AdvisorExpectations

  1. Building Greek Relationships: Breaking down the silos—US v. THEM
  2. Sorority to sorority and fraternity to fraternity relationship building
  3. Attendance at Greek Community programs and events
  4. Realizing our similarities as organizations rather than differences
  5. Utilizing other chapters as resources instead of seeing them as competition
  1. Fostering Student Accountability
  2. Make a plan and make sure all players understand roles and expectations
  3. Attitude reflects leadership!
  1. Fostering Communication: among the chapter, the community, and with the institution
  2. Technology challenges—old and young
  3. Between chapter and nationals
  4. Repetitive nature leads to communication erosion: lost in transit
  5. Adopt new technology: etiquette and awareness
  1. Improving Chapter Relationships: Brotherhood/Sisterhood
  2. Chapter retreats
  3. New Member retreats
  4. Community service projects build fraternal sensibilities
  5. How to get the chapter to see a need for these activities: survey them and they can identify the problems. If it’s their idea they will buy into it.
  6. Keep retreats relaxed with less structure to ensure bonding
  7. Get members out of the house and into a new environment
  8. Have a regional retreat with several chapters
  9. Take a trip to National Headquarters
  10. Publicize the event so the chapter is well informed
  11. Put pictures on facebook depicting all of the fun members present had so member who were not present will want to come to the next one
  1. Leadership Development
  2. Talk about current events/leaders
  3. Utilizing/ attending university programs
  4. Using leadership books and self-assessments
  5. This starts with our New Members—they should be given leadership resources from the start
  6. Take the lessons learned at conferences and retreats back to the chapter and apply them

The Mentor Role

  • Listener
  • Connect back to student
  • Enlighten
  • Ask lots of questions
  • Inspire/Encourage
  • Guide, but not do
  • Set expectations
  • Lead by example
  • Inspect what you expect
  • Trust/Trustworthy
  • Approachable

Pressures on Students

  • Academic
  • Peer pressure
  • Financial
  • Parental
  • Risky behaviors
  • Over-programmed
  • Work
  • Health
  • Future career
  • Stereotype
  • Self pressures
  • Rules from Nationals
  • Laws

Chapter Advisor of the Year Qualities

  • Improving chapter performance
  • Increased membership
  • Positive campus image
  • Get to know the students
  • Accountability
  • Graduation percentage
  • Academic standing
  • Student’s recommendation
  • Networking/Inspiring for the future
  • There for failures, too
  • Exemplify values of chapter and community
  • More than just advising
  • Above and beyond obligations
  • Tough love
  • Respect