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Alumni Inter-Greek Council Fall 2020 General Meeting October 17, 2020 9:00 a.m. Zoom Virtual Meeting
AIGC Agenda – October 17, 2020
Part 1. 8:30-9:00 Pregame, Setting up for Meeting
Part 2. 9:00-9:50 Fraternity, Sorority, and Student Life Updates
AIGC Chairman, Roger Grice
Panhellenic Council President - Bryn Clarkson
Interfraternity Council President - Chris Vanderloo
Order of Omega - Virginia Barnes
Grand Marshall – Advaith Narayan
President of the Union – Anissa Choiniere
9:50-10:00 Break
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 2
AIGC Agenda – October 17, 2020
Part 3. 10:00-10:50 – RPI Administration Updates
Peter Konwerski, Travis Apgar, and John Lawler invited
RPI reporting and discussions student housing reopening. Some questions that
have been asked by alumni:
◦ Will Greek housing be open in the spring? What do we do if the school does not allow for the
reopening of Greek housing in the spring semester? We need to discuss a plan of action so that if
the decision is made that is not in our favor, we aren't scrambling to figure something out.
◦ Will Sophomores be allowed to live in Greek Housing? Will the Sophomore Class still be required
to live in approved RPI Housing? If so, how will on-campus density levels be maintained or modified?
◦ Public Safety has been making uninvited visits to chapter houses owned by private corporations.
What is are the reason and motivation for these uninvited—and unannounced—visits?
◦ What is the status of suspended chapters that are trying to return to good standing? There seems to
be little progress in several cases.
◦ Evidence of the GLTF Implementation Teams accomplishments and the “reboot” efforts amid
upheaval of addressing RPI operations under COVID-19
Branding change: Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Commons
10:50-11:00 Break
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 3
AIGC Agenda – October 17, 2020
Part 4. 11:00-12:00 – New Business
Presentation/workshop: Chapter Profile assessment tool (this is replacing 5 STAR
accreditation process) – Bob Eckart, Chris Vanderloo, Charlie Potts
◦ https://www.notion.so/Chapter-Profile-dd0cfb7032374d0f8728f873d5a57e58
◦ Review 5 Star standings and corrections from Spring 2020
Discussion of plans to set up a workshop/webinar on legal issues facing the Greek system
-relations and legal implications
Change to AIGC name and constitution
What is the status of suspended chapters that are trying to return to good standing?
There seems to be little progress in several cases.
Issues with the Student Handbook
Continuous Open Recruitment for Sororities and Fraternities; Expand adoption of Phired Up
recommendations – Jonah Mudse (IFC VP Recruitment), Jasmeen Kaur (Panhel VP Recruitment)
Chapter House COVID-19 Reopening Safety Plans adapted from the AIGC developed plan (Jeff
Andritz, Delta Tau Delta) which follows NY State guidelines
Action plans, etc.
Set time and date for Spring Meeting
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 4
AIGC Agenda – October 17, 2020
Part 1. 8:30-9:00 Pregame, Setting up for Meeting
Part 2. 9:00-9:50 Fraternity, Sorority, and Student Life Updates
AIGC Chairman, Roger Grice
Panhellenic Council President - Bryn Clarkson
Interfraternity Council President - Chris Vanderloo
Order of Omega - Virginia Barnes
Grand Marshall – Advaith Narayan
President of the Union – Anissa Choiniere
9:50-10:00 Break
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 5
AIGC Board Report
Roger Grice, AIGC President
Reports to the RAA
◦ 6/6/2020
◦ 7/6/2020
Weekly meetings with RPI Student Life; primarily John Lawler
Bi-Weekly Meetings as a board with IFC and Panhel President
COVID-19 Chapter House Reopening Safety Plan
◦ Built off NY State and CDC Guidelines
◦ Zoom Webinar held 7/8/2020 (81 attendees)
◦ RPI chose not to work with us (essentially on June 10 Town Hall)
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 6
AIGC Board Directors
The Board of Directors
◦ Roger Grice, Chair (2020-2023)
◦ Bob Eckart,Vice-Chair (2018-2021)
◦ Roger Mike (2018-2021)
◦ Ali Heuser (2020-2021) – new position filled to get into election cycle
◦ Grace Hermann (2019-2022)
