Did you Know?
Greek Week 2015 will be
held from April 20-24
Theta Eta chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
attended the South
Central Region’s
undergraduate Roundup in
Little Rock, AR.
National Consultants from
Alpha Sigma Alpha and
Alpha Xi Delta have visited
our campus and met with
our undergraduate chapter
members.
In this issue:
State of Greek
Community
2
Greek Expansion 3
Council Corners 4-9
Greek Fall Events 10–20
Greek
Accomplishments
21
Our Information 22
Meet our Greeks
Many are the misconceptions of Greek members and Greek chapters in our
country, in Arkadelphia and in our Campus community.
If you have only heard about hazing, parties, and fights about our Greek
members, then you really haven't heard much about our Henderson Greeks.
Though they were, at one time, in a lot of trouble; Greeks have improved
within the last three years. They now hold higher GPAs than most regular
Henderson students, are more involved with our Arkadelphia and campus
community; and they are held much more accountable for their actions.
We hope that through this newsletter you (Henderson faculty, staff and
student) learn more about the current state of our Greek community, our
prevention efforts on campus, and some of the programs they participated in.
We hope you enjoy learning what our Greek members have been doing this
semester. And, if you have any program ideas that could benefit our Greek
members and any other Henderson student, do let us know.
In Reddie Spirit,
Veronikha Salazar Ed.D. Calvin Kirklin Associate Dean of Students Greek Life Graduate Assistant
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, AR
Fall 2014 Volume 2, Issue 1
GRK NWS
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State of Our Greek Community
Phi Beta Sigma celebrated this year their centennial. And next year, the Theta Alpha chapter of
Phi Beta Sigma along with the Theta Alpha chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi will celebrate 40 years of
brotherhood at Henderson State University. Although these celebrations are exciting and
noteworthy, there are also extraordinary successes and opportunities occurring every day in the
fraternity & sorority community at Henderson State University.
We all know that fraternal organizations exist to make men better men and women better
women. Research shows fraternity/sorority students develop in these important areas more so
than non-affiliated peers.
However, despite our successes, our Greek community faces serious challenges. Challenges
when it comes to alcohol, sexual violence and hazing allegations. The hazing allegations of today
are much different than those of 10, 20, or 30 years ago and typically involve the abuse of alcohol.
However, our current Greek chapters have a genuinely hazing-free environment and the Greek
culture is not supportive of hazing activities and are intentional in carefully bringing new members
into their organizations.
We were saddened at the surrender of our local Sigma Phi Epsilon undergraduate chapter to
their nationals. But, circumstances out of our control could not stop this from happening. We will
hope one day, due to their long history with Henderson, Sig Ep will charter at Henderson State
University again!
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Understanding Greek Expansion
In the last 14 years (early 2000s) Greek life was not very popular nationwide, and college campuses
saw numbers drop significantly from the decades prior. Our registration numbers of the past two
years at HSU have been unusual but are incredibly promising for our Greek community.
Although students interested in joining a sorority or fraternity at Henderson had decreased a little
bit. This year we have seen Greek life being more desirable among undergraduate students again.
Here are some highlights from the 2014 Formal recruitment processes for NPC/IFC:
For the first time, were assisted by a National RFM Specialist in our Fall 2014 NPC Recruitment
We changed our registration format. NPC and IFC Potential New Members (PNMs) paid $20
when registering for Formal recruitment.
67 was the total of PNMs for NPC and 19 for IFC
96% of PNMs were matched with one of our NPC chapters.
Why Not Consider Inviting Another Sorority/Fraternity chapters?
You might be asking…Why not just bring another sorority/fraternity to HSU? There are many steps
in bring a Greek organization to campus, and the first is to have at least 10 student interested enough
in bringing a Greek organization. Plus, they must meet the Academic standards of cumulative GPA of
2.6, and have successfully completed and currently enrolled in 12 hours at Henderson.
This process, you can imagine, takes a long time and we would budget at least 12 months to do it
right (no action occurs during summer months). We want to continue to encourage growth in our
community rather than invite another chapter, which could result in the men and women interested
in joining the chapters eligible to continue recruiting to go to a new group.
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Counci l Corners
National Pan-Hellenic Council
This council is formed of the following Greek chapters Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta,
Zeta Phi Beta, Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Beta Sigma and Omega Psi Phi
Terrance Kelley
President
National Hazing Prevention Week, or
NHPW, was an event where our campus and the Greek
community banded together through the different organiza-
tions and individuals to promote the prevention of hazing.
