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INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL
UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA
Fall 2015 Recruitment Guide
Table of Contents
Fall 2015 Recruitment Guide
Table of Contents
Executive Council…………………………………………………3
IFC Important Information…………………………….………………4
Fraternity Contacts………………………………………………….......5
Fraternities……………………………………………………………..6
IFC Social Media……………………………………………………...18
Why Should I Join? …………………………….………………….…19
Chapter Financial Breakdown……………….....………………..……..24
FAQ………………………………………………………………….25
Campus Map…………………………………………………………26
Welcome New UF Student,
Congratulations on your decision to attend the University of Florida and welcome to the
Gator Nation. As you explore involvement opportunities on campus, I strongly encourage
you to take the time to learn about the opportunity to join a national fraternity.
At UF, our chapters strive for excellence in all aspects of life and specifically promote the
pillars of scholarship, leadership, service, and community. The University of Florida
values the Greek community for its historical and continuing contributions to this
institution and Gainesville. For example, our Greek organizations raised $1,390,285.93 in
April for Children’s Miracle Network at UF Health, benefitting the entire North Central
Florida community.
A great way to learn more about the UF Greek community is to participate in formal
recruitment week and obtain membership in one of the 25 social male fraternities that
make up the Interfraternity Council.
Membership in an IFC fraternity will provide you with a support group of individuals
who share similar goals and values. You will learn valuable life lessons from the lore and
ritual of the general fraternity.
You will also gain access to a vast network of alumni who have been able to achieve
great levels of success after leaving the University. The relationships that you build
within a fraternity will truly be invaluable. Fraternity members report that fraternity
brothers become your study partners, roommates, confidants, and eventually your
groomsmen at your wedding. You do not want to miss out on the opportunity to learn
about joining a lifelong brotherhood.
Please review the pages of this recruitment guide to learn
more about Greek Life and the Interfraternity Council at the
University of Florida. I wish you the best in all of your future
endeavors.
Go Gators!
Kason Green President president@ufifc.org
Armani Abreu Executive Vice President vpe@ufifc.org
Jacob Duval Vice President of Operations vpo@ufifc.org
Will Moor Vice President of Membership vpm@ufifc.org
Ben Gajus Vice President of Finance vpf@ufifc.org
Zachary O’Neal Vice President of Admin Affairs vpaa@ufifc.org
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UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA
IFC Recruitment Information
Important Dates
Rush Week August 30th
• 5:15 PM: Fall Recruitment Orientation Session, Phillips Center
• 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM: Fall Recruitment Kickoff BBQ, Flavet Field
August 30th - September 4th
• 11am to 1pm, lunch at Chapters (times vary per chapter)
• 5:30pm to 6:30pm, dinner at Chapters (times vary per chapter)
• 8pm to 11pm, Nightly Recruitment Events hosted by individual chapters
Open Houses
Come see what the 24 different chapters of the Interfraternity Council have to offer you! Our
formal fall recruitment week will take place this year from Sunday, August 30th through
Friday, September 4th.
There will be a very important fall recruitment forum and informational session in the
Phillips Center at 5:15 PM on Sunday, August 30th. If you are considering coming out to
recruitment even in the slightest, it is important that you attend this recruitment forum.
At the recruitment forum, the IFC Executive Board will distribute important information to help
you through the upcoming recruitment week.
Following the forum in the evening will be the IFC Fall Recruitment Kickoff BBQ at 6:30 PM
on Flavet Field. Please make sure to attend this kickoff event, as all 24 chapters will be present
for you to meet.
All chapters will host a nightly event from 8pm to 11pm, with the majority of these events
being located at the chapter houses. Most houses will also be open for lunch between
11am and 1pm, as well as dinner between 5:30pm and 6:30pm.
All events are ”open house” style, meaning you can come and stop by any chapter at any point
throughout the duration of the event. Most prospective members will visit multiple chapters
each night throughout recruitment week. A chapter can decide to give a bid to a prospective
member at any time during formal recruitment week, which can then be accepted up through
the end of recruitment week by the prospective member.
We encourage prospective members to “rush” as many chapters as possible to see what our
IFC community has to offer. Remember to dress comfortably, but nicely, and bring an open
attitude. Come join us this fall to see what joining an IFC fraternity can do for you!