◦ John Pfaff (2019-2022)
◦ Steve Fallick (2020-2022) – new position filled to get into new election cycle
◦ Hannah Merrow (2020-2023)
◦ Jerry Witter, Secretary (2020-2023)
Spring 2021 meeting will elect 3 to serve a 3 year term
◦ The terms are up for Bob Eckart, Roger Mike, and Ali Heuser
Officers are then elected by the Board
◦ President, Vice-President, Secretary
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 7
5 Star Ratings for CY2019
Scoring Completed and Initial Scorings were provided
to OGCL Google Drive
Some Corrections to Ratings were needed
◦ Part II, Section V scores got assigned to Section IV
So Total Section IV and V total look amiss
◦ Total of regular points should be 900, not 910
Total of Bonus points of 130 was OK
◦ Ratings tied to Max chapter Score (945) and not to the Total
of Regular Points (900)
◦ Thresholds should be:
Five Star 90%: >810
Four Star 80%: 720 809.9
Three Star 70%: 630 719.9
Two Star 60%: 540 629.9
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 8
5 Star Rankings with Corrections
Chapter Five Star Status Corrected Status Total Score Total Section 1 Total Section 2 Total Section 3 Total Section 4 Total Section 5
Pi Beta Phi Five Star Five Star 945 254 239 84 97 111
Sigma Phi Epsilon Five Star Five Star 938 253 255 84 77 126
Lambda Chi Alpha Five Star Five Star 933 247 255 84 96 114
Chi Phi Five Star Five Star 915 210 252 79 87 128
Alpha Phi Five Star Five Star 900 190 247 85 91 126
Phi Kappa Theta Five Star Five Star 890 191 256 85 91 125
Phi Mu Delta Five Star Five Star 873 249 249 82 64 114
Alpha Gamma Delta Five Star Five Star 872 222 250 81 87 100
Alpha Epsilon Pi Five Star Five Star 867 199 248 79 81 125
Pi Lambda Phi Five Star Five Star 861 197 260 79 62 128
Theta Xi Four Star Five Star 852 233 261 84 54 116
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Four Star Five Star 851 193 256 83 57 113
Delta Kappa Epsilon Four Star Five Star 821 229 229 76 83 112
Delta Phi Four Star Five Star 819 214 239 84 66 113
Alpha Omega Epsilon Four Star Four Star 791 191 242 79 63 115
Tau Epsilon Phi Four Star Four Star 778 207 259 77 66 104
Phi Iota Alpha Four Star Four Star 772 199 227 40 90 103
Pi Kappa Alpha Four Star Four Star 772 174 236 77 57 98
Acacia Three Star Four Star 761 187 240 84 45 95
Psi Upsilon Four Star Four Star 743 195 247 77 48 126
Zeta Psi Three Star Four Star 741 179 257 83 30 123
Alpha Chi Rho Three Star Four Star 733 196 227 76 54 90
Delta Tau Delta Three Star Three Star 670 158 240 73 47 100
Alpha Sigma Phi Three Star Three Star 658 175 232 77 50 103
Pi Delta Psi Two Star Two Star 607 162 213 40 69 99
Section Points Regular 900 240 240 85 55 135
Bonus 130 15 25 5 15 30
Total 1030 255 265 90 70 165
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 9
Panhellenic Update Bryn Clarkson Fall AIGC meeting – 10/17/2020
Fall 2020 Recruitment Chapters participating: 5 Total bids given: 24 Total Bids accepted: 18 COB Ends: 10/19/2020
Other Recruitment Updates
• Recruitment rules were updated in August and all
chapters have receive training on the new rules
• Rho Gamma Applications for Spring Recruitment
were due last week
• One house was fined for not having enough
applications
• Plans for Spring RecruitmentEvents this Semester
Events have been made 10% mandatory rather
than 20%
Our first event will likely be a Women’s Health
event with Albany Med
Looking into other online event ideas
Raffle for votingGet Out the Vote Raffle Campaign
Priorities
Finish agreement with Omega Phi Beta Sorority
Inc. so they can recruit in Spring
Rebrand to Fraternity and Sorority Life
Create a smooth transition to the next Council
Establish a full plan for Spring recruitment plan
with contingenciesInterfraternity Council Update Chris Vanderloo, IFC President Fall AIGC Meeting 10/17/2020
Campus Status
Houses with Live-Ins 10
Greek-Related Incidents 0
Greek-Related COVID Cases 0
Fall 2020 Recruitment:
Chapters Participating 5
Bids Accepted per Chapter 2-3
5/16/20 Spring AIGC Meeting 17Judicial Update
RPI
Currently 8 chapters are under disciplinary suspension.
1 chapter is under emergency suspension.
2 chapters under disciplinary probation.
Little to no movement on the chapters that were due to come back from suspension.