NPHW is a nationwide event that is organized by HazingPrevention.org.
Utilizing a national awareness week is a great way to bring attention to the problem of hazing. this
week allowed us to educate students, administrators, faculty and staff, band leaders, and residence
hall leadership, to not just recognize hazing, but to learn ways they can prevent it from occurring
in the first place.
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Counci l Corners
National Panhellenic Conference
This council is formed of the following Greek chapters Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau and
Alpha Xi Delta.
Megan Fowler
President
Domestic Violence Awareness Week,
was an event where NPC chapters along with Zeta Phi
Beta, Athletics Department and Arkadelphia authorities
collaborated with different programs to promote the
prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, mainly among women.
Some of the programs were ‘Face on’, where Greek women put on make up to simulate what
physical assault may look like, to a bake sale which funds collected went to a Women’s shelter in
Hot Springs. Social media was also utilized to promote the events and raise awareness about this
social issue.
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Page 8
Counci l Corners
Interfraternity Council
This council is formed of the following Greek chapters Kappa Sigma and Phi Lambda Chi
Dillon Maxwell
President
Alcohol Awareness Week was an oppor-
tunity for Greek members and college students, in gen-
eral, to raise awareness about the challenges they usu-
ally face by the norms, traditions, and culture surrounding the use and/or abuse of alcohol. Col-
lege students feel pressure to provide alcohol and a location to party in the prevailing social cul-
ture at HSU. With the assistance of Henderson Police Department, students leaders are working
to change the practices around alcohol consumption with some success.
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GREEK EVENTS—FALL 2014
NPC Formal Recruitment
To see more pictures of our Greek events, please visit our Facebook Page:
Henderson Greek Life
Student Organizations Fair
IFC Formal Recruitment
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GREEK EVENTS—FALL 2014
Freshman Move-In
To see more pictures of our Greek events, please visit our Facebook Page:
Henderson Greek Life
President Jones’ Picnic
Page 12
GREEK EVENTS—FALL 2014
Pine Tree Assembly
To see more pictures of our Greek events, please visit our Facebook Page:
Henderson Greek Life
Greek Retreat
Street Dance
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GREEK EVENTS—FALL2014
Watermelon Fest
To see more pictures of our Greek events, please visit our Facebook Page:
Henderson Greek Life
Greek Tables on the Quad
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GREEK EVENTS—FALL 2014
To see more pictures of our Greek events, please visit our Facebook Page:
Henderson Greek Life
National Hazing Prevention Week
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GREEK EVENTS—FALL 2014
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes/Candlelight Service
To see more pictures of our Greek events, please visit our Facebook Page:
Henderson Greek Life
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GREEK EVENTS—FALL 2014
Domestic Violence Awareness Week
To see more pictures of our Greek events, please visit our Facebook Page:
Henderson Greek Life
Page 17
GREEK EVENTS—FALL 2014
To see more pictures of our Greek events, please visit our Facebook Page:
Henderson Greek Life
NO MORE/ These Hands Don’t Hurt
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GREEK EVENTS—FALL 2014
To see more pictures of our Greek events, please visit our Facebook Page:
Henderson Greek Life
Alcohol Awareness Week
Page 19
GREEK EVENTS—FALL 2014
Freshman Greek Stepshow
To see more pictures of our Greek events, please visit our Facebook Page:
Henderson Greek Life
Page 20
GREEK EVENTS—FALL 2014
Homecoming 2014
Halloween
Homecoming Greek Stepshow
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Henderson Greek Life
GREEK ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Page 21
Jessica Jenkins, Member of Iota Delta chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta was crowned Henderson 2014 Homecoming Queen
Dillon Maxwell was 2014 Rays of Light Award
Recipient from Arkadelphia Sunrise Rotary Club
Phi Lambda Chi chapter received the Academic &
Chapter Excellence Awards at the Phi Lambda Chi
National Convention.
They also raised $1500 for Children’s hospital
during their annual Drumbeat.
Phi Beta Sigma received $1000 from the CONE
Foundation for a program that will benefit the
Clark County, Arkansas area
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
National Greek Websites National Panhellenic Conference
www.npcwomen.org
National Pan-Hellenic Council
www.nphcq.org
North American Interfraternity Conference
www.nicindy.org
Henderson Greek Office
Mr. Calvin Kirklin
Greek Life—Graduate Assistant
(501)574-8050
Dr. Veronikha Salazar
Associate Dean of Students
(870)230-5231
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