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Fraternity Contacts
Chapter Presidents
Alpha Epsilon Pi Mike Greenberg 914-523-2483 mike.greenberg95@gmail.com
Alpha Gamma Rho Seth Poppell 813-763-6042 spoppell35@ufl.edu
Alpha Tau Omega Smith Meyers 813-943-2235 smith.meyers56@gmail.com
Beta Theta Pi Scott Strauss 407-455-1575 sstrauss22@gmail.com
Chi Phi David McDonald 786-205-0942 dcmcd94@bellsouth.net
Delta Chi Joel Rivera 352-653-5081 joelrivera41@ufl.edu
Delta Tau Delta Sean Bowles 904-686-5998 president.deltataudeltadz@gmail.com
Delta Upsilon Bobby Celander 850-228-5676 bobby.celander@gmail.com
Kappa Alpha Order Cris Dosev 847-702-5831 crisdosev@yahoo.com
Kappa Sigma Aaron Froug 941-713-6240 afroug@ufl.edu
Lambda Chi Alpha Christopher Tito 410-829-4473 ctito@ufl.edu
Phi Delta Theta Bruno Lulinski 786-210-4694 blulinski17@gmail.com
Phi Gamma Delta Evan Lambert 813-846-0076 lamberte149@gmail.com
Phi Kappa Tau Drew Winant 386-956-3163 president@ufphitau.com
Phi Sigma Kappa Josh Fries (386)235-1923 jbfries@ufl.edu
Pi Kappa Alpha Brandon Cornellier 239-851-5546 bcornellier@ufl.edu
Pi Kappa Phi Brandon Newell 904-502-5447 uf.pikapp.archon@gmail.com
Pi Lambda Phi Juan Lopez 813-476-8995 jlopez1395@ufl.edu
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Tommy Hart 813-857-1172 ufsaepres@gmail.com
Sigma Chi James Baker 407-451-3278 jamesdbaker.sigmachi@gmail.com
Sigma Nu Noah Baker (863) 430-5233 dbake94@ufl.edu
Tau Epsilon Phi Bernard Cohen 786-382-1939 president@tepuf.com
Tau Kappa Epsilon Matthew Epstein (561) 420-9959 mattepstein959@gmail.com
Theta Chi Griffin Rapp (561) 889-6393 gjrapp@gmail.com
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Fraternities
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Alpha Epsilon Pi
Chapter Name
Phi Gamma National
Website
www.aepi.org
Chapter website
www.ufaepi.com
Year Founded Nationally
1913
Year Founded at UF
1951
Alpha Gamma Rho
Chapter Name
Alpha Gamma
Website
www.alphagammarho.org
Chapter website
www.agruf.org
Year Founded Nationally
1908
Year Founded at UF
1924
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Alpha Tau Omega
Chapter Name
Alpha Omega
Website
www.ato.org
Chapter website
www.ufato.com
Year Founded Nationally
1865
Year Founded at UF
1884
Beta Theta Pi
Chapter Name
Gamma Xi
Website
www.betathetapi.org
Chapter website
www.ufbeta.org
Year Founded Nationally
1839
Year Founded at UF
1930
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Chi Phi
Chapter Name
Theta Delta
Website
www.chiphi.org
Chapter website
www.ufchiphi.org
Year Founded Nationally
1824
Year Founded at UF
1935
Delta Chi
Chapter Name
Florida Chapter
Website
www.deltachi.org
Chapter website
www.ufdeltachi.org
Year Founded Nationally
1890
Year Founded at UF
1926
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Delta Tau Delta
Chapter Name
Delta Zeta
Website
www.delts.org
Chapter website
www.dtduf.com
Year Founded Nationally
1858
Year Founded at UF
1925
Delta Upsilon
Chapter Name
Delta Upsilon
Website
www.deltau.org
Chapter website
www.duflorida.com
Year Founded Nationally
1834
Year Founded at UF
1957
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Kappa Alpha Order
Chapter Name
Beta Zeta
Website
www.kappaalphaorder.org
Chapter website
www.ufka.org
Year Founded Nationally
1865
Year Founded at UF
1904
Kappa Sigma
Chapter Name
Delta-Delta
Website
www.kappasigma.org
Chapter website
www.kappasigmauf.com
Year Founded Nationally
1869
Year Founded at UF
1922
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Lambda Chi Alpha
Chapter Name
Epsilon-Mu Zeta
Website
www.lambdachi.org
Chapter website
www.floridalxa.com
Year Founded Nationally
1909
Year Founded at UF
1933
Phi Delta Theta
Chapter Name
Florida Alpha
Website
www.phideltatheta.org
Chapter website
www.phideltathetauf.org
Year Founded Nationally
1848
Year Founded at UF
1925
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Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji)
Chapter Name
Upsilon Phi
Website
www.phigam.org
Chapter website
www.ufphigam.com
Year Founded Nationally
1848
Year Founded at UF
1941
Phi Kappa Tau
Chapter Name
Phi Kappa Tau
Website
www.phikappatau.org
Chapter website
http://ufl.phikappatau.org
Year Founded Nationally
1906
Year Founded at UF
1926
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Phi Sigma Kappa
