UNC PANHELLENIC COUNCIL 2016 MAPS HOUSES ON FRANKLIN STREET & ROSEMARY STREET HOUSES ON COLUMBIA STREET & CAMERON AVENUE SORORITY HOUSE FRATERNITY HOUSE TABLE OF ABOUT US 2 About the Panhellenic Association CONTENTS 3 Sorority Life: What’s In It for Me? 6 Executive Board 8 Housing & Meals 9 Finances MEET THE CHAPTERS 10 Alpha Chi Omega 12 Alpha Delta Pi 14 Alpha Phi 16 Chi Omega 18 Delta Delta Delta 20 Kappa Delta 22 Kappa Kappa Gamma 24 Phi Mu 26 Pi Beta Phi 28 Sigma Sigma Sigma 30 Zeta Tau Alpha 32 Phi Beta Chi REFERENCE 34 Chapter Contacts ABOUT THE PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION PANHELLENIC CREED We, as undergraduate members of women’s fraternities, stand for good scholarship, for guarding of good health, for maintenance of fine standards, and for serving to the best of our ability our college community. Cooperation for furthering fraternity life, in harmony with its best possibilities, is the ideal that shall guide our fraternity activities. We, as fraternity women, stand for service through the development of character inspired by the close contact and deep friendship of individual fraternity and Panhellenic life. The opportunity for wide and wise human service, through mutual respect and helpfulness, is the tenet by which we strive to live. he UNC Panhellenic Association is the governing organization of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sororities, as T well as Phi Beta Chi, UNC’s associate member. The Panhellenic Association is responsible for organizing activities of mutual concern and interest for all NPC sororities on campus. Nationally, NPC was founded in 1902 and is the umbrella organization for 26 women’s fraternities and sororities. Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek-letter society of college women and alumnae. Members are represented on nearly 700 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and in over 3,773 alumnae organizations, comprising 3.5 million sorority women worldwide. NPC-affiliated collegians and alumnae have donated more than $32 million to worthy causes, provided $4.5 million in scholarships to women, and volunteered over 5 million hours in their communities. 2 SORORITY LIFE: WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME? SISTERHOOD AND FRIENDSHIP Panhellenic women are also extremely involved in campus-wide leadership activities. Joining a sorority is the beginning of a new At UNC, the leaders of many campus experience with new friends and a new home organizations are Panhellenic. Currently, away from home. During the first semester Panhellenic women are well-represented in that you join a sorority, all of the activities leadership positions in Order of the Bell Tower, are designed to orient you to sorority history Tar Heel Voices, Cadence, varsity women’s and goals while working toward initiation. sports, student government, admissions Interactions such as retreats, service projects, ambassadors, religiously based organizations, meetings, social events, and other sisterhood resident advisor programs, Dance Marathon, activities will help build a strong foundation and many other organizations on campus. You for your sorority experience. will be encouraged by your chapter to become Some of the most enjoyable parts of involved in campus-wide activities and will be joining a sorority are making new friends given plenty of opportunities to get involved and forming lifelong bonds with your new with your chapter and the rest of campus. sisters. Sisterhood means more than wearing Panhellenic letters, attending meetings, SCHOLARSHIP and going to social events. It is a feeling of belonging. It is a feeling of being yourself and Academics and grades are the mainstays being respected for your individuality. It is of college life, and the sororities at UNC the feeling of knowing you can count on your recognize the importance of scholarship. sisters in good times and in bad. Sisterhood is While Panhellenic does not set a specific GPA for making friendships that will last a lifetime. participation in recruitment, each sorority has high academic standards for membership, and LEADERSHIP there are a variety of initiatives and programs that support the University expectations Membership in a sorority provides numerous for academic excellence at the association and opportunities to be involved in leadership chapter levels. roles. As a chapter officer or coordinator of a Sororities were founded on the principle chapter event or community service project, of successful scholarship. At UNC, the All- you can further develop your leadership skills. Sorority GPA average is consistently higher The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life and than the All-University average. For the Community Involvement is committed fall 2014 semester, the All-Sorority GPA was to providing valuable leadership programs 3.37, while the All-University GPA was 3.205. to develop these skills as well. Chapters Academics are the reason that you came to also provide educational programming in UNC, and the sororities’ performances reflect areas such as time management, leadership, the high value they place on scholarship. communication, and other informative topics. 