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Examining Responses To A Racist Event In A Sorority And Fraternity Life Community: A Case Study, Crystal Eufemia Garcia, Antonio Duran, Michael Anthony Goodman

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

Racism has been interwoven in implicit and explicit ways within historically white sorority and fraternity life (SFL) communities since their inception. However, few studies have provided insight to how practitioners address the realities of racism in SFL broadly, or specifically how SFL practitioners have attended to race-based incidents on their local campuses, the success of these initiatives, and to what degree their actions have been sustainable over time. This project sought to contribute insight to these dynamics by mobilizing a case study approach guided by an institutional response framework to focus on how a particular SFL community at Sunnydale University …

Sorority And Fraternity Life Professionals’ Perspectives On Challenges Faced By Culturally Based Sororities And Fraternities, Antonio Duran, Crystal E. Garcia, Hannah L. Reyes

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

Featuring the perspectives of 15 sorority and fraternity life (SFL) professionals, this qualitative study highlights the challenges culturally based sororities and fraternities face on college campuses. Guided by a framework grounded in concepts of organizational culture, findings revealed three issues that culturally based SFL organizations encounter: a predominant emphasis on historically white sororities and fraternities in SFL communities, a lack of human and financial capital, as well as inadequate advisor support and training. Implications for research and practice are offered.

Examining Emailed Feedback As Boosters After A College Drinking Intervention Among Fraternities And Sororities: Rationale And Protocol For A Remote Controlled Trial (Project Greek), Abby L. Braitman, Jennifer L. Shipley, Megan Strowger, Rachel Ayala Guzman, Alina Whiteside, Adrian J. Bravo, Kate B. Carey

Psychology Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: College students involved in Greek life (ie, members of fraternities and sororities) tend to engage in more high-risk alcohol use and experience more negative consequences than those not involved in Greek life. Web-based alcohol interventions, such as Alcohol eCHECKUP TO GO, have been successful in reducing alcohol use and consequences among the general college student population, but interventions targeting alcohol reduction among those involved in Greek life have had limited success. Booster emails including personalized feedback regarding descriptive norms and protective behavioral strategies have shown potential in increasing the effectiveness of web-based interventions among college drinkers. Studies are needed …

Competence And Challenge: Sorority And Fraternity Life Professionals’ Preparation To Advise Culturally Based Sfl Organizations, Crystal Eufemia Garcia, Hannah L. Reyes, Antonio Duran

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

This qualitative narrative inquiry examined the professional preparation of sorority and fraternity (SFL) professionals working with culturally-based sororities and fraternities. Using narratives drawn from 15 professionals and guided by our conceptual framework, we unpacked important findings in terms of ways participants referenced their limited educational experiences, how they navigated learning within the confines of their professional roles, and distinctions in the value that professional associations and networks offered them. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Nphc And Mgc Sororities And Fraternities As Spaces Of Activism Within Predominantly White Institutions, Crystal E. Garcia, William R. Walker, Ciera A. Dorsey, Zachary W. Werninck, Jessie H. Johns

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

This study explored how Students of Color within National Pan-Hellenic Council and Multicultural Greek Council sororities and fraternities engaged in activism and in what ways this involvement connected to their membership. Using a qualitative critical narrative approach, we examined the journeys of ten participants. Findings unpack ways participants engaged in activism and resistance aimed at educating individuals and increasing awareness of societal injustices, addressing inequities through service, and inciting disruption and cultivating institutional and societal level change.

Sorority And Fraternity Life: Examining Racial Discourse Via Institutional Websites, Crystal E. Garcia, William Walker, Samantha E. Bradley, Kathleen Smith

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

Scholarship has provided some insight into inequities that exist within sorority and fraternity life (SFL), whereas members of culturally based sororities and fraternities within Multicultural Greek Councils (MGC) and National Pan-Hellenic Councils (NPHC) report being treated as inferior to those in historically white organizations. However, few studies have examined institutional efforts to render culturally based sororities and fraternities visible to campus communities. This qualitative critical discourse analysis examined how SFL offices at 18 research universities in the southeastern United States communicated information about councils through institutional SFL web pages. Findings show that few communities attempted to represent council information equally, …

Narratives Of Queer Men Of Color In Culturally-Based Fraternities Making Meaning Of Masculinities, Antonio Duran, Crystal Garcia

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

This constructivist grounded theory study examined how Queer Men of Color in culturally-based fraternities made meaning of their masculinities. Through two intensive interviews and a reflection journal activity, nine participants shared their constructions of masculinities before joining a culturally-based organization and how their thinking changed after affiliating with a fraternity. Specifically, Queer Men of Color first spoke to pre-collegiate experiences that largely shaped their views of masculinities. Next, participants discussed how culturally-based fraternities both reinforced hegemonic masculinity, as well as opened up the possibilities to construct a more productive view of masculinities. Implications are then offered for chapter advisors, fraternity …