IFC
1 chapter under a disciplinary probation
◦ Removal of social privileges and presentation requirement
5/16/20 Spring AIGC Meeting 18IFC Project Status
Chapter Profile Growth Team
Establishing test-run this semester. Was established this semester, launching
their ad campaign to start preparing for
Replaces Five Star completely.
next semester’s recruitment.
Goes into effect next semester.
Branding Judicial Revamp
Creating consistent fraternity and sorority Established the new judicial board.
life branding to use at events, and in
Established bylaw committee to write
social media.
an IFC handbook regarding judicial
Discussions regarding name change for incidents.
Office of Greek Life Commons.
Tackled our first case, completely in-
house.
5/16/20 Spring AIGC Meeting 19Priorities
Set up the next IFC for success
◦ Combination of good transitions, documentation,
and pass-off of what we’ve learned.
◦ Full steam ahead for Spring recruitment.
◦ Help enforce the relationship we’ve worked hard to
establish with Apgar and Lawler.
Continue to push for self-governance
◦ Documenting every piece of our judicial process
and making it necessary and expected to hold
chapters accountable within our organization.
5/16/20 Spring AIGC Meeting 20Order of Omega - Virginia Barnes
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 21Student Government and Union
155th Grand Marshall
◦ Advaith Narayan
131st President of the Union
◦ Anissa Choiniere
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting
Back 22AIGC Agenda – October 17, 2020
Part 3. 10:00-10:50 – RPI Administration Updates
Peter Konwerski, Travis Apgar, and John Lawler invited
RPI reporting and discussions student housing reopening. Some questions that
have been asked by alumni:
◦ Will Greek housing be open in the spring? What do we do if the school does not allow for the
reopening of Greek housing in the spring semester? We need to discuss a plan of action so that if
the decision is made that is not in our favor, we aren't scrambling to figure something out.
◦ Will Sophomores be allowed to live in Greek Housing? Will the Sophomore Class still be required
to live in approved RPI Housing? If so, how will on-campus density levels be maintained or modified?
◦ Public Safety has been making uninvited visits to chapter houses owned by private corporations.
What is are the reason and motivation for these uninvited—and unannounced—visits?
◦ What is the status of suspended chapters that are trying to return to good standing? There seems to
be little progress in several cases.
◦ Evidence of the GLTF Implementation Teams accomplishments and the “reboot” efforts amid
upheaval of addressing RPI operations under COVID-19
Branding change: Fraternity and Sorority Life Commons
10:50-11:00 Break
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 23RPI Administration Updates
Peter Konwerski,V.P. of Student Life
Travis Apgar, Asst.V.P. and Dean of Students
John Lawler, Dean Student Living & Learning
RPI COVID-19 Dashboard
◦ https://covid19.rpi.edu/dashboard
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 24Questions to the Administration
Will Greek housing be open in the spring? What do we do if the school does
not allow for the reopening of Greek housing in the spring semester? We
need to discuss a plan of action so that if the decision is made that is not in
our favor, we aren't scrambling to figure something out.
Will Sophomores be allowed to live in Greek Housing? Will the Sophomore
Class still be required to live in approved RPI Housing? If so, how will on-
campus density levels be maintained or modified?
Public Safety has been making uninvited visits to chapter houses owned by
private corporations. What is are the reason and motivation for these
uninvited—and unannounced—visits?
What is the status of suspended chapters that are trying to return to good
standing? There seems to be little progress in several cases.
Evidence of the GLTF Implementation Teams accomplishments and the
“reboot” efforts amid upheaval of addressing RPI operations under COVID-19
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 25AIGC Agenda – October 17, 2020
Part 4. 11:00-12:00 – New Business
Presentation/workshop: Chapter Profile assessment tool (this is replacing 5 STAR
accreditation process) – Bob Eckart, Chris Vanderloo, Charlie Potts
◦ https://www.notion.so/Chapter-Profile-dd0cfb7032374d0f8728f873d5a57e58
◦ Review 5 Star standings and corrections from Spring 2020
Change to AIGC name and constitution
Discussion of plans to set up a workshop/webinar on legal issues facing the Greek system
-relations and legal implications
What is the status of suspended chapters that are trying to return to good standing?
There seems to be little progress in several cases.
Issues with the Student Handbook
Continuous Open Recruitment for Sororities and Fraternities; Expand adoption of Phired Up
recommendations – Jonah Mudse (IFC VP Recruitment), Jasmeen Kaur (Panhel VP Recruitment)
Chapter House COVID-19 Reopening Safety Plans adapted from the AIGC developed plan (Jeff
Andritz, Delta Tau Delta) which follows NY State guidelines
Action plans, etc.
