear on your transcript and strengthen your resume for employment or other post-graduate pursuits.
Enrollment in this pilot program is limited. Only 17 chapters will be chosen to participate. Each chapter must send two participants: the New Member Educator for Spring 2012 Recruitment (required) and the president or other Executive Board member. Chapters with less than 20 members can send just one person.
The program consists of five three-hour early evening sessions in October and November, along with individual meetings with mentors throughout the year.
UNIVERSITY SUPPORT
The senior administrative leaders at Cornell believe strongly in the importance of this initiative; they have agreed to fully fund this first-year pilot and meet with participants during the series. This program was created from a collaboration with the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs.
BENEFITS to INDIVIDUALS:
″ Enhance your personal skills in leadership, teambuilding and communication
″ Receive individual leadership coaching and training from nationally recognized leaders in the field of team and leadership development
″ Meet university VIP's—upper level administrators and trustees—at networking events
″ Influence the development of future training programs for Cornell fraternity/sorority leaders
″ Receive one credit on your transcript reflecting your leadership training experience—good resume builder
BENEFITS to CHAPTERS:
″ Chapter leaders receive skills training that is directly applicable to new member education as well as other chapter activities
″ Chapter leaders receive real-time mentoring and support for their work with their chapters
″ New members benefit from having well-trained New Member Educators
″ Chapters in pilot program receive a free 4-hour teambuilding program in Spring 2012 for new member class
*REQUIREMENTS:
″ Individual participants are required to participate in all sessions and complete all assignments
″ Individual participants must be chapter officers in Spring 2012
″ Participating chapters must be planning to do intake/recruitment and new member education in Spring 2012
SCHEDULE:
Aug. 29 —Application due to Cornell Team & Leadership Center
Sept. 7 —Chapters Notified of Selection
Oct. 17, Oct. 24, Nov. 7, Nov. 14, Nov. 21—3-hour classes from 5-8pm, dinner included
Nov. 21 —Last class session, certificates awarded
Apply now! Don't miss this opportunity to help your chapter and chapter leaders develop better communications, leadership skills and stronger bonds. Click here for application.
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Questions? Contact Amy Kohut,
Director, Cornell Team & Leadership Center
teambuilding@cornell.edu
607-254-4897
