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Brian Dirnberger President, Greek Task Force (GTF) h. (406) 327-5429 e. bwdirnberger@aol.com Ken Lawrence GTF Kitchen Cabinet (Executive Committee) h. (210)493-7936 e. klawrence1@satx.rr.com Timberly Marek GTF Newsletter Editor c. (503) 860-3769 e. timberly.theta@gmail.com Tyson McLean UM Greek Life Advisor c. (406) 243-2005 e. Tyson.Mclean@mso.umt.edu

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stuffed countless paper napkins into chicken wire floats. Jackets, Greek letters, and pins attested to belonging, and lucky the sorority girl who was serenaded by her beau's fraternity after accepting his pin. House duties, pledge duties, and study tables were always there but so were song fests, snow sculptures, hay-rides, intramurals, the annual Greek Olympics, Derby Days, the Piggy Dinner, the Violet Ball, and countless functions and firesides.

The Greeks hold a much quieter presence today on campus than in years past. Following the social upheavals of the 1970s Greek life faded noticea-bly. Nine Greek houses with a total membership of 310, including fall re-cruits, remain active to-day: fraternities Kappa Sigma, Sigma Alpha Epsi-lon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, and Sigma Phi Epsilon and sororities Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Only Delta Gamma has achieved membership total this year so far.

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It took less than a decade after UM's founding on September 10, 1895, for a Greek fraternal organi-zation to appear on cam-pus. A local fraternity, Eta Phi Mu, organized in January 1904, took in four original initiates, and rented a house on South Sixth Street. The fraternity next petitioned for and became in 1906 Beta Delta Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity. Professor and frequent UM Acting President Frederick C. Scheuch, himself a Sigma Chi, chronicled that frater-nity's founding in a well-documented scrapbook housed in the Mansfield Library Archives. At this same time, Missoulian John M. Evans petitioned UM to form a chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity, and on February 3, 1905, Gamma Phi Chapter of Sigma Nu became UM's first national fraternity. A local sorority, Delta Sigma, also formed its own chapter in 1905. Many Delta Sigmas be-came members of Kappa Kappa Gamma when that sorority received its UM charter in 1909–the same year Kappa Alpha Theta received its charter. Other Greek houses re-ceiving charters at UM include Delta Gamma

(1911); Alpha Phi and Sigma Phi Epsilon (1918); Phi Delta Theta† (1919); Alpha Chi Omega‡, Alpha Tau Omega‡, and Phi Sigma Kappa† (1923); Alpha Xi Delta‡, Kappa Delta‡, and Sigma Kappa‡ (1924); Delta Delta Delta‡ (1926); Sigma Al-pha Epsilon and Kappa Sigma (1927); Alpha Delta Pi‡ (1933); Theta Chi† (1937); Delta Sigma Phi† (1957); Alpha Omi-cron Pi‡ (1965); and Phi Gamma Delta† (1987).

Greek life provided an immediate community for its initiates. Living to-gether in a frat or sorority house taught students the ins and outs of get-ting along with people similar to, but always a bit different from them-selves. Strong study hab-its were encouraged, and houses competed for high grade points. Philan-thropic and service pro-jects bespoke the ritual promises inherent in Greek life of helping oth-ers. And the social life was non-stop. Fraternities chose their Moonlight Girls, Sweethearts, Dream Girls, Esquire Girls, Queens of Hearts, and Little Sisters. Sorori-ties hosted dances, picked their princes, and

Anchors and Kites, Crosses and Keys: A Look at UM's Fraternities and Sororities (Contributed by Betsy Holmquist, ΚΑΘ, ‘ 67)

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Special points of interest: • A Look at UM’s Fraternities &

Sororities

• Featured chapter: Alpha Phi

• State of the Greek Union

• You’re Looking Good, Kid!

