Fraternity & Sorority Life Staff
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FSL Mission
The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life (FSL) aspires to cultivate chapters and councils who live their values. We exemplify this through fostering meaningful relationships, creating positive and impactful experiences, and a commitment to holding our community to the highest standards in partnership with UNL and their respective inter/national organization. We support, connect, develop, and engage with chapters and councils to ultimately create members who will positively impact the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the local community, and beyond.
Our work aligns with the mission of UNL and Student Life emphasizing the importance that every student and every interaction matters.
FSL Commitments
Through a shared commitment to upholding the FSL community’s Core Values, the Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life (FSL) has developed four commitments to ensure the community is intentionally fulfilling and upholding these values. FSL uses the four commitments as a guiding tool to challenge and support the governing councils, member organizations and their members in pursuit of upholding the four core values.
Support
- Advising
- Provide counsel and support to the four governing councils and their executive board leaders in their oversight of the fraternity and sorority community
- Assist chapters in the integration of the academic and co-curricular aspects of the fraternity and sorority experience through chapter coaching
- Process Alignment/Compliance
- Design and maintain a community database and the reporting of consistent information in alignment with industry best practices
- Maintain rosters and forms necessary for the successful day-to-day operations and management of the sorority and fraternity experience
- Provide oversight and direction for the University Approved Housing process
Connect
- External Relations
- Serve as liaison to alumni advisory boards, house corporation boards, house directors, inter/national organizations, and university units
- Host consistent opportunities for key stakeholders to provide updates and collaboration with best practices of fraternities and sororities
- Assist in the effective marketing of the sorority and fraternity experience to university stakeholders and both incoming and current students
Develop
- Leadership
- Support access to external educational opportunities and resources for the four governing councils and their executive board leaders
- Create internal educational opportunities and resources for chapter leaders and council leaders
- Provide external opportunities for FSL staff to obtain the necessary industry knowledge to enhance their skills to better advise and support of the community they serve
- Member Experience
- Create and maintain community standards and expectations consistent with inter/national standards, industry best practice, and university mission
- Plan and implement training, leadership development programs/seminars, and community standards in support of expectations for chapter officers, new members, and general membership
Engage
- Event Management
- Facilitate opportunities to support the continuous recruitment of new students for membership across the four councils
- Facilitate programs to increase campus and community awareness of the value of the sorority and fraternity experience.
- Education
- Educate the community on healthy risk management practices, especially in areas of but not limited to social events with alcohol, in accordance with university policies, industry best practices, and inter/national standards