Chapter Name
Delta Tetarton
Website
www.phisigmakappa.org
Chapter website
www.ufphisig.com
Year Founded Nationally
1873
Year Founded at UF
1951, 2014
Pi Kappa Alpha
Chapter Name
Alpha Eta
Website
www.pikes.org
Chapter website
www.ufpikes.com
Year Founded Nationally
1868
Year Founded at UF
1904
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Pi Kappa Phi
Chapter Name
Alpha Epsilon
Website
www.pikapp.org
Chapter website
www.ufaepi.com
Year Founded Nationally
1904
Year Founded at UF
1924
Pi Lambda Phi
Chapter Name
Florida Delta
Website
www.pilambdaphi.org
Chapter website
www.pilambdaphiuf.com
Year Founded Nationally
1895
Year Founded at UF
1925
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Chapter Name
Florida Upsilon
Website
www.sae.net
Chapter website
www.ufsae.org
Year Founded Nationally
1856
Year Founded at UF
1884
Sigma Chi
Chapter Name
Gamma Theta
Website
www.sigmachi.org
Chapter website
ufsigmachi.blogspot.com
Year Founded Nationally
1855
Year Founded at UF
1924
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Sigma Nu
Chapter Name
Epsilon Zeta
Website
www.sigmanu.org
Chapter website
www.ufsigmanu.com
Year Founded Nationally
1869
Year Founded at UF
1920, 2005
Tau Epsilon Phi
Chapter Name
Tau Alpha
Website
www.tep.org
Chapter website
www.tep.com
Year Founded Nationally
1910
Year Founded at UF
1925
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Tau Kappa Epsilon
Chapter Name
Gamma Theta
Website
www.tke.org
Chapter website
www.gatortke.com
Year Founded Nationally
1899
Year Founded at UF
1950
Theta Chi
Chapter Name
Tau
Website
www.thetachi.org
Chapter website
www.ufthetachi.org
Year Founded Nationally
1856
Year Founded at UF
1916
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Stay Connected
www.facebook.com/UFIFC
www.twitter.com/UF_IFC
Visit our website at: www.ufifc.org
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Academics
Every fraternity at the University of Florida works
to help their new and current members learn and
develop through higher education. Fraternities
promote academic excellence through peer
tutoring, group study sessions, resource
information, learning incentives, and scholarship
opportunities. Most chapters work to provide
new members with upper-classmen study
partners, who are interested in the same field. Excelling
academically is a first priority for all fraternity members
and the all-Greek grade point average regularly Spring 2015 Academic Report
surpasses the overall UF average.
Rank Chapter GPA
The Interfraternity Council has partnered with Study 1 ΑΕΠ 3.466
Edge (an off-campus tutoring service), and Kaplan Test 2 ΤΕΦ 3.454
Preparations to provide academic assistance. Many 3 ΑΤΩ 3.411
individual chapters also offer scholarships to brothers 4 ΘΧ 3.352
and new members that excel in the classroom. Joining 5 ΣΑΕ 3.329
an IFC chapter will provide resources that will help
you succeed academically at the University of Florida.
Involvement & Leadership
As an incoming freshman, your individual leadership
and involvement experiences in high school likely
played a key role in your arrival at UF. As you begin
your journey as a Gator, you will find that there is a
whole new world of campus organizations to gain
more valuable leadership experience. Outside of our
own chapters, IFC men find themselves in prominent Blue Key Presidents, Homecoming General
leadership roles all across the University of Florida Chairmen, ACCENT Chairmen, and members
campus. of Dance Marathon Overall teams have been
IFC men.
Throughout the United States, many student
leaders on campuses are members of Greek-letter The experiences and opportunities to grow
organizations. The University of Florida is no exception and evolve as a dynamic leader of your peers
to this precedent. Prominent and prestigious campus will be made widely available to you by
organizations such as Student Government, Student joining an IFC fraternity. These involvement
Senate, SGP, ACCENT, Gator Growl, Homecoming, opportunities will not only provide you a
Florida Cicerones, Dance Marathon, and Florida Blue tangible skill for your professional career, but
Key are all made up of Greek members, and more will set you apart as a leader and contributing
specifically, IFC men. Additionally, various Florida member of society for the rest of your life.
