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Greek Organization Requirements

Under the Greek Life Task Force Report, as adopted by the university president, fraternities and sororities must comply with the following as well as with the Student Organization Policy.

  1. All members must be enrolled in at least 12 units at CSU, Chico.
  2. All chapter houses and chapter events shall be alcohol and drug free; unless events are hosted at a third party vendor who is a licensed by the state to serve alcohol.
  3. Alcohol is not allowed before, during and after recruitment events.
  4. Organizations must complete a pre-event planning form (PDF) and submit it to Student Activities Office 48 hours prior to any event that has more than 40 people attending and/or where alcohol will be served.
  5. All chapters must have a faculty advisor, a chapter advisor, and an active alumni board.
  6. All chapters must submit a recruitment plan that reflects the national standard of values-based recruiting.
  7. All chapters must belong to a university-sanctioned council.
  8. Chapter members must sign an academic release form allowing the university to compile their academic record and submit it to the chapter advisor.
  9. Chapters must have their new members attend the new member education workshops available throughout each semester.
  10. Recruitment Policy:
    • Obtain university recognition (see above)
    • Only recruit new members who are full-time (at least 12 units) CSU, Chico students
    • Only recruit seniors, juniors, sophomores, and second-semester freshmen.
    • Begin recruitment after 3rd week of classes
    • Complete new member programs within 8 weeks (vs. up to thirteen weeks in the past)
    • Initiate new members by the end of the 12th week of the semester. Extensions may be approved by the VPSA for extraordinary purposes.
    • Require new members to complete an application including: Name, Student ID, Signature authorizing university to release their academic standing, and GPA to the Greek chapter for scholarship evaluation purposes.
    • In order to recruit first-time first-semester freshmen, social Greek letter organizations must ALSO:
      • Have a chapter GPA that is .20 above the all-university GPA for the previous semester (beginning Fall 2006)
      • Recruit only first-time, first-semester freshmen that have a high school GPA that is .20 higher than the average high school grades of the incoming freshmen class 10. One week prior to initiation, chapters must require first-time, first-semester freshmen who are new members to complete a progress report. This report must be signed by all the new members' professors and must indicate satisfactory progress in all classes in order for the new member to be initiated.

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