Fraternity & Sorority Life2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT

Homewood Student AffairsFraternity and Student Life

Letter from the Staff

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Letter from the staff

2015 - 2016 Fraternity and Sorority Life Highlights

Social Responsibility

NationalHazingPreventionWeek

TrainingforInterventionProcedureS

CommunityService

Philanthropy

Leadership Development

NewMemberOrientation

Officers’Retreat

Recruitment

Personal & Professional Growth

LiveonPurposeSeries

Accountability

Chapter Assessment Program Standings

Academic Excellence

Judicial Summary

National/Regional Awards

FSL Awards Recipents

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August2016

TotheFraternityandSororityLifeCommunity:

Welcomebacktoanotherfun,safe,andhealthyyearasleadersatJohnsHopkinsUniversity!Thepastyearflew

byandmanychangesoccurred.Whileweacknowledgechangeisdifficult,togetherwenavigatedtherelease

oftheHomewoodUndergraduateOff-CampusPartyRegistrationandSafetyPolicy,theChapterAssessment

Program,HopkinsGroupsRegistration,andahostofupdatedrequirementstoalignourcommunitystandards

morecloselytothenationalbestpractices.ThesepolicieslaidaframeworkforastrongerFraternityand

SororityLife(FSL)Community.

Inadditiontothenewpolicyandproceduresimplementation,wealsoprovideddevelopmentalopportunities

intheformofNewMemberOrientation,alcoholbystanderinterventiontraining,riskmanagement,and

diversitytraining.WeappreciateyourwillingnesstoworkcollaborativelywiththeFSLofficeandthebroader

Hopkinscommunityasweworkedthroughthosechanges.Weareconfident,thatincollaborationwithall

ofyouastheprimarystakeholdersforthefraternityandsororitycommunity,wecancontinuetomakehuge

stridesthisupcomingyear.

Wewantyoutoknowthatyourworkisvalued.Thisdocumentisacompilationofallofyouractivitiesand

achievementsforthe2015-2016year.Weareexcitedandconfidentthatyouwillbeinspiredbytheinformation

inthisreport.Asmembersofyourrespectiveorganizations,youallaredoingamazingworkandaretobe

commended.

Pleasejoinusingivingourthankstoalltheosestakeholderswhosupportthiscommunitythroughtheir

involvement.WelookforwardtoseeingtheFSLcommunitycontinuetosetpositiveexamplesofthegreatness

ofwhattheworldhascometoexpectfromstudentsatJohnsHopkinsUniversity.

Sincerely,

CalvinL.SmithJr,M.B.A.

Director,FraternityandSororityLife

TaraFuller

AssistantDirector,FraternityandSororityLife

22 Fraternities and Sororities on Campus

11 Fraternities 11 Sororities

8InterfraternityCouncil(IFC) 5NationalPanhellenicConference(PHA)

1historicallyAfrican-American(NPHC/MGC) 2historicallyAfrican-American

1LatinoInterest 1LatinaInterest

1AsianInterest 2AsianInterest

1MulticulturalInterest

n1423totalmembersinthecommunity(Basedonfull-timeundergraduatestatus)882womenand542men.

n27%ofthetotalundergraduatepopulation

nThree(3)governingcouncilsrepresentthecharteredfraternalorganizationsoncampus.Theyare:TheInter-

fraternityCouncil(IFC),theMulticulturalGreekCouncil(MGC),andthePanhellenicAssociation(PHA).

n59%ofthestudentsintheJohnsHopkinsUniversityFSLcommunityfallundertheauspicesofthePHA(842

ofthe1423students).

nTheaveragechaptersizeineachcouncilisasfollows.IFC-60,MGC-9,andPHA-168.

nApproximately30%ofstudentsaffiliatedwithFSLmadetheDean’sList

nEthnicity:52%areWhite,4%areAfricanAmericanorblack16%areHispanic,15%areAsianand2%are

listedasUnknown.Thefinal13%arelistedas2ormoreraces,orAmericanIndian/AlaskanNativeorForeign/

Non-residentalien.

nGender:62%women,38%men.

nResidence:48%liveoff-campus,52%liveintheresidencehalls.

nLevelinSchool:19%Freshmen,28%Sophomore,27%Junior,25%Senior.

nTop5majors:PublicHealth,InternationalStudies,WritingSeminars,Economics,andNeuroscience.

n92%newmemberretentionrateforchaptersduringthespring2016semester.