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Philanthropy
Another way that IFC men help give back to the community
and charitable organizations is through the organization
of and participation in philanthropic events. Every IFC
chapter at the University of Florida organizes at least one
philanthropy annually, with some having one each semester.
From cheerleading competitions, to a Miss Greek pageant,
to an Earthball tournament, IFC fraternities get creative in
finding fun and exciting ways to raise funds for their charity
of choice. Chapters from the other councils, especially the
Panhellenic Council, participate in IFC philanthropies, and
vice versa.
In 2010, the Interfraternity Council held the first ever
”Chicken Wing Charity Thing” for the Children’s Miracle Network at Shands Hospital. This March, the fifth
annual Greek-wide event was held seeing a turnout of over 1,100 people and raising over $7,000.
Another large philanthropy with considerable Greek involvement is Dance Marathon at UF. Dance Marathon
features students who stand and dance for 26.2 hours in support of children at UF Health Hospital on
campus and is the largest student-run philanthropy in the Southeastern United States. This year alone, DM
at UF raised over $1,390,285.93 for the Childrens Miracle Network at UF Health.
Service
Despite the inaccurate stereotypes of fraternity men
portrayed by the media and in movies, IFC men are in reality
well rounded individuals whose focus reaches far beyond
that of social excellence. It is a little known fact that Greek
men and women form the largest network of volunteers in
the country. Furthermore, Greeks volunteer approximately
60,000 hours of community service annually.
At the University of Florida, the Interfraternity Council
takes pride in giving back to the Gainesville community and
surrounding areas.
Every chapter completes a minimum of two service projects each semester, yet many fraternities go above and
beyond the minimum call. Some exceptional service projects with heavy IFC involvement range from our IFC
and PC clothing drive to the Chicken Wing Charity Thing fundraising event.
Project Makeover is a service project with hundreds of volunteers centered on fixing up the facilities of
local schools, while the Great American Cleanup is part of the ‘Keep Alachua County Beautiful’ program.
Both projects feature heavy involvement from IFC fraternities. Other fraternities have developed mentoring
programs for students at local elementary, middle, and high schools.
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Brotherhood
At a school as large as the University of Florida, it is
sometimes easy to feel like you are just “a number”
among the student body of over 50,000. One of the key
advantages to joining an IFC fraternity at UF is that
doing so will make you a part of a smaller community on
campus. The Interfraternity Council prides itself on the
close-knit friendships that we share as both a council and
among our individual chapters as well.
Intramural Sports
Members of the Greek community represent some of the
best athletes that University of Florida intramurals have
to offer. As such, the fraternity leagues are some of the
most competitive leagues at UF. Divided into two leagues,
Orange and Blue, UF fraternities have developed a healthy
sense of competition and consistently have the most highly
attended intramural games on campus. This provides a
great stage for incoming students to continue their athletic
careers in college while experiencing a similar atmosphere
as high school sports. The culmination of IFC intramurals at the end
of the calendar year is the President’s Cup.
Intramurals take place at the best facilities that UF has to Awarded to the overall winner of the Orange
offer. Fall sports include flag football, volley ball, track, and Blue Leagues, the President’s Cup winners
bowling and tennis. Spring sports include basketball, represent the best athletic fraternities on campus.
softball, soccer, swim, golf and racquetball. Overall The friendly competition created by fraternity
winners for each sport in both leagues are given the intramurals adds to the allure and prestige of the
opportunity to compete against the best Men’s award, making athletics a part of the very fabric
Competitive teams in the all-campus championships. The of Greek life at UF.
championship game of flag football is, in fact, played in the
Swamp, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
2015 President’s Cup Champions
Orange League – Alpha Tau Omega
Blue League – Pi Kappa Alpha
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Social
The social life of an IFC man at the University of Florida is
unrivaled by the average student. The effective time management
skills that you will inevitably learn by joining a fraternity allow you
to properly balance all of your affairs while still maintaining an
excellent social life.
Fraternities partake in a plethora of social events throughout a
given semester. Some of the most notable events are downtown
socials, grab-a-dates, crush parties, away functions, formals, and
woodsers. But the pinnacle of all social events is football season in the Southeast. No college does football game days like
the schools of the Southeastern Conference. Thousands of Gator Alumni pile into Gainesville every Saturday of the fall
semester to cheer on the Gators in the Swamp.
