Call for Programs Content

The fraternity/sorority experience continues to re-emerge from the challenges of the last few years.

As we look to curate our 2025 educational experience, we will give special consideration to the topics below to help address the critical issues and emerging opportunities of this moment.

We will continue to accept and consider proposals on all topics relevant to the fraternity/sorority experience.

Priority Topics for 2025

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Health + Safety
Health + Safety

Issues that impact the health and safety of members and guests are the most critical issues facing today's fraternity/sorority experience

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How People Join
How People Join

With the changing landscape and demographic shifts within higher education, it's critical that we evaluate the systems and structures by which people join fraternities & sororities.

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Prioritizing Mattering + Belonging
Prioritizing Mattering + Belonging

The fraternity/sorority experience should exist in a manner that prioritizes and reinforces a sense of mattering and belonging for its members.

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Fundamental Skill Development
Fundamental Skill Development

The past few years disrupted the normal operations and interactions of the fraternity & sorority experience. The transition between officers and leaders needs to improve.

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Levels of Accountability
Levels of Accountability

An accountability cycle exists within the fraternity/sorority experience with several levels. Each level requires additional clarity and resourcing for issues to be addressed as early in the cycle as possible.

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Student Success in College and Beyond
Student Success in College and Beyond

The fraternity/sorority experience should be a process where members clarify thinking and develop skills. There needs to be a stronger emphasis on identifying and supporting students' skill development into the professional world.

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Topics Relevant to the Fraternal Experience

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    Civic Engagement

    service • philanthropy • local and global impact • civic engagement

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    Communication + Branding

    brand development + management • organizational messaging • crisis communication • marketing + social media

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    Diversity + Inclusion

    advocacy, activism • equitable leadership, privilege • cultural competence, antiracism • LBGTQ issues

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    Health + Safety

    mental health, general wellness • risk reduction • high-risk behavior—sexual violence, substance abuse, hazing, etc.

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    Life After College

    grad school • career development, internships • workforce skill development • lifelong membership

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    Leadership + Resiliency

    decisiveness • motivates and inspires others • leads change • self-development, grit, etc.

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    Management + Operations

    time management • strategic planning • officer transition • legal issues • finance • general operations

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    Member Development

    academic development • personal development • (new) member education • comprehensive member experience

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    Organizational Growth

    intake/recruitment practices • interpersonal communications • member retention • relationship building

Programs Should Aim To:

Increase Students’

  • Confidence to take leadership-based action within their chapters, councils, and communities

  • Confidence to make positive changes in their chapters, councils, and communities

  • Willingness to hold themselves and their siblings/brothers/sisters accountable for high-risk behaviors

  • Willingness to develop themselves and their siblings/brothers/sisters to behave consistently with organizational values

  • Openness to diversity and a commitment to social justice within their communities

  • Confidence to positively impact the world

  • Positive attitudes related to interfraternalism and collaborative interfraternal work

Decrease Students’

  • Tolerance for high-risk and illegal behaviors (i.e. hazing, sexual violence, substance abuse)