INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA

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INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL
UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA
Fall 2015 Recruitment Guide
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Executive Council…………………………………………………3
IFC Important Information…………………………….………………4
Fraternity Contacts………………………………………………….......5
Fraternities……………………………………………………………..6
IFC Social Media……………………………………………………...18
Why Should I Join? …………………………….………………….…19
Chapter Financial Breakdown……………….....………………..……..24
FAQ………………………………………………………………….25
Campus Map…………………………………………………………26
Welcome New UF Student,
Congratulations on your decision to attend the University of Florida and welcome to the
Gator Nation. As you explore involvement opportunities on campus, I strongly encourage
you to take the time to learn about the opportunity to join a national fraternity.
At UF, our chapters strive for excellence in all aspects of life and specifically promote the
pillars of scholarship, leadership, service, and community. The University of Florida
values the Greek community for its historical and continuing contributions to this
institution and Gainesville. For example, our Greek organizations raised $1,390,285.93 in
April for Children’s Miracle Network at UF Health, benefitting the entire North Central
Florida community.
A great way to learn more about the UF Greek community is to participate in formal
recruitment week and obtain membership in one of the 25 social male fraternities that
make up the Interfraternity Council.
Membership in an IFC fraternity will provide you with a support group of individuals
who share similar goals and values. You will learn valuable life lessons from the lore and
ritual of the general fraternity.
You will also gain access to a vast network of alumni who have been able to achieve
great levels of success after leaving the University. The relationships that you build
within a fraternity will truly be invaluable. Fraternity members report that fraternity
brothers become your study partners, roommates, confidants, and eventually your
groomsmen at your wedding. You do not want to miss out on the opportunity to learn
about joining a lifelong brotherhood.
Please review the pages of this recruitment guide to learn
more about Greek Life and the Interfraternity Council at the
University of Florida. I wish you the best in all of your future
endeavors.
Go Gators!
Kason Green
President
[email protected]
Armani Abreu
Executive Vice President
[email protected]
Jacob Duval
Vice President of Operations
[email protected]
Will Moor
Vice President of Membership
[email protected]
Ben Gajus
Vice President of Finance
[email protected]
Zachary O’Neal
Vice President of Admin Affairs [email protected]
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UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA
IFC Recruitment Information
Important Dates
Rush Week
August 30th
• 5:15 PM: Fall Recruitment Orientation Session, Phillips Center
• 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM: Fall Recruitment Kickoff BBQ, Flavet Field
August 30th - September 4th
• 11am to 1pm, lunch at Chapters (times vary per chapter)
• 5:30pm to 6:30pm, dinner at Chapters (times vary per chapter)
• 8pm to 11pm, Nightly Recruitment Events hosted by individual chapters
Open Houses
Come see what the 24 different chapters of the Interfraternity Council have to offer you! Our
formal fall recruitment week will take place this year from Sunday, August 30th through
Friday, September 4th.
There will be a very important fall recruitment forum and informational session in the
Phillips Center at 5:15 PM on Sunday, August 30th. If you are considering coming out to
recruitment even in the slightest, it is important that you attend this recruitment forum.
At the recruitment forum, the IFC Executive Board will distribute important information to help
you through the upcoming recruitment week.
Following the forum in the evening will be the IFC Fall Recruitment Kickoff BBQ at 6:30 PM
on Flavet Field. Please make sure to attend this kickoff event, as all 24 chapters will be present
for you to meet.
All chapters will host a nightly event from 8pm to 11pm, with the majority of these events
being located at the chapter houses. Most houses will also be open for lunch between
11am and 1pm, as well as dinner between 5:30pm and 6:30pm.
All events are ”open house” style, meaning you can come and stop by any chapter at any point
throughout the duration of the event. Most prospective members will visit multiple chapters
each night throughout recruitment week. A chapter can decide to give a bid to a prospective
member at any time during formal recruitment week, which can then be accepted up through
the end of recruitment week by the prospective member.
We encourage prospective members to “rush” as many chapters as possible to see what our
IFC community has to offer. Remember to dress comfortably, but nicely, and bring an open
attitude. Come join us this fall to see what joining an IFC fraternity can do for you!