Set time and date for Spring Meeting
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 265 Star Ratings for CY2019
Scoring Completed and Initial Scorings were provided
to OGCL Google Drive
Some Corrections to Ratings were needed
◦ Part II, Section V scores got assigned to Section IV
So Total Section IV and V total look amiss
◦ Total of regular points should be 900, not 910
Total of Bonus points of 130 was OK
◦ Ratings tied to Max chapter Score (945) and not to the Total
of Regular Points (900)
◦ Thresholds should be:
Five Star 90%: >810
Four Star 80%: 720 809.9
Three Star 70%: 630 719.9
Two Star 60%: 540 629.9
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 275 Star Rankings with Corrections
Chapter Five Star Status Corrected Status Total Score Total Section 1 Total Section 2 Total Section 3 Total Section 4 Total Section 5
Pi Beta Phi Five Star Five Star 945 254 239 84 97 111
Sigma Phi Epsilon Five Star Five Star 938 253 255 84 77 126
Lambda Chi Alpha Five Star Five Star 933 247 255 84 96 114
Chi Phi Five Star Five Star 915 210 252 79 87 128
Alpha Phi Five Star Five Star 900 190 247 85 91 126
Phi Kappa Theta Five Star Five Star 890 191 256 85 91 125
Phi Mu Delta Five Star Five Star 873 249 249 82 64 114
Alpha Gamma Delta Five Star Five Star 872 222 250 81 87 100
Alpha Epsilon Pi Five Star Five Star 867 199 248 79 81 125
Pi Lambda Phi Five Star Five Star 861 197 260 79 62 128
Theta Xi Four Star Five Star 852 233 261 84 54 116
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Four Star Five Star 851 193 256 83 57 113
Delta Kappa Epsilon Four Star Five Star 821 229 229 76 83 112
Delta Phi Four Star Five Star 819 214 239 84 66 113
Alpha Omega Epsilon Four Star Four Star 791 191 242 79 63 115
Tau Epsilon Phi Four Star Four Star 778 207 259 77 66 104
Phi Iota Alpha Four Star Four Star 772 199 227 40 90 103
Pi Kappa Alpha Four Star Four Star 772 174 236 77 57 98
Acacia Three Star Four Star 761 187 240 84 45 95
Psi Upsilon Four Star Four Star 743 195 247 77 48 126
Zeta Psi Three Star Four Star 741 179 257 83 30 123
Alpha Chi Rho Three Star Four Star 733 196 227 76 54 90
Delta Tau Delta Three Star Three Star 670 158 240 73 47 100
Alpha Sigma Phi Three Star Three Star 658 175 232 77 50 103
Pi Delta Psi Two Star Two Star 607 162 213 40 69 99
Section Points Regular 900 240 240 85 55 135
Bonus 130 15 25 5 15 30
Total 1030 255 265 90 70 165
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 28New Chapter Profile to Replace 5 Star
Annual Assessment & Accreditation
https://www.notion.so/Chapter-Profile-dd0cfb7032374d0f8728f873d5a57e58
From Chris Vanderloo (IFC President) to Everyone: 12:17 PM
https://rpi.box.com/s/s4e0leofq3djhstdrfhfwgpnaakgyefz
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ARaZdx9QQjFREF2u1oZ6I1nBEJ3YmQl2IgqQRlFwyoQ/edit#slide=id.g8b1ae50199_0_139
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 29Chapter Profile Rubric
Chapter Status (R=Recognized; U=Unrecognized;
C=Closed
Chapter Size (A=Active; I=Inactive)
Total Number of Members
Total Number of New Members
Chapter GPA
New Member GPA
Annual Total Community Service Hours
Average Community Services Hours Per Member
Annual Funds Raised
Average Philanthropic Dollars Per Member
Average Funds Raised Over Last 5 Years
Awards (National, University)
Five Star Rating
Conduct (A= Alcohol; S=Sexual Assault;
H=Hazing; O=Other)
Housing Occupancy
https://www.notion.so/Chapter-Profile-dd0cfb7032374d0f8728f873d5a57e58
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 30Scorecard Modeled after Penn State
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 31Scorecard Modeled after Penn State
https://www.notion.so/Scorecard-9fe29a683a3b4490ba53ae05b9c17b83
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 32Proposal to Change Organization Name
Motion:
The AIGC Board of Directors moves that the organization change the name from "Rensselaer
Alumni Inter-Greek Council" to "Rensselaer Alumni Fraternity and Sorority Council"
and if so adopted make the requisite changes to the organization's Constitution, with the
abbreviation of the name from AIGC to AFSC.