Drinks, Hijinks, And Policy Change: Fraternities At Gettysburg College In The Haaland Years (1990-2004), Lindsay R. Richwine, Lindsay K. Waller

Student Publications

This paper establishes what the fraternity structure was like at Gettysburg College during Gordon Haaland's presidency. Between 1990 and 2004, we explore the roaring party dynamic that was continually threatened by the administration and examine how the switch to sophomore rush tried to tame it. With testimonies from fraternity brothers during this era we try to capture the good, bad, and ugly of fraternity life. While Haaland's administration did not get ride of the fraternity system, it certainly made it safer and reigned it in significantly.

Feminist Futures And Campus Changes: Dismantling Ursinus College's Greek Life, Jordan Ostrum

Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics

No abstract provided.

Ua1f Wku Greek & Service Organizations Bibliography, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Bibliography of sources related to discipline, honor, Greek and service fraternities and sororities at WKU.

Developing Socially Responsible Leadership And Social Perspective-Taking In Fraternities And Sororities: Findings From A National Study, Matthew R. Johnson, Erica L. Johnson, John P. Dugan

Education: School of Education Faculty Publications and Other Works

Using data from the 2009 Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership, this study examines socially responsible leadership and social perspective-taking capacities disaggregated by council membership. Results show small but significant differences in developing these capacities. Implications for fraternity and sorority life professionals are discussed.

Utilizing Reserach Methods To Evaluate And Assess Sexual Aggression And Gender Roles, Jackie D'Andrea, Dianne Timm

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

The study analyzes sexual aggression according to hyper-gender roles and fraternity/sorority membership at a midsize midwestern university. The research examed whether hyper-gender roles affect an individuals sexual experience and whether fraternity and sorority communities are more likely to endorse hyper-gender roles. Key Words: Hyper-gender roles, hypermasculinity, hyperfeminity, sexual aggression, fraternities, sororities.

Utilizing Reserach Methods To Evaluate And Assess Sexual Aggression And Gender Roles, Jackie M. D'Andrea, Dianne M. Timm

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

The study analyzes sexual aggression according to hyper-gender roles and fraternity/sorority membership at a midsize midwestern university. The research examed whether hyper-gender roles affect an individuals sexual experience and whether fraternity and sorority communities are more likely to endorse hyper-gender roles. Key Words: Hyper-gender roles, hypermasculinity, hyperfeminity, sexual aggression, fraternities, sororities.

Ua12/2/35 Greek Academic Recognition Program, Wku Intrafraternity Council

WKU Archives Records

List of honorees at the 34th Annual Greek Academic Recognition Program.

Ua12/2/35 Greek Academic Recognition Program, Wku Intrafraternity Council

WKU Archives Records

List of honorees at the 33rd Annual Greek Academic Recognition Program.

Ua12/2/35 Greek Academic Recognition Program, Wku Intrafraternity Council

WKU Archives Records

List of honorees at the 32nd Annual Greek Academic Recognition Program.

Royse, Amy (Fa 358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 358. Paper: "A Way of Preserving the Past" written by Amy Royse for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Ua12/2/35 Greek Academic Recognition Program, Wku Intrafraternity Council

WKU Archives Records

List of honorees at the 31st Annual Greek Academic Recognition Program.

Ua12/6 The Black Pages, Wku Diversity Programs

WKU Archives Records

Booklet created by WKU Diversity Programs to aid ethnic minority students find and build support systems on campus. Includes information on clubs, organizations, minority teacher recruitment, African American faculty, African American Studies Department and community organizations.

Richardson, Harry Blair, Sr., 1915-2002 - Letters To (Sc 1368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1368. Letters, 1930, written to Missouri native Harry Richardson concerning the initiation rites of the high school fraternity Phi Lambda Epsilon.

Assessing The Persistence To Graduation Of Students Joining Fraternities At Western Kentucky University, Charles Pride

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In the study, I assessed the persistence of students who joined fraternities at Western Kentucky University. Also included is a comparison between them and the general student population. The study includes 1467 students who joined fraternities between the Fall 1986 to Spring 1991 semesters. A five-year time period was used as the benchmark for graduation from the institution. Factors that were explored included race, initiation status, year in school when pledging, and organizational affiliation. Pearson Product-Moment Correlations and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze the data. The results illustrated that students who join fraternities graduate at a higher …

Ua12/2 Wku Annual Fraternity System Report Fall 1989-Spring 1990, Kelly Neill

WKU Archives Records

The purpose of this report is to offer a synopsis of what occurred during the 1989-1990 school year in Western's fraternity system. This report contains information on the Interfraternity Council, programming, membership, philanthropy, and academics. This, in turn, will point out those strengths and weaknesses in Western's fraternity system as well as to suggest ways to improve the system.

