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Christiana Willocks Live Story for The Perch February 20, 2014 MW II, T/Th 8-9:50 EXPANSION OF GREEK LIFE I’M CHRISTIANA WILLOCKS WITH THE PERCH UTC CAN EXPECT EXPANSION OF GREEK LIFE WITH A NEW FRATERNITY COLONIZING ON CAMPUS IN SPRING 2015. DUE TO THE GROWING AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN GREEK LIFE, UTC HOSTED FOUR FRATERNITIES AND ALLOWED OFFICIALS AND SORORITY SISTERS AND FRATERNITY BROTHERS TO CHOOSE WHAT ORGANIZATION WILL JOIN THE GREEK COMMUNITY. FRATERNITIES WERE JUDGED ON HANDFULS OF CATEGORIES AND WILL BE VOTED ON LATER IN THE SPRING SEMESTER. DELTA SIGMA PHI (DELTA SIG), PHI GAMMA DELTA (FIJI), SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON (SAE) AND SIGMA NU PRESENTED AND ARE BEING CONSIDERED. UTC CURRENTLY OFFERS 19 FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES THAT MAKE UP THREE GREEK COUNCILS WITH OVER 1,100 ACTIVE STUDENT MEMBERS.

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Christiana WillocksLive Story for The PerchFebruary 20, 2014MW II, T/Th 8-9:50

EXPANSION OF GREEK LIFE

I’M CHRISTIANA WILLOCKS WITH THE PERCH

UTC CAN EXPECT EXPANSION OF GREEK LIFE WITH A NEW

FRATERNITY COLONIZING ON CAMPUS IN SPRING 2015.

DUE TO THE GROWING AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN GREEK LIFE, UTC

HOSTED FOUR FRATERNITIES AND ALLOWED OFFICIALS AND SORORITY

SISTERS AND FRATERNITY BROTHERS TO CHOOSE WHAT ORGANIZATION

WILL JOIN THE GREEK COMMUNITY.

FRATERNITIES WERE JUDGED ON HANDFULS OF CATEGORIES AND

WILL BE VOTED ON LATER IN THE SPRING SEMESTER.

DELTA SIGMA PHI (DELTA SIG), PHI GAMMA DELTA (FIJI), SIGMA

ALPHA EPSILON (SAE) AND SIGMA NU PRESENTED AND ARE BEING

CONSIDERED.

UTC CURRENTLY OFFERS 19 FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES THAT

MAKE UP THREE GREEK COUNCILS WITH OVER 1,100 ACTIVE STUDENT

MEMBERS.

22-YEAR-OLD MADDY SCHROEDER, A COLLEGIATE LEADERSHIP

CONSULTANT FOR UTC’S CURRENT NEWEST GREEK CHAPTER, GAMMA PHI

BETA, ELABORATES.

“I THINK THAT EXPANSION OF GREEK LIFE WOULD BE VERY HEALTHY FOR UTC BECAUSE GREEK LIFE IS GROWING HERE AT THE

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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE –CHATTANOOGA. IT’S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET INVOLVED AND FIND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT SISTERHOOD AND BROTHERHOOD, AND I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW WE’RE JUST GROWING AT SUCH A RAPID RATE AND THEYERE’S SUCH AN INTEREST THAT THERE’S A STRONG NEED AND DESIRE FOR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO COME ALONG.”

SHARED VALUES OF FRAERNITY AND SORORITY LIFE INCLUDE;

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, SISTERHOOD AND

BROTHERHOOD, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY.

“GREEKS” AND “NON-GREEKS” ALIKE, SUCH AS SOPHOMORE

GAMMA PHI BETA, HALEIGH ROBERSON, BOTH AGREE THAT GROWING

FRATERNITY AND SORORITY LIFE IS BENEFICIAL TO CAMPUS.

“I THINK IT’S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS, AND IT OPENS NEW DOORS FOR PEOPLE ON CAMPUS.”

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GREEK LIFE AT UTC, VISIT THE

DEAN OF STUDENTS OFFICE ON CAMPUS OR CONTACT BY PHONE AT (423)

425-2321 OR BY E-MAIL AT [email protected].

 REFERENCES:https://www.utc.edu/dean-students/fsl/Justin Pohl, UTC Dean of Students OfficeDelta Sigma Phi & Sigma Alpha Epsilon Presentations