Rationale:
Over the past few years with the GLTF reviews and recommendations and the Phired-Up
recommendations to improve our messaging and to also remove confusion during Student
orientation and NRB from new students and parents about what "Greek Life" means, when we are
really talking about Fraternities and Sororities, we feel it is time for the alumni to lead the charge in
this rebranding.
We also have made a strong recommendation to the RPI Administration to change all the branding
in their communications to Fraternities and Sororities and to change the name of the “Office of
Greek Life Commons” to “Fraternity and Sorority Life Commons” (or something similar to remove
"Greek" from the terminology and Off Campus Commons doesn’t have Office in its name).
For context, remember before CLASS came about in 2010, the department within Student Life was
the "Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs"
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgt9Hjq_o850FFskqv3o5DAinNu713
GD49MC7KeP3JLf7f0A/viewform
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 3321 Yes Votes, 0 No Votes, 1 Abstain
Phi Sigma Kappa
Psi Upsilon
AEPi
Zeta Psi
RSE
Pi Lambda Phi
Sigma Alpha Epsilon / LAE inc
Alpha Gamma Delta
Sigma Delta Sorority Inc
Chi Phi
Acacia
TEP
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Phi
Phi Gamma Delta
TKE
Pi Beta Phi
Phi Kappa Tau
Lambda Chi Alpha
Sigma Chi
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 34Webinar Workshop of Legal Counsel
Discussion of plans to set up a workshop/webinar on
legal issues facing the Greek system - relations and legal
implications
What is the status of suspended chapters that are
trying to return to good standing? There seems to be
little progress in several cases.
Protocol guide for undergraduates and house
corporations if Public Safety comes to chapter house
Leadership Team: Krob, Pfaff, Mike, Marano, Avery, Fallick,
Peck
◦ To prepare an info session on options and implication of legal
rigths.
◦ Prepare for reaction if RPI once again decides to not allow open
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 35Other Topics if Time
Continuous Open Recruitment for Sororities and
Fraternities; Expand adoption of Phired Up
recommendations – Jonah Mudse (IFC VP Recruitment),
Jasmeen Kaur (Panhel VP Recruitment)
Chapter House COVID-19 Reopening Safety Plans
adapted from the AIGC developed plan (Jeff Andritz,
Delta Tau Delta) which follows NY State guidelines
Action plans, etc.
Set time and date for Spring Meeting
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 36Student Handbook and Policies Issues
Concise Handbook Research Document can be found here:
◦ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KNSy5v1HY334w9FP9vETe72OkPaeQt_QRunYHZRIDPw/edit
Good Samaritan Speech Outline:
◦ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C2QmMzqqC-RndUcY0yFOlOm6i0Ztb6Jb411tICuP9eM/edit
SLC Good Samaritan Policy Benchmarking:
◦ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BMcFhCqYCOKgyqApHbFbP3x5xenYQY_fK61obvoNvZA/edit
Handbook Edits Motion:
◦ https://docs.google.com/document/d/18hA-jeVLGqFzBK_nr0TkOGE70O57YAnrA2zhHhqDSaI/edit
Student Senate Survey on 911 Calls at RPI:
◦ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HLB3TjwzjBw9l56nBkdglzCxUTS0_tGA_ElsZbEI4HU/edit
Latest Student Handbook Docketed August 2020
◦ https://rpi.app.box.com/s/3f1cl3w1lt1mq8gqla68v6uk3vh1c19f
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 37AIGC General Meeting Zoom View
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 38Backup Resources
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 39RPI Student Population Size and GPA Trends
Decadal Student Body Size with Numbers
Independent Men Fraternity Independent Women Sorority
6500
312
331 224
6000 320 298
260 299 270
5500 328
312 303 1761
295
Number of Students
246 250 1760
248 1660
5000 264 294 1605 1663
247 288
266 254
1512 1542 1586
1478
4500 1342
1244 1251 1285 1351
1206 1256
1216 1261
1178 1169
4000 1149 794
723
1013 1141 835