• Greek Task Force Annual Report

• Announcements & Updates

ence on campus for many years to come. The sys-tem still delivers the deep bonds many students seek when they come to college, he says. And a Greek connection still provides one of the strongest ties to UM an alum can have. He ad-mits, though, that many students don't have the extra time it takes to par-ticipate in a sorority or fraternity. Many work up to forty hours a week be-sides attending classes. Student loan debts and cheaper off-campus hous-ing can also trump the choice to go Greek.

But ask a Greek alum returning to campus for a football game, Homecom-ing, or a reunion. Most wouldn't trade their years as a member of a house for anything. Something

Dedicated alumni con-tinue to raise funds, re-cruit new members, help with house maintenance, and look for ways to keep the Greek system alive. The Greek Task Force, an organization of UM Greek alumni, holds regular meetings and conference calls, has established a scholarship fund, and maintains a regular news-letter. (Log on to www.grizalum.org – click on "Communications" then "Greek Task Force Newsletter" to read their news.)

Greek Life Advisor Tyson McLean oversees Inter-fraternity Council and Panhellenic activities from his office in the Uni-versity Center. Visit the Greek Life Website at life.umt.edu/greek. Tyson foresees a Greek pres-

happened to them then. Something they still carry with them. As the Eta Phi Mu brothers wrote about their fraternity member-ship in 1904, "It has bound us to one another with ties that can never be severed; it has made us acquainted as other-wise we could not be; it has given us higher and better ideals; and more than all else, it has stimu-lated in us a better, truer, and more loyal spirit to-wards our Alma Ma-ter." (Sentinel 1904)

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Take a video tour of UM's Greek houses by visiting umgreeks.blogspot.com

†Fraternities no longer active on campus;

‡Sororities no longer ac-tive on campus. Ω

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Aristotle Says…

Greek at UM has a long and proud history. Join us at Homecoming this year to celebrate 100 years of national Greek membership!

Shown at right is the Alpha Phi chapter facility on Gerald and a picture of three of their exuber-ant members! Learn more at umalphaphi.com.

ship, friendship, sisterhood, and growth.

Since their founding, the ladies of Alpha Phi have been passionate advocates of local and national chari-ties, as well as active on their campus. Examples include Move Your Phi’t and other fundraisers to benefit the Alpha Phi Foun-dation, an educational foundation for the benefit of their membership; Art with Heart to help heal youth in crisis with thera-peutic art; and several community-oriented events such as canned food drives, and the neighbor-hood leaf raking and Easter egg hunt. Most recently, they participated in both

The Chi chapter of the Al-pha Phi sorority has been a part of the University of Montana campus since 1918. In that time young women have joined in an effort to create lifelong friendships, become more involved in their commu-nity, and contribute to both local and national philan-thropic organizations. The image of sororities has changed over the years but the principles remain the same: leadership, scholar-

the Relay for Life as well as the YMCA Riverbank Run (which gained them men-tion in a recent issue of The Missoulian).

Now in its 91st year, the Alpha Phis are excited about the possibility for helping the numbers of Greeks at UM increase while they continue their commitment to sisterhood and community involve-ment. Ω

Featured Chapters: AΦ

The University of Montana’s Greek community has been working hard to make a dif-ference in the campus/Missoula community. They’ve helped with many different community service projects and campus pro-grams this part year:

All Greek Leaf Raking. Any-one who’s driven around or lived here in autumn knows the trees drop loads of leaves in the University Dis-trict! The Greeks spent a Saturday morning raking them up for their neighbors in the University District.

All Greek Food Drive. The Greeks teamed up with the Office of Civic Engagement to collect food during the Griz/Cat food drive the week prior to the big rivalry game. Although the Griz lost the food drive, the Greeks col-lected 1,300 pounds of the total 2,500 pounds col-lected by the University! That’s a lot of food collected by the Greeks alone!

Cougar Kingdom Play-ground. Several chapters sent their members to Clin-ton, Montana to help con-struct a new playground for kids in the Clinton commu-nity. Some Greeks were interviewed and made the local news! (Read more in the Cougar Kingdom news-letter at http://www.clintoncougars.com/cougarkingdom/cknewsletter.pdf)

Greek Participation in Take Back the Night. This pro-gram raises awareness about sexual assault on Women.

