Washington & Jefferson College is home to eight Fraternity & Sorority Life organizations. The four fraternities that are recognized on campus are Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Tau Delta, and Phi Kappa Psi. The four NPC sororities recognized at W&J are Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Pi Beta Phi. All of our organizations reside on campus in the College-owned Chestnut Street housing.
Fraternity & Sorority Life at W&J is based on four standards that fraternities and sororities everywhere strive to achieve:
- Academic Excellence
- Leadership
- Service to the Community
- Friendship for Life
The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life serves as a liaison among the fraternity and sorority chapters on campus, the College faculty and staff, parents, alumni, and the inter/national organizations. We provide educational programming, resources, leadership opportunities, and service events to attain universal growth for our Fraternity & Sorority Life community. We support the Fraternity & Sorority Life organizations by serving as advocates for the students, advising the chapter leaders, and also challenging them to live their life by their fraternal values and ideals.
Fraternity Recruitment
Anyone interested in participating in Fraternity Recruitment must register here!
Students are eligible to join a fraternity after completing one semester at W&J and earning a GPA that meets the requirement of the chapter they wish to join (GPA requirements vary for each chapter, but no student may join a fraternity if his cumulative GPA is below a 2.50).
- Alpha Tau Omega must have a 2.66 or higher cumulative GPA to join
- Beta Theta Pi must have a 2.50 or higher cumulative GPA to join
- Delta Tau Delta must have a 2.50 or higher cumulative GPA to join
- Phi Kappa Psi must have 2.50 or higher cumulative GPA to join
Spring '22 recruitment will take place from February 13, 2022 - February 17, 2022. Recruitment registration must be completed by February 10, 2022.
There is no fee for fraternity recruitment
Anyone interested in participating in Fraternity Recruitment must register here!
- Anyone not registered may not participate in Fraternity Recruitment Process
- Once you have registered you will receive a welcome email from the Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life. Included in that email will be a list of recruitment events held by each chapter.
- You are highly encouraged to attend "Get to Know IFC", where all Fraternities will share more information about their chapters.
- You are welcome to attend as many events as you would like to get to know the chapter and members. There is no limit as to how many chapters you may visit during recruitment week.
- Members will extend bids to the men they are interested in having become members.
- After you receiver an invitation to join and accept, you will complete new member paper with the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
Sorority Recruitment
All women interested in going through the recruitment process must register here!
Students are eligible to join a sorority after completing one semester at W&J and earning a GPA that meets the requirement of the chapter they wish to join (GPA requirements vary for each chapter, but no student may join a sorority if her cumulative GPA is below a 2.50).
- Delta Gamma: Must have a 2.50 or higher cumulative GPA to join
- Kappa Alpha Theta: Must have a 2.80 or higher cumulative GPA to join
- Kappa Kappa Gamma: Must have a 2.70 or higher cumulative GPA to join
- Pi Beta Phi: Must have a 2.70 or higher cumulative GPA to join
Spring ’22 recruitment will take place February 15, 2022 – February 19, 2022. Recruitment registration must be completed by February 11, 2022.
There is a $25 fee which includes a long-sleeved t-shirt and registration fee for the online recruitment software.
All women interested in going through the recruitment process must register here!
- Anyone not registered may not participate in the Sorority Recruitment Process
- Once you have registered, you will receive a welcome email from your recruitment counselor. Included in that email will be detailed information about the Formal Recruitment process.
- The first night of recruitment is an informational session. During this session, you will learn about Sorority Life and the 4 chapters we have at W&J.
- Night two is an open house. You will visit all 4 chapters and learn about their philanthropy. At the end of the evening, you will create your preferred life and rank, in order, the chapters you wish to visit again.
- Night three is sisterhood night. You may be invited back up to three houses. This evening the chapter will talk to you about their sisterhood and what makes their chapter unique. Like night two you will return and create your preference list of chapters you visited that evening.
- Night four is preference night and you may be invited back up to two houses. This evening chapters will show potential new members the serious side of the chapter with a ceremony. At the end of the evening, you will complete your Membership Binding Agreement Form. This form is a binding contract. On the form you will list the chapters you are willing to accept a bid to. Please note you will only be able to list chapters whose previous events you attended that evening.
- Big Matching will take place that evening with the Coordinator of Fraternity & Sorority Life and a member of the National Panhellenic Council.
- You will be called if you do not match with a chapter.
- Please note that if you receive an invitation to join a chapter you will only receive one.
- On Bid Day you will arrive at the Old Main Chapel and receive your bid. You will need to accept and once you do you will complete new member paperwork with the Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life.
- If you choose not to accept your bid from the chapter that has offered one to you, you may not join another sorority until the following spring semester.
For more information regarding the recruitment, please contact us at FSL@washjeff.edu.
Parents
As a parent, it's a good idea for you to learn about fraternities and sororities so you can help your son or daughter make the best decision about whether or not he or she should be part of Fraternity & Sorority Life. The Greek Life 101 guide is a resource to answer many of the questions that parents have. View the guide here.
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