Ua12/2 Student Activities & Organizations 1989-90 Annual Report, Scott Taylor

WKU Archives Records

Report of student organization activities includes information regarding the Greek System, University Center Board, Associated Student Government, Yell Leaders, Big Red, Homecoming, Black Student Alliance, Spirit Masters and other student programs.

Ua68/8/2 Charles Keown Oral History, Lowell Harrison

WKU Archives Records

An interview on July 24 and 25, 1984 with Charles Keown, dean of Student Affairs by Lowell Harrison.

Ua68/8/2 Charles Keown Oral History, Lowell Harrison

WKU Archives Records

An interview on July 24, 1984 with Charles Keown, WKU alum and head of Student Affairs, conducted by Lowell Harrison.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 59, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Callboard
• Classifieds
• Commentary
• Editorial Cartoon
• For the Record - arrests
• Letter to the Editor
• On the Western Front
• Sports

This issue contains articles:

• Dias, Monica. Loan Reductions Eliminate Some [Financial Aid Cuts]
• Newton, Tommy. Jobs, Bank Loans Are Alternatives
• Lyly, Linda. Business College Accredited
• Rose, Barry. Faculty Evaluations to be Annual
• Nashville Freshman Wins Art Contest - Margaret Martin
• Comer, Diane. Graduation Brings Regret, Appreciation
• Henry, Janet. Service Appreciated
• Ransdell, Darren. Goodbyes Said
• Boling, Barbara. ASG Thanked
• Mitchell, Cyndi. Editor Says Her Last Headline WILL Fit …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Callboard
• Classifieds
• Commentary
• Editorial Cartoon
• For the Record - arrests
• Letter to the Editor
• On the Western Front
• Sports

This issue contains articles:

• Wright, Sharon. Pool Pro Wins More than Money with Cue Stick – John Cessna
• Johnson, Nathan. Locations of Offices Shuffled
• Pillow, Robert. Council to Hear Two Budget Plans
• Wilson, Tammie. Students Search for Buried Past in Logan County
• Petition May Avert Mission Model Hysteria
• Lusco, Juanita. Article in Poor Taste
• Smith, Jack. Gov. Brown Criticized
• 3 Students Win Awards – Tim Bollenbecker, Kevin …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Callboard
• Classifieds
• Commentary
• Editorial Cartoon
• For the Record - arrests
• Letter to the Editor
• On the Western Front
• Sports

This issue contains articles:

• Norton, Wilma. Western Seeks Sports Network
• Mitchell, Cyndi. Vendor Sells Vittles from Campus Corner
• Norton, Wilma. Petition Presented to Council on Higher Education
• Phone Books to be Delivered
• Allen, Chris. Hill Street Blues Needs a Chance to Survive
• Brown, David. Red’s Roar Not Intended
• Grant, Laurie & Vickie Warren. Organizations Thanked
• Banahan, Ellen. Associated Student Government Supports Budget Protest
• Heat to be Reduced …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Callboard
• Classifieds
• Commentary
• Editorial Cartoon
• For the Record - arrests
• Letter to the Editor
• On the Western Front
• Sports

This issue contains articles:

• Rose, Barry. Faculty, Students Differ on Succession Issue
• Pillow, Robert. Regent Chairman Wants Governor to Oppose Plan
• Wood, Michele. Tense Moments – Homecoming Queen
• Rally Against Budget Plan Canceled
• Smith, Erica. Tripling May Disappear
• Carter, Robert. Mascot Stays Silent, but Crowd Happy
• Campus Phone Books Late – But Accurate?
• Paul, Steve. Series’ Lack of Support Disappoints Fan – Baseball
• Schuster, Doug. Football Team …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Callboard
• Classifieds
• Commentary
• Editorial Cartoon
• For the Record - arrests
• Letter to the Editor
• On the Western Front
• Sports

This issue contains articles:

• Wright, Sharon & Janet Sawyer. Phone Books, Talisman Late
• Mitchell, Cyndi. J. David Cole Strived to Stabilize Board of Regents
• Wood, Michele. Joe Bill Campbell Hopes for Efficiency
• Rose, Barry. Constatine Curris, Donald Zacharais Blast Council on Higher Education Staff Proposal
• Smith, Erica. Western Can’t Lick Postal Increase
• Rose, Barry. Boundary Settlement Satisfies Geographer – Albert Petersen
• Mitchell, Cyndi. Cat Prompts Student to …