Group Category Grade Point Average

AllJohnsHopkinsUniversity 3.46

AllFraternityandSororityLife 3.47*

AllFemale 3.52

AllSorority 3.53*

AllMale 3.41

AllFraternity 3.37

*FSLout-performedJHUaverage

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National Hazing Prevention Week

NationalHazingPreventionWeektakesplace

annuallyandisorganizednationallyby

HazingPrevention.org.TheOfficeofFraternity

andSororityLifewillworkthegoverningcouncilsto

organizeprogrammingaroundhazingprevention,

education,andawareness.Programswillinclude

hostingnationalspeakersoncampustoengagewith

studentsaswellasco-sponsoredeventswithother

officesandstudentorganizationsfocusedonhazing

prevention.Thiseventwillbeheldduringtheweek

ofSeptember19-23,2016.

Training for Intervention Procedures

TrainingforInterventionProcedureS(T.I.P.S.)isa

skills-basedtrainingprogramthatisdesignedto

preventintoxication,underagedrinking,anddrunk

driving.

Training focuses on:

nDecision-makingskillsthathelpstudentsweigh

theconsequencesoftheiractionsandthoseof

theirpeers

nModeratingbehaviortoavoidproblemswithalco-

hol

nConfidencetointervenetopreventalcohol-related

incidentsoncampussuchaspropertydamage,

injury,

underagedrinkinganddrunkdriving

nInterpersonalskillsthatincreasestudents’ability

tointerveneindifficultalcohol-relatedsituations

nRespectandconcernforothersleadingtoamore

positivecampusenvironment

2015–2016 Highlights and Demographic Information Social Responsibility

Social Responsibility

2015–2016 Community Service Projects

ASPCA

BoyScoutsofAmerica

CedarLaneSchool

Children’sHospitalofPennState

CourtAppointedSpecialAdvocates(CASA)

GlobalBrigades

HampdenFamilyCenter

HealthLeads

HERU

HIV/AIDSOrphansandVulnerableChildren

InterfaithSpringBreak

KaBOOM!

MassachusettsGovernor’sOffice

MDBookRead

MDNewDirections

NotesofRanvier

Parks&People

PenLucyTutoringProgram

PersonAid

RelayforLife

RemingtonOutreach

SeattleAquarium

StudentsUnitedwithAmerica’sToothfairy

TutorialProject

USDreamAcademy

2015–2016 Philanthropic Projects

ALSAssociation

BooksforAsia

ChildrenInternational

CoutAppointedSpecialAdvocates(CASA)

EducationAdvancementFoundation

KatieOppoResearchFoundation

KennedyKreiger

MovableFeast

PiBetaPhiFoundation

ReadingisFundamental

RebuildBaltimore

RelayforLife

SigmaChiFoundation

StopSoldierSuicide

Leadership Development

New Member Orientation

Aone-dayorientationfornewmembersofthefra-

ternity/sororitycommunityisheldeachsemester.

Theorientationwillbegintolaythefoundationfor

expectationsofmembershipfromacommunity

perspective.Aseachorganizationhasitsownexpec-

tationsofitsmembers,theOfficeofFraternityand

SororityLifehasexpectationsofitsgroupsandtheir

individualbrothersandsisters.Theorientationfor

newmemberswillhelptoeducatetheparticipantson

thecommitment.

Officer Retreat

TheOfficeofFraternityandSororityLifesponsors

anannualovernightretreatforallchapterpresidents

andcouncilexecutiveboardofficers.Thisretreatwill

providetheopportunityforfraternity/sororityleaders

tobuildrelationshipswithinandacrosscouncils,

developplansforthecomingyear,collaborateon

community-wideeventsandprograms,andpartici-

pateindialoguesaboutcriticalissuesinthefraternal

movement.

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TheFSLcommunityservedover14,000hoursduingthe2015–2016academicyear.

Additionally,theFSLcommunitydonatedover$47,000dolllarstovariousorganiztionsintheformofmoney

orgiftsinkindduringthe2016calendaryear.