Participation in the Annual Student Leadership Confer-ence. The University Cen-ter’s Student Involvement and Leadership Develop-ment department recently

Halloween for kids age 3+. They have also conducted two blood drives!

• Kappa Alpha Theta has many active members on campus. One of their members is chairing the Relay for Life in May. The chapter looks forward to getting all of its members involved in this great com-munity service project.

• Sigma Chi recently got involved in the Student Assault Resource Center’s program, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. It was a fund-raiser for the Center as well as a program to show that men are standing up against violence towards women.

• Sigma Phi Epsilon partici-pated in the Day of Dia-logue, a campus wide di-versity event, with the Writing on the Wall pro-gram. Sig Eps made it on the front page of the Kai-man. The story showcased the “Writing on the Wall” and Sig Ep’s involvement in the “Day of Dialogue.”

• Sigma Nu doubled its membership numbers during the fall 2008 for-mal recruitment. They recruited 11 members during the week bringing their membership from 18 to 29 members strong.

• Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s GPA increased immensely from fall 2007 to fall 2008. In fall 2007 they had a 2.38 cumulative GPA and last fall they re-ceived a 2.98. This is an incredible improvement in their grades!

• Kappa Sigma has recently pledged 5 new members this spring semester and look to keep on recruiting. Their numbers have in-

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creased well from 12 in the fall to nearly 20 now!

The Greek community remains incredibly involved in other stu-dent organizations on campus. We have members in the fol-lowing clubs and organizations:

• Grizzly Women’s Varsity Soccer

• Assoc. Students of UM • Club Lacrosse • Club Rugby • UM Advocates • Relay for Life • Resident Advisors • Chemistry Club • Business school honor so-

cieties • Russian and French Club • Peer tutoring

As you can see the Greeks re-main an intricate part of the University of Montana’s com-munity. They continue to ad-vance their academic and re-cruitment success. I’m looking forward to conducting a very successful fall recruitment which will bring in future lead-ers to our Greek community.

Thank you for the support of our many alumni, University faculty and staff, UM Alumni Association and Foundation, as well as those involved in the Greek Task Force whose sup-port makes so much of this possible as we work to con-tinue the Greek legacy at the University of Montana.

Interfraternally yours,

Tyson McLean, Greek Advisor

For more information, please visit the Office of Greek Life’s Web site at http://www.umt.edu/greek/recruitment.htm where you can find information such as

• Recruitment dates, informa-tion for potential new mem-bers and parents, and finan-cial information;

• Greek academic and member-ship report. Ω

put on the 11th Annual Stu-dent Leadership Conference all day on Saturday February 28th. The Greek Community comprised 1/3 of the total student attendance! They wore their letters and repre-sented themselves very well.

Academics. The Greek com-munity’s academics are im-proving! The overall GPA increased from last fall from a 2.77 to a 2.82 during fall 2008. Two chapters had a cumulative GPA above a 3.0. Kappa Kappa Gamma re-ceived a 3.10 and Sigma Phi Epsilon received a 3.06.

Recruitment is going well too. Most chapters have already recruited as many new members during formal recruitment as they did dur-ing the entire Spring 2008 semester!

Additionally, there are sev-eral individual chapter ac-complishments that are worth noting:

• Delta Gamma raised $2,700 during their An-chor Splash Philanthropy. They donated the money to their National Service for Sight Philanthropy and to Montana’s School for the Deaf and Blind.

• Kappa Kappa Gamma raised $1,042 by selling marriage certificates at this year’s Forester’s Ball. They donated the money to our local Camp Mak-A-Dream.

• Alpha Phi put on a haunted house during

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due to sub-zero temperatures, the ladies of the local Theta were homeless. But, in a true gesture of interfraternal sisterhood and Greek unity, the ladies of Kappa Kappa Gamma invited the Thetas to share their home across the street. An unexpected result of the Kappas generosity was highly favorable coverage in The Missoulian, which can be found archived on their Web site here. Thank you for being such wonderful examples of sisterhood!