Your group of fraternity brothers will become some of the best friends you will have throughout your time on UF’s
campus. Joining a fraternity simply signifies your desire to interact with like-minded individuals that similarly identify
with the morals and values of the chapter you choose to join. Through new member class retreats, team building projects,
and brotherhood events you will build bonds with your fraternity that will last a lifetime. Fraternity brotherhood outings
range from larger events like paintball or camping and fishing trips, to something as simple as catching a UF Baseball
game at McKethan Stadium. Your fraternity and brothers will truly become your home away from home during college.
Joining an IFC fraternity will give you a great social experience at the University of Florida, while teaching you great
communication skills and what it means to be a true gentleman.
Alumni Networking
Now that you have made the decision to be a Gator for your
undergraduate college experience, one of your focuses throughout
this time will undoubtedly be to earn your undergraduate
degree and look towards a career in the professional world. Since
you’ve already seen that IFC men strive to maintain a high grade
point average, it should be no surprise that IFC men have also
experienced unparalleled success in the professional world after
college.
While some of this success can be accredited to outstanding academics, what really separates an IFC man from the
average student is his ability to network. As mentioned before, joining the Interfraternity Council will expose you to a
community of the future leaders in the professional world. Moreover, every IFC chapter at the University of Florida has
a grid of highly involved and influential alumni who can help you create contacts with employers.
Whether your future career of choice is engineering, business, or politics, chances are you will run into former Greek
members in upper management at some point. It’s no secret that Greeks like to hire fellow Greeks. As many will tell
you, it is often just as much about who you know, as it is what is on your resume, when trying to land that interview or
job. Joining an IFC chapter will give you access to networking resources that other students simply cannot replicate.
University of Florida | 22Financial Breakdown
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Chapter Social Meal Plan Initiation Fee Total
One Time Only
Alpha Epsilon Phi 1315 500 390 2205
Alpha Gamma Rho 1034 541 200 1775
Alpha Tau Omega 700 1500 200 2400
Beta Theta Pi 845 980 225 2050
Chi Phi 1100 680 240 2020
Delta Chi 1375 750 200 2325
Delta Tau Delta 877 810 300 1987
Delta Upsilon 950 450 365 1765
Kappa Alpha Order 980 980 430 2390
Kappa Sigma 1100 700 200 2000
Lambda Chi Alpha 1500 830 75 2405
Phi Delta Theta 1256 992 250 2498
Phi Gamma Delta 1000 800 200 2000
Phi Kappa Tau 862 1100 240 2202
Phi Sigma Kappa 810 N/A 290 1100
Pi Kappa Alpha 925 890 280 2095
Pi Kappa Phi 1135 975 250 2360
Pi Lambda Phi 1350 500 175 2025
Sigma Alpha
1322 865 225 2412
Epsilon
Sigma Chi 1300 1000 200 2500
Sigma Nu 700 1000 310 2010
Tau Epsilon Phi 1500 500 250 2250
Tau Kappa Epsilon 900 N/A 300 1200
Theta Chi 1860 750 250 2860
University of Florida | 24FAQ
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I’m concerned about my grades; what Does it cost a lot of money to be in a
impact would fraternity membership have? fraternity?
Students often find managing their time difficult Each fraternity is self-supported through dues
when moving from a highly structured high charged to all members. In the first year of
school environment to the freedoms of college. membership, a few one-time expenses are assessed.
Fraternities assist in that transition by offering
scholarship programs which may include study After those initial payments are made, a new
partners, mandatory study hours, and time member’s expense will be his regular dues. Please
management workshops. You also have access to ask the individual chapters about their financial
the network of fraternity members who already obligations.
know how to effectively use campus resources
such as the libraries, study centers, computer labs,
and academic advisors.
What about pledging or hazing? Being in a fraternity sounds like it takes a
lot of time.
New fraternity members all experience a period
of new member education, sometimes called Participating in any worthwhile activity always
pledging. During this time prospective new requires an investment of one’s time. Research
members will participate in weekly meetings has shown that involved college students are
to learn about the university and fraternity, more likely to graduate and they report greater
leadership retreats, community service projects, satisfaction with their college experience. Through
and activities designed to build friendships among fraternity involvement you will learn to balance
new members and the active fraternity members. academics, work, campus involvement, and social
commitments.
The University of Florida Interfraternity Council
For other questions or for more information,
has a zero tolerance policy with hazing and is
committed to a membership education period please visit our website at www.ufifc.org or
which instills a sense of responsibility and contact:
commitment in the new members.
Jack Causseaux
The Office of Sorority and Fraternity Affairs Associate Director of Sorority & Fraternity Affairs
puts on extensive anti-hazing programming and JackC@studentinvolvement.ufl.edu
education for the Interfraternity Council.
Will Moor
vpm@ufifc.org
Vice President of Membership
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