Recruitment

2015–2016 Academic Year

Registration Potential New New Members New Members

by Class Members by Council by Council by Class

Freshman444 IFC143 IFC133 Freshman284

Sophomore109 PHA231 PHA213 Sophomore69

Junior15 MGC24 MGC21 Junior9

Senior9 Senior5

Totals577 398 367 367

New Member Class by Year

Graduation Year

Total New Members

Freshman Class Size Percentage Recruited

2016 341 1323 26%

2017 684 1294 53%

2018 388 1417 27%2019 344 1300 26%

Personal & Professional Growth

TheOfficeofFraternityandSororityLifeprovides

programmingtoourstudentstosupplementthepro-

grammingtheyconductontheirown.Thisprogram-

mingaddressesthecoreneedsofthisstudentpopu-

lation.Thebroadtopicareasare:RiskManagement,

MentalHealth,DiversityandInclusion,Professional

Development,andEnvironmentalSustainability.In

thefallof2016FSLwilllaunchtheLiveonPurpose

LeadershipSeries.Incollaborationwithcampusand

communitypartners,wewillbepresentingaseries

oftargetedprogramsthatwillconsistentlyaddress

theissuesandpurposeofwhyfraternitiesandsorori-

tiesexistandhowtheybringvaluestoitsmemberson

campusaswellasthecampus/Baltimorecommunity

morebroadly.

Live Kindly—Being Good Neighbors

Date:Monday,September12|Time:5pm,6:30pm,

Live Sustainably—Environmental Sustainability and

Planning “Green” Events

Date:Tuesday,September13|Time:5:30pm|Loca-

tion:GreatHall,Levering

Live Well (Part 1)—Nutrition

Date:Wednesday,September28|Time:7pm|Loca-

tion:GlassPavilion

Live Well (Part 2)—Fitness

Date:Monday,October3|Time:8:30pm|Location:

FitnessStudio,RecreationCenter

Live Mindfully

JHUChaplin

Live Well (Part 3)—Mental Health

Date:Tuesday,October11|Time:5:30pm|Location:

GlassPavilion

Live Well (Part 4)—Community

Date:Monday,October17|Time:7pm|Location:

GlassPavilion

Live Consciously (Part 1)—Diversity and Inclusion:

Race/Ethnicity

Date:Wednesday,October26|Time:7pm|Location:

GlassPavilion

Live Consciously (Part 2)—Diversity and Inclusion:

LGBTQ Life

Date:Thursday,November3|Time:7pm|Location:

GlassPavilion

Live Consensually—Sexual Health

Date:Monday,November7|Time:8pm|Location:

GreatHall

Live Intentionally—Vision Board Making

Date:Thursday,November10|Time:5pm|Location:

TBA

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nTherewasa1%decreaseintherecruitmentofnew

membersfromAY2015toAY2016.Thenumbers

docloselyalignwithfreshmanclasssizewiththe

exceptionofAY2014.

nTheJohnsHopkinsUniversityfraternalcommunity

hasa93%retentionratefornewmemberswho

actuallyreceivedaninvitationtojoin.

nHighretentionrateisanindicationoflowamounts

ofhazingandsoundnewmemberprograms.

Thenationalaveragesarearound80%.

n35%ofthefreshmanclassregisteredforrecruitment

and21%becamemembersofanorganization.

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Accountability Chapter Assessment Program

Chapter Assessment Program

TheChapterAssessmentProgramisanassessment

toolthathasbeenimplementedinthefraternityand

sororitycommunityatJohnsHopkinsUniversity.*

Theassessmentexamineseachorganization’sinvolve-

mentandperformanceinfourareasincludingaca-

demics,chaptermanagement,memberdevelopment,

andcommunityinvolvement.

*TheChapterAssessmentProgramwasoriginallydevelopedattheUniversityofDelawareandborrowedfromTowson

Universitywithpermissionin2015.

Attheconclusionofeverysemester,eachorgani-

zation’sCAPportfolioisgradedbasedonapoint

system.Basedontotalpoints,chaptersareawarded

aGold,Silver,Bronze,orNeedsImprovementstatus.

GoldcupsfortopCAPscoresforeachsemesterwillbe

givenattheannualOfficeofFraternityandSorority

LifeAwardsCeremonyforbothafraternityanda

sorority.AnychapterawardedGoldstatuswillalso

beeligiblefortheChapteroftheYearAwardforthe

previouscalendaryear.TheChapteroftheYearAward

willbeselectedbyacommitteerunbytheOfficeof

FraternityandSororityLife.