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Fraternity Contacts
Chapter Presidents
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Mike Greenberg
914-523-2483
[email protected]
Alpha Gamma Rho
Seth Poppell
813-763-6042
[email protected]
Alpha Tau Omega
Smith Meyers
813-943-2235
[email protected]
Beta Theta Pi
Scott Strauss
407-455-1575
[email protected]
David McDonald
786-205-0942
[email protected]
Joel Rivera
352-653-5081
[email protected]
Chi Phi
Delta Chi
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Upsilon
Sean Bowles
904-686-5998 [email protected]
Bobby Celander
850-228-5676
[email protected]
Kappa Alpha Order
Kappa Sigma
Cris Dosev
847-702-5831
[email protected]
Aaron Froug
941-713-6240
[email protected]
Lambda Chi Alpha
Christopher Tito
410-829-4473
[email protected]
Phi Delta Theta
Bruno Lulinski
786-210-4694
[email protected]
Phi Gamma Delta
Evan Lambert
813-846-0076
[email protected]
Phi Kappa Tau
Drew Winant
386-956-3163
[email protected]
Josh Fries
(386)235-1923
[email protected]
Brandon Cornellier
239-851-5546
[email protected]
Brandon Newell
904-502-5447
[email protected]
Phi Sigma Kappa
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Lambda Phi
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Chi
Juan Lopez
813-476-8995
[email protected]
Tommy Hart
813-857-1172
[email protected]
James Baker
407-451-3278
[email protected]
Sigma Nu
Noah Baker
(863) 430-5233
[email protected]
Bernard Cohen
786-382-1939
[email protected]
Matthew Epstein
(561) 420-9959
[email protected]
Griffin Rapp
(561) 889-6393
[email protected]
Tau Epsilon Phi
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Theta Chi
Fraternities
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Chapter Name
Phi Gamma National
Website
www.aepi.org
Chapter website
www.ufaepi.com
Year Founded Nationally
1913
Year Founded at UF
1951
Alpha Gamma Rho
Chapter Name
Alpha Gamma
Website
www.alphagammarho.org
Chapter website
www.agruf.org
1908
Year Founded at UF
1924
Fraternities
Alpha Tau Omega
Chapter Name
Alpha Omega
Website
www.ato.org
Chapter website
www.ufato.com
1865
Year Founded at UF
1884
Beta Theta Pi
Chapter Name
Gamma Xi
Website
www.betathetapi.org
Chapter website
www.ufbeta.org
1839
Year Founded at UF
1930
Fraternities
Chi Phi
Chapter Name
Theta Delta
Website
www.chiphi.org
Chapter website
www.ufchiphi.org
1824
Year Founded at UF
1935
Delta Chi
Chapter Name
Florida Chapter
Website
www.deltachi.org
Chapter website
www.ufdeltachi.org
1890
Year Founded at UF
1926
Fraternities
Delta Tau Delta
Chapter Name
Delta Zeta
Website
www.delts.org
Chapter website
www.dtduf.com
1858
Year Founded at UF
1925
Delta Upsilon
Chapter Name
Delta Upsilon
Website
www.deltau.org
Chapter website
www.duflorida.com
1834
Year Founded at UF
1957
Fraternities
Kappa Alpha Order
Chapter Name
Beta Zeta
Website
www.kappaalphaorder.org
Chapter website
www.ufka.org
1865
Year Founded at UF
1904
Kappa Sigma
Chapter Name
Delta-Delta
Website
www.kappasigma.org
Chapter website
www.kappasigmauf.com
1869
Year Founded at UF
1922
Fraternities
Lambda Chi Alpha
Chapter Name
Epsilon-Mu Zeta
Website
www.lambdachi.org
Chapter website
www.floridalxa.com
1909
Year Founded at UF
1933
Phi Delta Theta
Chapter Name
Florida Alpha
Website
www.phideltatheta.org
Chapter website
www.phideltathetauf.org
1848
Year Founded at UF
1925
Fraternities
Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji)
Chapter Name
Upsilon Phi
Website
www.phigam.org
Chapter website
www.ufphigam.com
1848
Year Founded at UF
1941
Phi Kappa Tau
Chapter Name
Phi Kappa Tau
Website
www.phikappatau.org
Chapter website
http://ufl.phikappatau.org
1906
Year Founded at UF
1926
Fraternities
Phi Sigma Kappa
Chapter Name
Delta Tetarton
Website
www.phisigmakappa.org
Chapter website
www.ufphisig.com
1873
Year Founded at UF
1951, 2014
Pi Kappa Alpha
Chapter Name
Alpha Eta
Website
www.pikes.org
Chapter website
www.ufpikes.com
1868
Year Founded at UF
1904
Fraternities
Pi Kappa Phi
Chapter Name
Alpha Epsilon
Website
www.pikapp.org
Chapter website
www.ufaepi.com
1904
Year Founded at UF
1924
Pi Lambda Phi
Chapter Name
Florida Delta
Website