Kappa Alpha Theta’s 100th Anniversary Celebration! The Alpha Nu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta will celebrate 100 years of sis-terhood during the Univer-sity of Montana Homecom-ing weekend, October 9 and 10, 2009. It will be a great opportunity for Theta sisters to reunite and meet Alpha Nu initiates from all generations.

Festivities will include facil-ity and campus tours, ritual ceremony, Friday evening social, Homecoming pa-rade breakfast, Griz foot-ball game, and the gala event – a centennial din-ner, program and silent auction Saturday evening at the Hilton Garden Inn. Formal invitations and in-formation packets were mailed the beginning of March. If you didn’t get yours, please contact Lori Warden at alphnu100th@gmail.com.

Kappa Kappa Gamma—100 Years Going Strong! It’s a centennial celebration not to be missed! Kappa Kappa Gamma will be

Changes to the Homecoming Parade Party. The Homecoming Parade party, the wonderful and grand tradition initiated by Hal & Sharee Fraser at their home on University Avenue, will transition this year to the SAΣ house on the corner of Gerald and University Avenue. The regulars are planning on gathering there for a social hour combined with parade watching. The Greek Task Force will join the SAΣ’s in hosting the event under their tent. More information will be communicated in our next issue—meanwhile, pencil in the date and new location!

Calling All Alumni! Your college chapter needs to hear from you! Most chapters are in need of advisors, which is a great way for you to give a little time back that will yield great rewards. If you have a little time or talent to spare, contact your inter/national organization and ask for the local UM Advisory Board contact to get connected. Time commitment varies from small to significant, with roles ranging from scholarship support to event planning to being a guest speaker to helping coach members through how to network and have a successful recruitment. No matter who you are, you have something to share so please make the first step to giving a little back today.

Sisterhood in Action. As a result of damage to the Kappa Alpha Theta facility this past December

observing the 100th anniversary of Beta Phi chapter during the 2009 Homecoming. There will be a banquet to take place on October 10th at the Doubletree Hotel. A block of rooms is already “on hold” with a special Kappa rate arranged. For more information go to the Beta Phi web site at www.umkkg.org or contact Marlys Barrett at (509) 664-4006 or via email at mbarrett@nwi.net.

Nine GTF Scholarships to Be Awarded. Thanks to the efforts of the Greek Task Force and our many generous and thoughtful donors, nine fortunate Greeks, one from each chartered chapter at UM, will receive a $1,000 scholarship this fall. To be eligible for scholarship consideration, the candidates must be nominated by their chapter (self-nomination not allowed), sophomores in class standing or above, and be attending UM during the Fall 2009 term. Additionally, each nominee must exemplify the Greek values of integrity, commitment to fraternity/sorority life, campus and community involvement, scholastic achievement, and leadership and must have held high profile leadership positions within their chapters and/or campus community. We look forward to announcing the recipients in our next newsletter!

Would you like to donate to the GTF scholarship fund? Read the gold sidebar for more information! Ω

Aristotle Says…

Help UM Greek Life recruit and support Greeks committed to scholarship, leadership, and personal integrity by contributing to the GTF Scholarship Fund! All donations are tax-deductible and managed through the UM Foundation. You may donate via the UM Foundation Web site at http://umfoundation.onlinemontana.com or by mailing a check to UM Foundation at PO Box 7159, Missoula MT 59807. Please indicate on your check or online contribution “UM GTF Scholarship Fund” so the funds are appropriately reserved. Thank you!

WANTED! We are seeking volunteers for the Greek Task Force, specifically Greek alumni to support with fundraising, alumni outreach, and the newsletter. Experience not necessary but enthusiasm a must! Please contact an alumnus from the first page for more information. Thank you!

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Which is stronger, Griz spirit or Greek spirit? It’s a tough call! But regardless of the answer, the spirit is strong in our UM Greek collegians and alumni.