Recognition Levels

Needs Improvement: 209 and Below

Bronze: 210-237

Silver: 238-259

Gold: 260 and above

Chapter and Rank Recognition Level

NoChapterQualified Gold

NoChapterQualified Silver

PiBetaPhi Bronze

AlphaKappaAlpha Bronze

SigmaChi Bronze

AlphaDeltaPhi NeedImprovement

AlphaPhi NeedImprovement

KappaAlphaTheta NeedImprovement

SigmaIotaAlpha NeedImprovement

AlphaPhiAlpha NeedImprovement

DeltaXiPhi NeedImprovement

PhiMu NeedImprovement

SigmaOmicronPi NeedImprovement

KappaKappaGamma NeedImprovement

alphaKappaDeltaPhi NeedImprovement

PhiKappaPsi NeedImprovement

BetaThetaPi NeedImprovement

PhiDeltaTheta NeedImprovement

AlphaEpsilonPi NeedImprovement

LambdaPhiEpsilon NeedImprovement

PhiGammaDelta NeedImprovement

PhiIotaAlpha NeedImprovement

SigmaPhiEpsilon NeedImprovement

Infraction by Type Number of Infraction by Number of Chapter Responsible Reports Chapter Infractions Finding

AlcoholTransport 8 AlphaEpsilonPi 2 AlphaDeltaPhi 0

CityOrdinance 3 AlphaEpsilonPi 3 AlphaEpsilonPi 0

(NoiseCitation)

Hazing 2 BetaThetaPi 4 BetaThetaPi 2

ServingMinors 8 PhiDeltaPsi 1 PhiKappaPsi 0

SexualAssault 1 PhiGammaDelta 3 PhiGammaDelta 1

Un-RegisteredParties 7 PhiKappaPsi 1 PhiKappaPsi 0

UndergroundActivities 1 SigmaChi 4 SigmaChi 2

(Active)

UndergroundActivities 3 SigmaAlphaEpsilon* 1 SigmaAlphaEpsilon* 0

(Inactive)

Sanction Type # of Sanctions SigmaPhiEpsilon 3 SigmaPhiEpsilon 1

AdministrativeWarning 6 PiKappaAlpha* 3 PiKappaAlpha* 0

FormalWarning 3 IX* 1 IX* 0

DisciplinaryProbation 2 KappaAlphaTheta 1 KappaAlphaTheta 0

DeferredSuspension 0 KappaKappaGamma 1 KappaKappaGamma 0

Suspension/Dissolution 1 PhiMu 1 PhiMu 0

Other/Unfounded 5 LambdaPhiEpsilon 1 LambdaPhiEpsilon 1

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Academic Excellence Judicial Summary

