Following a national reckoning over racial injustice in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020 by a Minneapolis police offer, many national organizations that oversee Greek life implemented diversity,...
Members of five of the Divine Nine city-wide chapters introduced their organizations at the Black Student Union’s (BSU) annual Meet the Greeks event held in the Perch on Oct. 8.
The Divine Nine consists...
The need to quarantine and social distance over the last year has resulted in the loss of a sense of community on campus, especially in many campus organizations. The fall 2021 semester has allowed for...
Representatives from five citywide chapters of the historically Black National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), also known as the Divine Nine, spoke at the Black Student Union’s (BSU) annual Meet the Greeks...
How fees bar lower-income students from opportunity
Twenty-two percent of St. Joe’s undergraduate student population is involved in Greek Life. In general, Greek Life offers benefits to students like...
The Cardinal Foley Campus Center was full of laughter on Oct. 3 as St. Joe’s sorority, Alpha Phi, hosted their annual “Laugh Your Heart Out” improv show. Alpha Phi and SJU Improv partnered together...
Responding to the proposed Greek Life review
Beth Hagovsky, Ed.D., director of Student Leadership and Activities, has proposed an external review on St. Joe’s Greek Life. The goal of such review is to...
As part of the ongoing assessment of St. Joe’s Greek Life, the Office of Student Life is organizing an external review of all social fraternities and sororities this fall.
The external review will...
NPHC city-wide chapters provide support for black students
Four of the nine historically black National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) city-wide chapters provide a community for black students on St. Joe’s...
St. Joe’s Office of Community Standards issued a revised anti-hazing policy this semester in response to the Timothy J. Piazza Anti-Hazing Law that was signed into Pennsylvania Law by Gov. Tom Wolf late...
Primary recruitment for St. Joe’s campus-based social sororities, previously a two-weekend event, was condensed into a single weekend for the first time this semester.
The compressed schedule, along...
Improvements made to fraternity recruitment
St. Joe’s Interfraternity Council (IFC), along with the three fraternities on campus, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Pi, are implementing...