3500 782
1035
1191 1158
1082 1096 1151 1239
1108 1088 1197
3000 1037 1136 1170
1077 1103
3630
3483
3144 3269
2500 3093 3048
2885
2696 2729 2702
2542 2497 2601 2378 2625 2385 2601 2394 2562 2397 2536
2000
S10 F10 S11 F11 S12 F12 S13 F13 S14 F14 S15 F15 S16 F16 S17 F17 S18 F18 S19 F19 S20
Academic Term
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 40RPI Student Population Size and GPA Trends
Percent of Student Population Who are Women
34%
33% 32.6%
32.4% 32.3%
32.0%
32%
30.9%
31% 30.6%
30.0%
30% 29.4% 29.3%
29.1%
28.8%
29% 28.1%
28% 27.4%
27%
25.8%
26%
25.0% 25.1%
24.9%
25% 24.6%
24.3%24.2%24.5% 24.1%
23.7% 23.9%
24% 23.5%
22.7%
23% 22.4%
22%
21% 20.2%
20.0%
20%
19%
18%
17%
16%
15%
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 41RPI Student Population Size and GPA Trends
Percentage Greek Men and Women
Men Women
40%
37%
35% 34%
33% 33% 33%
32% 32%32% 32%33%32%
31% 31% 31% 31%32%
29% 30%
30% 29% 29% 29%
Percentage Greek
28% 28% 28%
26% 26% 26% 26%
24%
25% 23%23%
21% 21%
20% 20%20%
19% 19% 19%19%
20% 19%
18%18%17% 18% 18%18%
17%17% 17%
17% 16%
16%15% 15%15%
14% 14%
15%
10%
5%
0%
S03
S04
S05
S06
S07
S08
S09
S10
S12
S13
S14
S15
S16
S17
S18
S92
S93
S94
S95
S96
S97
S98
S99
S00
S01
S02
S19
S20
S11
Spring Term Year
This chart is updated only with the Spring numbers as representative of full membership
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 42RPI Student Population Size and GPA Trends
Fall Enrollment
Data from Middle States Evaluation Report – 2006 and RPI Common Data Sets
1900
1800 1778
1691
1700 1663 1665
Incoming Class Enrollment
1600
1500
1411
1400 1379
1341 Average= 1348 13561337
1326 1331
1304
1300 12701288
1240
1186
1200 1154
1112
1100 1079
1049
1000
900
800
Academic Year
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 43RPI Student Population Size and GPA Trends
Greek Life Raw Numbers
Total Greek Membership Numbers
Impact of 75 from deferred rush (no
Fraternity Sorority freshman counted in Fall numbers)
and downturn from GLTF impacts
1300 400
Fraternities struggling:
1250 •Impact of FYE? 375
•Of Suspensions?
1200 •Of poor practices? 350
•Poor Reporting?
1150 325
Fraternity Membership
Sorority Membership
1100 300
1050 275
Sorority Average
1000 250
Fraternity Average
950 225
900 200
850 175
Impact of 3-400 from 5 suspensions and
800 poorer recruitment under GLTF (no 150
freshman counted in Fall numbers)
750 F19/S20 number include suspended 125
chapters or it would look worse
700 100
S94
S95
S98
S01
S04
S05
S08
S14
S18
S92
S93
S96
S97
S99
S00
S02
S03
S06
S07
S09
S10
S12
S13
S15
S16
S17
S19
S20
S11
Semester (S-Spring, F-Fall)
Y axis scaled so spans are 600 men, 300 women
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 44RPI Student Population Size and GPA Trends
Greek Life Raw Numbers
Total Greek Membership Numbers
Fraternity Sorority
1700 340
1600 320
1500 300
1400 280
1300 260
Fraternity Membership
Sorority Membership
1200 240
1100 Sorority Average 220
Fraternity Average
1000 200
900 180
800 160
700 140
600 120
500 100
400 80
300 60
200 40
100 20
0 0
S11
S93
S98
S00
S05
S07
S09
S12
S14
S16
S19
S92
S94
S95
S96
S97
S99
S01
S02
S03
S04
S06
S08
S10
S13
S15
S17
S18
S20
Semester (S-Spring, F-Fall)
Y axis scaled so maximum is proportioned to both populations ~5:1
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 45IFC Recruitment Trends
Academic Year IFC Rush Fall Semester IFC Rush
Bids Given Bids Accepted Bids Given Bids Accepted
800 600
700 500
600 400
500 300
400 200
300 100
200 0
2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Gaps in data reflect periods when was no Greek Dean Spring Semester IFC Rush
Slight trend to more deferred recruitment and joining in
Bids Given Bids Accepted
spring – 1/3 of new members
300
◦ Spring 2020 is first Deferred Rush
250
Past two years have seen a decrease in bid acceptance
200
rate, why?
150
◦ Coaches, ROTC, SO/NRB, parents, perceptions, stereotypes, access
to students, shortened rush schedule, visibility in RPI CLASS info, 100
evolved student interest, Greek Life Task Force?