www.pilambdaphi.org
Chapter website
www.pilambdaphiuf.com
1895
Year Founded at UF
1925
Fraternities
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Chapter Name
Florida Upsilon
Website
www.sae.net
Chapter website
www.ufsae.org
1856
Year Founded at UF
1884
Sigma Chi
Chapter Name
Gamma Theta
Website
www.sigmachi.org
Chapter website
ufsigmachi.blogspot.com
1855
Year Founded at UF
1924
Fraternities
Sigma Nu
Chapter Name
Epsilon Zeta
Website
www.sigmanu.org
Chapter website
www.ufsigmanu.com
1869
Year Founded at UF
1920, 2005
Tau Epsilon Phi
Chapter Name
Tau Alpha
Website
www.tep.org
Chapter website
www.tep.com
1910
Year Founded at UF
1925
Fraternities
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Chapter Name
Gamma Theta
Website
www.tke.org
Chapter website
www.gatortke.com
1899
Year Founded at UF
1950
Theta Chi
Chapter Name
Tau
Website
www.thetachi.org
Chapter website
www.ufthetachi.org
1856
Year Founded at UF
1916
Social Media
Stay Connected
www.facebook.com/UFIFC
www.twitter.com/UF_IFC
Visit our website at: www.ufifc.org
Why Should I Join?
Academics
Every fraternity at the University of Florida works
to help their new and current members learn and
develop through higher education. Fraternities
promote academic excellence through peer
tutoring, group study sessions, resource
information, learning incentives, and scholarship
opportunities. Most chapters work to provide
new members with upper-classmen study
partners, who are interested in the same field. Excelling
academically is a first priority for all fraternity members
and the all-Greek grade point average regularly
surpasses the overall UF average.
The Interfraternity Council has partnered with Study
Edge (an off-campus tutoring service), and Kaplan Test
Preparations to provide academic assistance. Many
individual chapters also offer scholarships to brothers
and new members that excel in the classroom. Joining
an IFC chapter will provide resources that will help
you succeed academically at the University of Florida.
Spring 2015 Academic Report
Rank
Chapter
GPA
1
2
3
4
5
ΑΕΠ
ΤΕΦ
ΑΤΩ
ΘΧ
ΣΑΕ
3.466
3.454
3.411
3.352
3.329
Involvement & Leadership
As an incoming freshman, your individual leadership
and involvement experiences in high school likely
played a key role in your arrival at UF. As you begin
your journey as a Gator, you will find that there is a
whole new world of campus organizations to gain
more valuable leadership experience. Outside of our
own chapters, IFC men find themselves in prominent
leadership roles all across the University of Florida
campus.
Throughout the United States, many student
leaders on campuses are members of Greek-letter
organizations. The University of Florida is no exception
to this precedent. Prominent and prestigious campus
organizations such as Student Government, Student
Senate, SGP, ACCENT, Gator Growl, Homecoming,
Florida Cicerones, Dance Marathon, and Florida Blue
Key are all made up of Greek members, and more
specifically, IFC men. Additionally, various Florida
Blue Key Presidents, Homecoming General
Chairmen, ACCENT Chairmen, and members
of Dance Marathon Overall teams have been
IFC men.
The experiences and opportunities to grow
and evolve as a dynamic leader of your peers
will be made widely available to you by
joining an IFC fraternity. These involvement
opportunities will not only provide you a
tangible skill for your professional career, but
will set you apart as a leader and contributing
member of society for the rest of your life.
Why Should I Join?
Philanthropy
Another way that IFC men help give back to the community
and charitable organizations is through the organization
of and participation in philanthropic events. Every IFC
chapter at the University of Florida organizes at least one
philanthropy annually, with some having one each semester.
From cheerleading competitions, to a Miss Greek pageant,
to an Earthball tournament, IFC fraternities get creative in
finding fun and exciting ways to raise funds for their charity
of choice. Chapters from the other councils, especially the
Panhellenic Council, participate in IFC philanthropies, and
vice versa.
