Dear Chris,
Thanks for the information I look forward to receiving the accredition
information. We are also starting a task force and hope it serves as a
proactive way to support and improve Greek life.
At 06:16 PM 1/30/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Barry,
>
>At the University of Nebraska, we are looking into reviving our Greek Task
>Force. Ours is actually looking at reviving the Greek Accreditation process.
>It was piloted in 1997-98, but was composed of community and campus
>volunteer leaders who soon grew worn from dealing with resistance from the
>National Offices and the reluctance of chapters to participate in the
>accreditation process. It was not required by the University, so there was
>no sanctions for not completing the accreditation process, and little
>recognition for completing it. The other problem that we ran into was that
>the only chapters participating in the accreditation process were the ones
>who easily met the requirements, so we were not helping the chapters who
>actually needed the help.
>
>With recent attempts by many national chapters to improve the standards of
>campus chapters, we thought that there might be a need for a campus
>accreditation process. We are putting together a committee to review the
>original work that was done. The committee will consist of Greek Affairs
>staff members, student members of Greek chapters, and alum from both the
>Lincoln community and the NU campus. The committee will review the
>accreditation process as it was before, then make a recommendation to the
>Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. The University is also looking to
>review the approved housing status policy for our Greek chapters, so our
>timing may work out very nicely.
>
>I will send you a copy of the original accreditation plan developed by the
>committee in 1995. Good luck!
>
>Chris Linder
>Graduate Assistant
>
>Greek Affairs/Student Affairs
>University of Nebraska
>332 Nebraska Union
>Lincoln, NE 68588
>clinder@unlserve.unl.edu
>(402) 472-2582
>
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