3 2016 Panhellenic Judicial Board SOCIAL ACTIVITY which donated over $22,000 to the UNC Center for Excellence in Eating Disorders. One of the most exciting parts of joining a Sorority members are individually involved sorority is the social events planned by your in a wide variety of service activities that focus chapter and the Panhellenic Association. There on the University, Chapel Hill, and national is never a dull moment in the life of a sorority communities. woman at Carolina. From socials to formals, Each year, the Panhellenic community sisterhood activities to Parents’ Weekend, raises tens of thousands of dollars for each each chapter provides social events for all chapter’s respective philanthropy: types of personalities. All chapters have a house to call home, and because sisters hang ALPHA CHI OMEGA Family Violence Prevention out during meals, watch TV together, or just Center of Orange County sit out on their porches, sororities are a ALPHA DELTA PI The Ronald McDonald House great way to meet people within and outside ALPHA PHI The Alpha Phi Foundation of your organization. CHI OMEGA The Make-A-Wish Foundation DELTA DELTA DELTA St. Jude Children’s Hospital PHILANTHROPY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE KAPPA DELTA Prevent Child Abuse America & Girl Scouts of America Sororities at UNC spend thousands of hours KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA Reading is Fundamental each semester doing community service PHI BETA CHI Bethesda Lutheran Communities, projects and raising money for charities. Each Ronald McDonald House, & Arc of Orange County chapter has its own philanthropy, which it PHI MU Children’s Miracle Network serves at a local and national level. Panhellenic PI BETA PHI Literacy; First Book also hosts service projects, including our SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation annual Greek Groove dance competition, ZETA TAU ALPHA Breast Cancer Education & Awareness 4 2016 Panhellenic Delegates PANHELLENIC DELEGATES ALPHA CHI OMEGA Ella Little Each chapter in Panhellenic is represented ALPHA DELTA PI Caroline Ririe by one member who serves as a direct ALPHA PHI Maddy Crema link between her respective chapter and CHI OMEGA Kate Carrington Panhellenic. Weekly delegate meetings with DELTA DELTA DELTA Caitlin Scurria the Panhellenic Association Executive Board KAPPA DELTA Julie D’Amico and the other chapter delegates provide KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA Nisha Vellappan a forum for discussion about important PHI BETA CHI Sydney Mitchell topics and upcoming events in our campus PHI MU Christina Cupello community. Any changes within the association PI BETA PHI Gabe Hubbard will be proposed in memos and each delegate SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA Samantha Pompeo is responsible for voting for her chapter. ZETA TAU ALPHA Lacey Hunter These delegates not only represent their chapter but also promote Panhellenic events within their chapter. Each delegate works on one of four committees: Public Relations, Internal Operations, Campus Outreach, and Special Events. These committees work with the Executive Board on planning events such as Greek Groove, new member education, campus-wide philanthropy events, and 4.0 recognition dinners! 5 EXECUTIVE BOARD THE PANHELLENIC EXECUTIVE BOARD is a group of eight women who serve as the governing body over 11 Panhellenic sororities at UNC. They are disaffiliated from their chapters during recruitment and will be available to answer any questions you may have about the recruitment process and the Greek community at UNC. ERICA BATRES AMANDA TRANSOU HALIE ELLINGER PRESIDENT VP OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS VP OF RECRUITMENT [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] MILLER WINSTON ELIZABETH ADKINS MADELINE HATCHER VP OF STANDARDS VP OF SPECIAL EVENTS VP OF FINANCE [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 6 APRIL HAMER KELSEY O’REGAN CHERIE MICHAUD VP OF COMMUNICATIONS VP OF CAMPUS OUTREACH PANHELLENIC ADVISOR [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 7 HOUSING & MEALS n the Panhellenic community, 11 of our 12 chapters provide their members an alternative to on- or off-campus living at UNC-Chapel Hill in a sorority house. Some, though not all, I require members to live in the house at least one year. For many members, the chapter house provides a home away from home, a place to study or to relax with friends, whether or not they decide to live-in. The chapter houses also provide an alternative to campus meal plans, eating out, or cooking in the residence hall or apartment. Meals at the house provide a time to hang out with other members and enjoy everyone’s company. Meal plans range from three to 14 meals per week, depending upon the chapter. Questions about reducing or cancelling on-campus meal plans through either Carolina Dining Services or Granville Towers should be addressed as early as possible in the recruitment process to avoid unnecessary financial penalties. For detailed cost information on living in the chapter houses, please refer to uncpanhellenic.com.