50
Things were greatly impacted by GLTF starting Fall 2018
0
2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 46RPI Student Population Size and GPA Trends
All Women's Compared to Sorority GPA's
Delta
3.80 0.25
3.70 0.20
Amount Lower than All Women's
3.60 0.15
3.50 0.10
Sorority GPA
3.40 0.05
3.30 0.00
3.20 -0.05
3.10 -0.10
3.00 -0.15
2.90 -0.20
2.80 -0.25
S92
S93
S94
S95
S96
S97
S98
S99
S00
S01
S02
S03
S04
S05
S06
S07
S08
S09
S10
S11
S12
S13
S14
S15
S16
S17
S18
S19
S20
Semester
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 47RPI Student Population Size and GPA Trends
All Men's Compared to Fraternity GPA's
Delta
3.60 0.25
3.50 0.20
Amount Lower than All Men's
3.40 0.15
3.30 0.10
Fraternity GPA
3.20 0.05
3.10 0.00
3.00 -0.05
2.90 -0.10
2.80 -0.15
2.70 -0.20
2.60 -0.25
S92
S93
S94
S95
S96
S97
S98
S99
S00
S01
S02
S03
S04
S05
S06
S07
S08
S09
S10
S11
S12
S13
S14
S15
S16
S17
S18
S19
S20
Semester
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 48Resources for House Corporations
and Advisors for Post COVID Ops
Murphy & Holmes
◦ https://www.holmesmurphy.com/fraternal/
◦ https://www.holmesmurphy.com/covid-19-resource-center/
JR Favor
◦ http://fhsi.jrfco.com/
◦ http://jrfco.com/
MJ Sorority
◦ https://mjsorority.com/
◦ https://mailchi.mp/29faa1a0b9a2/ic6z8j85b6-1004137
NIC/ NPC
◦ https://nicfraternity.org/
◦ https://www.npcwomen.org/
CSL management
◦ https://www.cslmanagement.com/
◦ https://www.cslmanagement.com/beyond-covid-19
Pennington
◦ https://www.penningtonco.com/
◦ https://blog.penningtonco.com/tag/webinar-library
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 49Resources for House Corporations
and Advisors for Post COVID Ops
Fraternal Law
◦ https://fraternallaw.com/
◦ https://fraternallaw.com/news
◦ https://twitter.com/FraternalLaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile
%3ATheFHSI%7Ctwgr%5E393535353b687465&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Ffhsi.jrfco.com%2F
CDC guidances
◦ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-ihe-response.html
◦ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/reopen-guidance.html
Chronicles of Higher Ed who are tracking what colleges are doing
◦ https://www.chronicle.com/?cid=UCHETOPNAV
◦ https://www.chronicle.com/specialreport/Colleges-Mobilize-to-Combat/278?cid=FEATUREDNAV
◦ https://www.chronicle.com/paid-article/Defining-Campus-Management/364?CHEWPLANSCHB
Inside Higher Ed
◦ https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/05/11/coronavirus-live-updates-archive-may-4-may-10
Food Vendors (Sysco)
◦ https://sysco.com/Contact/Contact/Our-Locations/Atlanta
◦ https://sysco.com/COVID-19-.html
Nationals HQ resources
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 50New Title IX Regulations
Here are the most useful links Hannah Merrow found before the meeting:
U.S. Department of Education Title IX Final Rule Overview (3 pages):
◦ https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/titleix-overview.pdf
Summary of Major Provisions of the DOE's Title IX Final Rule (9 pages):
◦ https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/titleix-summary.pdf
The *unofficial* Final Rule (2033pages):
◦ https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/titleix-regs-unofficial.pdf
OCR Webinar: Title IX Regulations Addressing Sexual Harassment::
◦ https://youtu.be/TdfT5R8ibm4
No official rule is available yet because it has not been scheduled for CFR publication.
◦ To help narrow people's views of the regs, they can always CTRL-F and search "Frat" to get to the parts
of each document that pertain to our orgs.
◦ But the regulations and their agency-issued guidance should be read more completely to get the best
picture of applicability.
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 51Phired Up Recommendations Spring 2020
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 52Phired Up Marketing & Growth
Strategy Recommendations: Resources
Top 10 Things Your Chapter Should Do Now To Respond to COVID-19
◦ http://blog.phiredup.com/donowcovid/
1. Be aware of the severity of this situation
2. Reprioritize
3. Identify a purpose to rally around
4. Quickly build/improve growth infrastructure
5. Record and create content
6. Aim specific messages at parents
7. Fill your funnel
8. Actively (but not with SPAM) start digital recruitment now
9. Fill social media daily
10. Plan for multiple fall scenarios
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 53How to digital recruitment? It may be your only option
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 54Keep it Simple – move from stranger on
a funnel list to being a brother/sister
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 55Phired Up Marketing & Growth Strategy
Recommendations Report: Key Insights
Deferred Recruitment
◦ Obviously the shift to deferred recruitment last year created new challenges for the fraternity/sorority community.