We’ve collected just a few

pictures of Greek and Greek Griz spirit from 2008 that are shared with you below and we’d like to share more! When you attend Homecom-ing 2009 or any other UM event, please take photos and send them to us along with

your stories of Greek Grizzly fans and we’ll publish them in a future issue of the GTF newsletter. Send content to our newsletter editor, timberly.theta@gmail.com, and keep the Grizzly spirit strong! Ω

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U of M Greek Task Force Task Force for the Revitalization of the UM Greek System

Greek Task Force The University of Montana 550 Hawthorne Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 728-3180 Re: Annual Status Report March 24, 2009 Dear Members and Friends of the Greek Task Force: The Greek Task Force (GTF) and its adjunct the Kitchen Cabinet (KC) were founded in 2004 by Alumni who were concerned that the Greek System at the University of Montana (UM) had dwindled to only 226 members. They felt that the Greek Community should not be lost to future generations and therefore the community needed to be revitalized.

Since then the GTF has transitioned to become an effective administrative group focused on encouraging and developing the welfare of the Greek Community. In contrast to performing organizational formation functions, this Group matured in 2008 to execute a consistent set of activities. The goal remains the same, as we would like to entice greater undergraduate involvement in chapter, campus and community activities by having them join and build the Greek Community.

Through trial and error the GTF found that we could focus on building greater awareness and acceptance of the Greek Community on and off campus by using the following events/tools:

• Homecoming – We use this singular annual event to create awareness and to seek contributions that support Greek Community scholarships which in turn encourage undergraduate participation.

• Scholarships – We award up to six scholarships to help Greeks going active and now, as noted below under Accomplishments in 2008, we will expand the awards in 2009, on a one time basis, to recognize deserving students who have given of themselves through their participation in their chapter, campus or the community.

• Workshop – This now annual post-Homecoming effort has built student, alumni and administrative relationships by opening up for discussion key issues facing the Greek Community with the objective of developing appropriate plans of action.

• Newsletter – Used to disseminate news of the Community’s activities and items of interest to Greek Alumni.

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• Conference calls – Continue to hold weekly calls to address the ever evolving Greek Community agenda. The dedicated individuals have been participating diligently organizing and managing opportunities to promote the community.

In addition to managing our affairs we had some notable successes this past year.

Accomplishments in 2008:

• At mid-year we experienced the departure of the Greek Live Advisor Emily Yaksitch to a career in private industry. She was instrumental in improving the Greek Community and we owe her a huge debt of gratitude. Candy Holt, the Director of the University Center, welcomed our participation in selecting, interviewing applicants and ultimately hiring Tyson McLean. He has the abilities to take the Greek Community to higher levels and we are pleased that he has been able to dedicate himself almost fully to the Greek Community. He has already proven himself to be a most energetic and productive asset to the Greek Community.

• For the second year, the GTF in conjunction with the Greek Life Office, Inter-fraternity and Pan-Hellenic councils organized and then successfully conducted an on-campus workshop to discuss the current and future status of the Greek Community. Candy Holt, Director of the University Center, hosted and actively participated in the event. President Dennison, Vice President Teresa Branch, Alumni Director Bill Johnston and Pat Risken President of the Alumni Association addressed the group. All the fraternities and sororities had both active Greek and Greek Alumni represented at the event. The workshop, led by Timberly Marek (KAϴ) and Mike Mansfield (SAΣ), were lively and informative covering scholarship, recruitment, alcohol consumption and other pertinent issues.

• In addition to the donations we typically receive during Homecoming and at year-end, we were pleased to receive a $15,000 contribution by Jane Rowland Crouch and Marshall Crouch. Encouraged to do something special with these funds, the GTF determined to offer a $1,000 scholarship award per chapter to outstanding upper class students. The Crouch donation was very timely given the current market’s negative financial impact on UM Foundation Funds.

• We were instrumental in organizing the joint GTF Luncheon to discuss the status of Greek Communities on January 30, 2009 with attending UMAA and MSUAA representatives. This meeting, held in Helena, was addressed by Sheila Stearns (AΦ), Montana’s Commissioner of Higher Education. Her presentation was very supportive of the GTF efforts and of the Greek Communities. She emphasized the importance of offering the undergraduates social involvement and support opportunities. What followed was a very interesting discussion that ultimately had to be terminated because of time constraints.