In 2010, the Interfraternity Council held the first ever
”Chicken Wing Charity Thing” for the Children’s Miracle Network at Shands Hospital. This March, the fifth
annual Greek-wide event was held seeing a turnout of over 1,100 people and raising over $7,000.
Another large philanthropy with considerable Greek involvement is Dance Marathon at UF. Dance Marathon
features students who stand and dance for 26.2 hours in support of children at UF Health Hospital on
campus and is the largest student-run philanthropy in the Southeastern United States. This year alone, DM
at UF raised over $1,390,285.93 for the Childrens Miracle Network at UF Health.
Service
Despite the inaccurate stereotypes of fraternity men
portrayed by the media and in movies, IFC men are in reality
well rounded individuals whose focus reaches far beyond
that of social excellence. It is a little known fact that Greek
men and women form the largest network of volunteers in
the country. Furthermore, Greeks volunteer approximately
60,000 hours of community service annually.
At the University of Florida, the Interfraternity Council
takes pride in giving back to the Gainesville community and
surrounding areas.
Every chapter completes a minimum of two service projects each semester, yet many fraternities go above and
beyond the minimum call. Some exceptional service projects with heavy IFC involvement range from our IFC
and PC clothing drive to the Chicken Wing Charity Thing fundraising event.
Project Makeover is a service project with hundreds of volunteers centered on fixing up the facilities of
local schools, while the Great American Cleanup is part of the ‘Keep Alachua County Beautiful’ program.
Both projects feature heavy involvement from IFC fraternities. Other fraternities have developed mentoring
programs for students at local elementary, middle, and high schools.
Why Should I Join?
Brotherhood
At a school as large as the University of Florida, it is
sometimes easy to feel like you are just “a number”
among the student body of over 50,000. One of the key
advantages to joining an IFC fraternity at UF is that
doing so will make you a part of a smaller community on
campus. The Interfraternity Council prides itself on the
close-knit friendships that we share as both a council and
among our individual chapters as well.
Intramural Sports
Members of the Greek community represent some of the
best athletes that University of Florida intramurals have
to offer. As such, the fraternity leagues are some of the
most competitive leagues at UF. Divided into two leagues,
Orange and Blue, UF fraternities have developed a healthy
sense of competition and consistently have the most highly
attended intramural games on campus. This provides a
great stage for incoming students to continue their athletic
careers in college while experiencing a similar atmosphere
as high school sports.
The culmination of IFC intramurals at the end
of the calendar year is the President’s Cup.
Intramurals take place at the best facilities that UF has to
Awarded to the overall winner of the Orange
offer. Fall sports include flag football, volley ball, track,
and Blue Leagues, the President’s Cup winners
bowling and tennis. Spring sports include basketball,
represent the best athletic fraternities on campus.
softball, soccer, swim, golf and racquetball. Overall
The friendly competition created by fraternity
winners for each sport in both leagues are given the
intramurals adds to the allure and prestige of the
opportunity to compete against the best Men’s
award, making athletics a part of the very fabric
Competitive teams in the all-campus championships. The of Greek life at UF.
championship game of flag football is, in fact, played in the
Swamp, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
2015 President’s Cup Champions
Orange League – Alpha Tau Omega
Blue League – Pi Kappa Alpha
Why Should I Join?
Social
The social life of an IFC man at the University of Florida is
unrivaled by the average student. The effective time management
skills that you will inevitably learn by joining a fraternity allow you
to properly balance all of your affairs while still maintaining an
excellent social life.
Fraternities partake in a plethora of social events throughout a
given semester. Some of the most notable events are downtown
socials, grab-a-dates, crush parties, away functions, formals, and
woodsers. But the pinnacle of all social events is football season in the Southeast. No college does football game days like
the schools of the Southeastern Conference. Thousands of Gator Alumni pile into Gainesville every Saturday of the fall
semester to cheer on the Gators in the Swamp.
Your group of fraternity brothers will become some of the best friends you will have throughout your time on UF’s
campus. Joining a fraternity simply signifies your desire to interact with like-minded individuals that similarly identify
with the morals and values of the chapter you choose to join. Through new member class retreats, team building projects,
and brotherhood events you will build bonds with your fraternity that will last a lifetime. Fraternity brotherhood outings
range from larger events like paintball or camping and fishing trips, to something as simple as catching a UF Baseball
game at McKethan Stadium. Your fraternity and brothers will truly become your home away from home during college.