◦ Our initial visit (in August, 2019) allowed us to witness and feel the significant fear, angst, and uncertainty related to this shift.
◦ The community did what it could do to adapt, but there is more culture change required as we move forward..
Foundational Recruitment Support
◦ The “recruitment culture” of RPI Fraternity/Sorority life when we started this partnership was stagnant and static.
◦ In general, organizations did most of their recruitment in very traditional, somewhat dated, and “wait for them to come to us” ways.
◦ Helping the community adapt Dynamic Recruitment principles is a primary driver of our work.
◦ Every single chapter should immediately become familiar with ChapterBuilder as their year-round recruitment technology.
◦ This will require a long-term commitment, consistency, and patience.
Staff Vacancies
◦ Without full-time, long-term staff members in place to directly advise and help manage the health, safety, and growth of the
fraternity/sorority community, there will continue to be challenges in implementing cultural improvement.
◦ The staff members that served the community in 2019 deserve a big trophy. They did excellent work in challenging circumstances.
◦ The 2020 year will bring even more challenging circumstances. Long-term staff is an important piece of the puzzle.
No Clear Narrative
◦ What is the story of RPI Fraternities and Sororities? Outside of “social” and “fun” and “brotherhood/sisterhood,” what is the
compelling narrative for the community.
◦ We intended to help build this in Fall 2019, but the community was at a much more basic level of readiness.
◦ It’s time to define that story.
◦ It’s time to make a clear value proposition for involvement in fraternity/sorority life.
◦ We hope you’ll like our recommendations in this report.
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 56Phired Up Marketing & Growth Strategy
Recommendations Report: Key Insights
Uncertainty Around Recruitment Rules
◦ The community would benefit greatly from a simplified, universally understood, and minimalized set of
“rules” around what they should/shouldn’t and can/can’t do with first-semester students related to
recruitment and marketing.We recommend (for instance).
To help first-semester RPI students thrive mentally, emotionally, and
academically, fraternity and sorority members will follow these
guidelines related to marketing and recruitment for their
organizations.
1. We will actively build healthy relationships with first-semester students.
2. We will invite first-semester students to service, philanthropy, academic success, Greek Life
informational, and personal development opportunities for their benefit (and to build
friendships).
3. We will not invite first-semester students to any events with alcohol.
4. We will not promise (or hint at promising) invitations to membership.
5. We will share information about our organizations with pride, and we will work hard to learn
about first-semester students while we build trust and connection with them.
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 57Phired Up Marketing & Growth Strategy
Recommendations: Cultivate Connection
Marketing Narrative Recommendation
◦ You are an RPI student. You are driven.You are exceptional. You are inventive. And you are almost certainly going to
change the world.
◦ We are here to help RPI students forge their future. RPI fraternities and sororities deliver on three clear promises:
1. We transform lives. There is no better personal and professional development opportunity on campus.
2. We advance the Rensselaer and Troy community. We are committed community servants and contributors.
3. We support each other. Brotherhood and sisterhood are far more than friendships. We are purpose-driven,
values-based, life-long companions.
◦ As an RPI student, we know you are seeking a well-rounded college experience that will not only prepare you for your
career, but give you lasting memories and fellowship during your college years. Our members’ futures are forged in the
warmth of sisterhood and brotherhood, sharpened by our belief in one another, and perfected in our hands-on
experience serving our community.
Marketing Tactics to Dreive Growth, Health, And Safety
◦ Marketing/Recruitment “Street Team”
◦ Inbound Marketing
◦ Cultivate Connection / Serve First Events
◦ Text-In Campaign
◦ Recruitment Scholarship
◦ Social Media Marketing
◦ Tactical Lunches & Coffees
◦ Parent Resources
10/17/2020 Fall 2020 AIGC Meeting 58Phired Up Marketing & Growth
Strategy Recommendations: Resources
Chapter Builder is available free and part of the Phired Up contract
IFC has a Council Dashboard Version
Like MS Teams kind of to manage relationship building/contacts for the top of the funnel and moving down to getting
to know better through ready to offer bid with higher likelihood that they’ll accept
Can push out communications and track responses and attendance of potential new members (PNMs)
Record interactions and get better qualification of the PNM – with real metrics not just “a chill guy”
Could make bid meetings go much easier as data driven
Drive rush better to visibly see who is doing what and who needs help to partner up
www.ChapterBuilder.com
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