• During 2008 donations to the GTF Scholarship fund totaled $18,832, including the Crouch donation, and became the primary cause for the fund balance to rise to $47,035 as of 12/31/08. Offsetting the donations were net yield/market losses of $9,876, scholarship awards and expenses of $4,263 and UM Foundation Fees of $578.

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• Ryan Coleman (ΣX) completed a Greek Community oriented DVD, at a cost of $1,500. It became available for the Fall semester and can be seen at the following site: http://umgreeks.blogspot.com/2008/07/greek-dvd-ready.html

Current Status of the Greek Community: The Group’s strategic objective is to rebuild the Greek Community into a vibrant, competitive and self-supporting level of over 1,000 participants (self-supporting in terms of membership and chapter funding). Although the total All Greek membership declined slightly to 283 at the end of the Fall 2008 semester from 310 in 2007 the membership was still well above the 226 members in the Spring of 2006.

Good news is that grades improved this year reaching an average GPA of 2.82 versus the 2.77 achieved in 2007. The fraternities, by achieving a 2.75 GPA this year, became the primary driver for the overall increase (they reported a low 2.59 in 2007).

Please see the attached table which details and compares the grade point average and membership in total and for each Chapter over these last two years.

At the risk of being overly redundant, we continue encouraging discussions on alcohol consumption in the fraternities. The GTF continues to push the fraternities to adopt substance-free (both alcohol and drug) policies in the houses. We stress the importance of personal responsibility in the consumption of alcohol. Successful resolution of this issue is crucial to changing the poor image that too many people have of fraternities.

In our previous annual reports we noted that “We have a long way to go. The message of the long term merits of the Greek Community has to be conveyed to the high school students, their parents and their teachers and coaches. We now have reasonably strong houses but overall the system is not yet self-supporting in terms of membership or in terms of financial strength. The Community must become known for building character by showing that the chapters can successfully manage themselves. We can only help provide the environment but the students will eventually have to take charge. It will take all five years of our plan to discover if providing the right environment can rekindle that vibrant Greek Community. Achieving that goal is what keeps all of our oars in the water. We urge you to continue to support the GTF and KC with your valuable time and the active Greek Community with your donations.”

These thoughts remain pertinent today. Students who enroll at UM should have a choice of going Greek when they come to Missoula.

The level of voluntary support continues to be very gratifying. These voluntary efforts and the continued support of President Dennison, Vice President Branch, UMAA Director Bill Johnston, Candy Holt, and Enrollment Services Director Jed Liston, and many others, and, of course, the efforts of Tyson McLean of the Greek Life Office and Emily Yaksitch before him account for our success. We thank you all for you have done.

Newsletter: Primarily through the efforts of Timberly Marek, the GTF publishes a newsletter which is distributed via the internet by UMAA. If you have any topics or pictures you think should be of interest or any other pertinent information please let us know. Send them to timberly.theta@gmail.com.

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Join the Kitchen Cabinet!!! Join the effort and our lively discussions by dialing into the weekly GTF Kitchen Cabinet teleconference calls at 11:00 am (Mountain Time) that can be attended by all (simply call 605-475-6350 and when prompted the code is 536581).

One Hundredth Anniversary of the Greek Community: Finally, an early reminder……we will be celebrating the One Hundredth anniversary of the Greek Community in 2010. Just think, 100 years of tradition, friendships and involvement that have created such a wonderful history while also being of significant benefit to The University and the State of Montana.

