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Originally Posted by clemsongirl
Operating on the assumption that this is Cleveland State, because I had the same thought as the above commenters when I read the description of the school, I've got some unorganized tidbits I think could be useful.
-I think promoting the idea of fraternities and sororities as a way to find a sense of "place" on campus, especially a commuter campus where students don't all live together, would be a good way to promote the orgs. If they have a designated floor space or an office in the student union where every member can go hang out between classes, sell that.
-The CSU FSL website doesn't have links to the chapters' social media or websites directly. I think it would be equally helpful, if not more so, to link to those than the national organizations' websites. I like the Panhellenic website and if there's any sort of equivalent for IFC or NPHC it would be helpful to put those there too.
-Specifically with IFC, there's no link on the FSL website that I can find that tells you how to sign up for fraternity recruitment, nor is there any contact information for executive board. That should be front and center on the recruitment page so interested men have someone to reach out to.
-Emphasizing actual time commitment: yes, there are some events in Greek life that are mandatory without a very good reason, but I think commuter students can be wary of joining something they think will take up all their free time or have them going to and from campus multiple times a day. If information is presented that explains what new members and current members are involved in both inside and outside their chapters, that will help give prospective students an accurate sense of whether they could see themselves joining.
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Thank you so much! These are great ideas!
Publicity is the first place my mind went (I run my chapters Instagram page), so I did look at websites and social media pages. Some of the website was updated, some was not. The NPC page had mostly new information, but some stuff was dated. I perused the Instagram pages of the NPC chapters and the pages are all relatively new, so whoever has updated the website, hasn’t put those on the on there. I think they just posted recruitment info and left it at that. I noticed the missing IFC info as well! The university does have OrgSync, so it may be on there (I plan on looking), but it should be on the website as well.
The NPHC is different with citywide chapters. A chapter could bring in a line of 11 (as one did) and not one person on the line is attending CSU. Therefore, they may not “exist” as a chapter numbers at CSU, because they lack the minimum amounts to be a registered org, but students at CSU would be eligible for any lines in the future. Meaning updating websites and all of that could get complicated. A chapter could be official in the spring, graduate two and not “exist” (as far as the university is concerned) until the next intake. It’s about consistency for them.
