Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Leadership
Opportunities for Involvement
Partnership with the Office of Community Engagement and Service
The Office of Community Engagement and Service is committed to making both community service and service-learning focal points of the undergraduate experience. We endeavor to develop and provide resources to assist students, faculty and staff who wish to engage in community service and service-learning projects. The site is designed to provide you with information, ideas, and resources to help you pursue your interests in these areas.
The Adopt-A-School Program
The implementation of Miami's "Adopt-A-School" Program continues to profoundly impact the oxford community. The program was initiated in the Fall of 1989, but the Fraternity/Sorority Community to aid the Talawanda School District in their efforts to maintain excellent educational programs for the community's young people. Students serve as tutors in the classroom and become role models for the students with whom they work closely with.
Foundations
Since its debut in 1996 over 300 students have met weekly to explore leadership and engage in complex discussions about critical issues impacting society in Foundations. Foundations is an eight-week emerging leader program designed for sophomores and juniors in the Fraternity/Sorority Community. The series utilizes highly interactive workshops that cover a variety of leadership areas that explore values and ethics as they affect student leadership on campus.
Greek Endeavor
ENDEAVOR serves as an exhilarating all-Greek Alternative Spring Break trip that will occur March 15-22, 2008 on the Apalachicola River and Little St. George Island in Florida. Participants will share a weeklong outdoor and service experience focused on integrating the Greek Community's Five Core Principles: Scholarship & Learning, Service and Philanthropy, Community, Leadership and Brotherhood & Sisterhood.
In collaboration with the Office of Community Engagement and Service and the Outdoor Pursuit Center, facilitators will guide participants in sea kayaking, hiking, hands-on service, and group and individual leadership reflection activities to help process the experience in this picturesque setting. Throughout the week, participants will gain in their understanding of how to engage in one's greater Greek, local, and world community, and learn what it means to be advocates of social change and lead with integrity in our global environment.
Greek Week
Imagine hurling your body into a humongous vat of jello in an attempt to rescue a tiny golf ball. Or, envision yourself sitting in a muddy pit, pulling on a rope with all your might, determined to capture the flag before your opponent succeeds. Yes that's right, Greek Week is crazy and FUN! Greek Week is a week set aside for fraternity and sorority members to come together to compete in real athletic competition, serve the Miami and Oxford communities and most importantly, have fun while doing it.
Order of Omega
The Gamma Psi chapter of The Order of Omega is a leadership honor society whose members demonstrate exceptional achievement in scholarship, leadership, and service to both the Greek and University communities. The Order of Omega's primary purpose is to recognize upper-class fraternity and sorority students who have attained a high standard of leadership in inter-Fraternity/Sorority activities, to encourage them to continue along this line, and to inspire others to strive for similar conspicuous attainment.
The Gamma Psi chapter is governed by a five-member executive board that coordinates ongoing educational, social, and service activities for the membership. Membership recruitment occurs in the fall semester. The qualifications for membership are exemplary character, scholarship and intelligence, and service and leadership in the inter-Greek affairs of the institution. Minimum criteria for consideration for membership includes the following: Junior or senior class standing (minimum 64 hours earned), G.P.A. higher than the all-Greek average, one full academic year of residence at Miami, individual must be in good standing with his/her respective fraternal organization.
Gamma Sigma Alpha
Gamma Sigma Alpha is a national honorary organization for fraternity and sorority members who have demonstrated high academic achievement. Founded in 1989 at the University of Southern California, it has grown to over 150 chapters nationwide. The Eta Theta chapter at Miami was founded in 2005. Members must be of junior or senior status and are selected each semester based on achieving a 3.50 cumulative GPA or by achieving a 3.50 GPA anytime during the junior or senior year. The one-time membership fee is $50. Many chapters cover this fee for their members as a part of their academic incentives package for members who perform well academically. The maximum amount of Greeks elected to receive this honor is only 3% of the total membership. Inducted members will receive a pin, certificate, and graduation honor cords at a induction ceremony. The induction ceremony will welcome you as a new member of this prestigious organization, as well as introduce you to current members.