Chapter Name Fall

2016Chapter Name Spring

2016

alphaKappaDeltaPhi 3.79

AlphaKappaAlpha 3.60

SigmaIotaAlpha 3.59

PhiMu 3.57

AllPanhellenicAssociation 3.53

AlphaPhi 3.53

AllSororityFemale 3.53

KappaKappaGamma 3.52

KappaAlphaTheta 3.52

AllUndergraduateFemale 3.52

AllmulticulturalFemale 3.52

AllMulticulturalGreekCouncil 3.52

SigmaOmicronPi 3.52

DeltaXiPhi 3.49

PiBetaPhi 3.49

BetaThetaPi 3.48

AllFraternityandSororityLife 3.47

AllUndergraduateG.P.A. 3.46

PhiGammaDelta 3.43

AllUndergraduateMale 3.41

PhiDeltaTheta 3.41

AlphaEpsilonPi 3.37

AllInterfraternityCouncil 3.37

SigmaPhiEpsilon 3.37

AllFraternityMen 3.36

AlphaDeltaPhi 3.33

PhiKappaPsi 3.31

PhiIotaAlpha 3.27

LambdaPhiEpsilon 3.18

AlphaPhiAlpha 2.84

SigmaGammaRho 1.73

PhiIotaAlpha 3.66

LambdaPhiEpsilon 3.60

PhiMu 3.57

alphaKappaDeltaPhi 3.56

KappaKappaGamma 3.52

AllPanhellenicAssociation 3.50

PhiGammaDelta 3.50

AllUndergraduateFemale 3.50

AlphaPhi 3.48

AlphaKappaAlpha 3.48

DeltaXiPhi 3.46

AllFraternityandSororityLife 3.45

AllUndergraduateG.P.A. 3.45

PiBetaPhi 3.44

AllSororityG.P.A. 3.43

SigmaChi 3.42

AllMulticulturalGreekCouncil 3.41

AllUndergraduateMale 3.41

SigmaOmicronPi 3.40

PhiDeltaTheta 3.39

BetaThetaPi 3.39

PhiKappaPsi 3.39

AlphaEpsilonPi 3.38

AllInterfraternityCouncil 3.37

SigmaPhiEpsilon 3.36

SigmaIotaAlpha 3.31

AllFraternityG.P.A. 3.30

AlphaDeltaPhi 3.25

AlphaPhiAlpha 2.77

SigmaGammaRho 2.52

nThethreecategorieswiththehighestrateofinfractionwereAlcoholTransports(25%),ServingAlcohol

toMinors(24%),andUn-RegisteredSocialEvents(21%).**

nThemajorityoftheseincidentstookplaceinthefallbeforetheimplementationoftheHomewoodUnder-

graduateOff-CampusPartyRegistrationandSafetyPolicyinthespring2016semester.

nDuringthespring2016semestertherewerenoalcoholtransportsorjudicialinfractionsfromREGISTERED

socialevents.Therewasonejudicialcompliantfromanunregisteredevent.

nTherewereatotalof191FSLoff-campussocialeventswithalcoholregistered(114fall2015and77spring

2016).94%wereapproved.

**Onlyoneun-registeredeventafterthereleaseofthePartyRegistrationandSafetyPolicy

*UnrecognizedorUndergroundOrganization

Alpha PhiOrderoftheLampQualifier

Alpha Delta PhiStopSoliderSuicides

Alpha Phi AlphaCollegiateScholarBowlChampion-State

alpha Kappa Delta PhiTop3HighestGPA

Delta Xi PhiHighestChapterGPA

ExcellenceinFriendshipAward

Chapter Awards

Individual Awards

FSL Woman of the Year AmandaLourenco KappaKappaGamma

FSL Man of the Year JasonPlush BetaThetaPi

FSL Senior Leadership ElizabethSylvester KappaAlphaTheta& Campus Activities SamanBaban SigmaChi

FSL Senior Leadership CeciliaFreeman PiBetaPhi& Campus Activities RobertoRamirez SigmaChi

Advisor of the Year MelissaPerez PiBetaPhi

Most Improved Chapter SigmaChi

Excellence in Recruitment KappaKappaGamma

Highest Chapter GPA Spring15—SigmaIotaAlpha Fall15—PhiIotaAlpha

Male President of the Year ThomasFiorelli PhiKappaPsi

Female President of the Year DannielleBrown AlphaKappaPsi

Chapter of the Year PiBetaPhi

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National/Regional Awards FSL Awards Recipients

8IndividualAcademicRecognitionAwards

PresidentialBronzeVolunteerServiceAward

ChapteroftheYearRunnerUp

Kappa Alpha ThetaOutstandingCommunityServiceandPhilanthropy

Program

Pi Beta PhiNomineeforChapterService–Region1

OverallBetaChapterRecognition

NomineeforExcellenceinAcademicMentoring

Programming

Total of 19 national awards

Excellence in Community Service

AlphaKappaAlpha—MGC

AlphaDeltaPhi—IFC

KappaAlphaTheta—PHA

Excellence in Campus Involvement

BetaThetaPi—IFC

PiBetaPhi—PHA

DeltaXiPhi—MGC

Chapter Executive Board of the Year

BetaThetaPi—IFC

SigmaIotaAlpha—MGC

PiBetaPhi—PHA

Excellence in Philanthropy

AlphaDeltaPhi—IFC

PhiMu—PHA

NONE—MGC

Excellence in Educational Programming

BetaThetaPi—IFC

AlphaPhiAlpha—MGC

NONE—PHA

Council Delegate of the Year

MiaBerman—PHA

NONE—MGC

NONE—IFC

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