Sincerely, Brian Dirnberger Bernd (Whitey) Schulte President Chairman Pro Tem Greek Task Force GTF Kitchen Cabinet University of Montana University of Montana

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Academic & Membership Report Fall 2008 GRADE POINT AVERAGE GPA RANK NUMBER OF MEMBERS Sororities F’08 S’08 F’07 S’07 PH Greek F’08 S’08 F’07 S’07 Alpha Phi 2.79 2.93 2.66 2.68 3/4 5/9 31 32 35 30 Initiates 2.66 2.81 2.36 2.71 20 26 16 21 New Members 3.10 3.47 2.96 2.59 11 6 19 9 Delta Gamma 2.79 3.08 3.08 2.97 3/4 5/9 54 48 44 43 Initiates 2.88 3.11 2.98 2.96 37 43 29 34 New Members 2.56 2.83 3.28 3.03 17 5 15 9 Kappa Alpha Theta 2.85 2.85 2.72 2.88 2/4 4/9 42 38 42 34 Initiates 2.75 2.85 2.89 2.90 31 38 22 32 New Members 3.13 N/A 2.51 2.5 11 0 20 2 Kappa Kappa Gamma 3.10 3.07 3.09 3.11 1/4 1/9 30 40 45 37 Initiates 3.09 3.08 3.10 3.11 19 39 30 35 New Members 3.13 2.75 3.08 3.03 11 1 15 2 Fraternities F’08 S’08 F’07 S’07 IFC Greek F’08 S’08 F’07 S’07 Kappa Sigma 2.58 3.05 2.35 2.53 4/5 8/9 12 15 25 39 Initiates 2.78 3.05 2.44 2.5 10 15 21 16 New Members 1.59 N/A 2.02 2.54 2 0 4 23 Sigma Alpha Epsilon 2.98 2.30 2.38 2.45 2/5 3/9 13 16 15 16 Initiates 2.98 2.37 2.74 2.40 13 14 11 13 New Members N/A 1.79 1.60 2.6 0 2 4 3 Sigma Chi 2.51 2.50 2.33 2.28 5/5 9/9 36 39 37 38 Initiates 2.49 2.51 2.3 2.28 28 30 27 38 New Members 2.57 2.49 2.44 N/A 8 9 10 0 Sigma Nu 2.74 2.72 2.79 2.55 3/5 7/9 29 29 35 28 Initiates 2.83 2.79 2.87 2.53 18 28 25 25 BELOW New Members 2.24 2.5 2.62 2.78 11 1 10 3 Sigma Phi Epsilon 3.06 2.98 2.89 2.69 1/5 2/9 36 28 32 27 Initiates 2.99 3.02 3.08 2.69 26 27 21 23 New Members 3.21 2.28 2.56 2.62 10 1 11 4 Campus Averages All Sorority 2.87 2.98 2.91 2.93 157 158 166 144 Initiates 2.84 2.96 2.9 2.95 107 146 97 122 New Members 2.92 3.02 2.94 2.83 50 12 69 2 All Fraternity 2.75 2.71 2.59 2.48 126 127 144 148 Initiates 2.79 2.75 2.67 2.45 95 114 105 115 New Members 2.62 1.77 2.38 2.57 31 13 39 33 All Greek 2.82 2.85 2.77 2.72 283 285 310 292 Initiates 2.82 2.86 2.79 2.73 202 260 202 237 New Members 2.81 2.40 2.75 2.67 81 25 108 55 Undergrad. Women 3.06 3.08 3.01 3.04 6352 5923 6250 5959 Undergrad. Men 2.78 2.84 2.77 2.82 5571 5083 5419 5320 All University Undergrad. 2.92 2.96 2.94 2.93 11923 11006 11669 11279

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Who Is the Greek Task Force?

The Greek Task Force is an organization of UM Greek men and women, primarily alumni, who work to perpetuate Greek life on The University of Montana campus, a legacy extending back more than 100 years. We do this through supporting, nurturing, and advancing Greek ideals, promoting recruitment, and helping build a strong Greek student body at The University of Montana.

We believe that Greek life offers students a unique opportunity to have a balanced college life with a focus on academic excellence, brother-hood/sisterhood, community service, and responsible social interac-tion. It allows students to make lasting friendships with individuals holding similar ideals and common purposes.

For more information about UM Greek Life or the Greek Task Force, please contact one of the individuals listed on the cover page.

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