Joining an IFC fraternity will give you a great social experience at the University of Florida, while teaching you great
communication skills and what it means to be a true gentleman.
Alumni Networking
Now that you have made the decision to be a Gator for your
undergraduate college experience, one of your focuses throughout
this time will undoubtedly be to earn your undergraduate
degree and look towards a career in the professional world. Since
you’ve already seen that IFC men strive to maintain a high grade
point average, it should be no surprise that IFC men have also
experienced unparalleled success in the professional world after
college.
While some of this success can be accredited to outstanding academics, what really separates an IFC man from the
average student is his ability to network. As mentioned before, joining the Interfraternity Council will expose you to a
community of the future leaders in the professional world. Moreover, every IFC chapter at the University of Florida has
a grid of highly involved and influential alumni who can help you create contacts with employers.
Whether your future career of choice is engineering, business, or politics, chances are you will run into former Greek
members in upper management at some point. It’s no secret that Greeks like to hire fellow Greeks. As many will tell
you, it is often just as much about who you know, as it is what is on your resume, when trying to land that interview or
job. Joining an IFC chapter will give you access to networking resources that other students simply cannot replicate.
Financial Breakdown
Initiation Fee
Chapter
Social
Meal Plan
Alpha Epsilon Phi
1315
500
390
2205
Alpha Gamma Rho
1034
541
200
1775
Alpha Tau Omega
700
1500
200
2400
Beta Theta Pi
845
980
225
2050
Chi Phi
1100
680
240
2020
Delta Chi
1375
750
200
2325
Delta Tau Delta
877
810
300
1987
Delta Upsilon
950
450
365
1765
Kappa Alpha Order
980
980
430
2390
Kappa Sigma
1100
700
200
2000
Lambda Chi Alpha
1500
830
75
2405
Phi Delta Theta
1256
992
250
2498
Phi Gamma Delta
1000
800
200
2000
Phi Kappa Tau
862
1100
240
2202
Phi Sigma Kappa
810
N/A
290
1100
Pi Kappa Alpha
925
890
280
2095
Pi Kappa Phi
1135
975
250
2360
Pi Lambda Phi
1350
500
175
2025
Sigma Alpha
Epsilon
1322
865
225
2412
Sigma Chi
1300
1000
200
2500
Sigma Nu
700
1000
310
2010
Tau Epsilon Phi
1500
500
250
2250
Tau Kappa Epsilon
900
N/A
300
1200
Theta Chi
1860
750
250
2860
One Time Only
Total
FAQ
I’m concerned about my grades; what
impact would fraternity membership have?
Does it cost a lot of money to be in a
fraternity?
Students often find managing their time difficult
when moving from a highly structured high
school environment to the freedoms of college.
Fraternities assist in that transition by offering
scholarship programs which may include study
partners, mandatory study hours, and time
management workshops. You also have access to
the network of fraternity members who already
know how to effectively use campus resources
such as the libraries, study centers, computer labs,
and academic advisors.
Each fraternity is self-supported through dues
charged to all members. In the first year of
membership, a few one-time expenses are assessed.
What about pledging or hazing?
New fraternity members all experience a period
of new member education, sometimes called
pledging. During this time prospective new
members will participate in weekly meetings
to learn about the university and fraternity,
leadership retreats, community service projects,
and activities designed to build friendships among
new members and the active fraternity members.
After those initial payments are made, a new
member’s expense will be his regular dues. Please
ask the individual chapters about their financial
obligations.
Being in a fraternity sounds like it takes a
lot of time.
Participating in any worthwhile activity always
requires an investment of one’s time. Research
has shown that involved college students are
more likely to graduate and they report greater
satisfaction with their college experience. Through
fraternity involvement you will learn to balance
academics, work, campus involvement, and social
commitments.
The University of Florida Interfraternity Council
has a zero tolerance policy with hazing and is
committed to a membership education period
which instills a sense of responsibility and
commitment in the new members.
For other questions or for more information,
please visit our website at www.ufifc.org or
contact:
The Office of Sorority and Fraternity Affairs
puts on extensive anti-hazing programming and
education for the Interfraternity Council.
Associate Director of Sorority & Fraternity Affairs
Jack Causseaux
[email protected]
Will Moor
[email protected]
Vice President of Membership
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